China will considerably increase spending on health services in the Tibet region, an official said Sunday.

The expenditure will go up by about 30 percent to 1.4 billion yuan ($225 million) in 2012,...

A man who shot dead three people in eastern China Sunday has been arrested, police said.

The man, in his 30s, used a handgun to shoot three people dead around 10 a.m. in Dangxian village of Huining...

China will launch its next generation Long March carrier rockets in the next five years, an expert said.

Yu Menglun, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said China has sought to develop...

Police in China's Shanghai city is on the lookout for three notorious teenagers suspected of having brutally killed 10 stray cats during the weeklong Spring Festival holiday.

Cleaners and residents...

India has voted for an Arab and Western-backed UN resolution denouncing the violent crackdown in Syria and calling for a democratic transition, but Russia and China vetoed it, saying it amounted to...

People in China appear to have developed a special craving for Swiss watches, to go by their record sales.

Hong Kong, the No. 1 market for Swiss watches, contributed 410 million Swiss francs (about...

China's Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun has said that the rise of Asia represents greater balance in the international power structure.

Zhijun, during his speech at the Munich Security...

A cold wave will sweep China nationwide from Sunday evening to Tuesday, bringing gale winds and plunging temperatures in most parts of the country, the meteorological authorities warned Sunday.

The...

India has voted for an Arab and Western-backed UN resolution denouncing the violent crackdown in Syria, but Russia and China vetoed it saying it amounted to advocating a regime change.

India and 12...

China is planning to carry out a special campaign to check safety issues of high-speed trains this year.

China's work safety supervision authority, the State Administration of Work Safety, said in a...

Chinese will soon be taught in schools across Pakistan, said a minister.

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan said arrangements were being made for introducing...

Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down in the wake of his government's deadly crackdown on protestors.

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As a UN Security Council draft resolution to pressure Syria failed after China and Russia voted against it, India said it backed the motion as it favoured resolving the crisis through a Syrian-led...

China Saturday voiced its regret that Russia's proposal on a Syria draft resolution was not taken into account by the other members of the UN Security Council.

Li Baodong, China's permanent...

US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice said she was "disgusted" by the Russian and Chinese veto on a UN Security Council resolution on Syria that urges President Bashar al-Assad to step down.

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MUNICH (AP) — Arab and Turkish officials heaped criticism on Russia and China today for their veto of a U.N. resolution aimed at ending Syria's bloodshed.An official from Qatar says the...

China has a stake in helping euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday, pointing to Europe's importance as a market and...

The U.N. Security Council failed again Saturday to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution backing an Arab League plan that calls for...

The industrial output of Guangdong Province exceeded 10 trillion yuan ($1.59 trillion) in 2011, while the average daily throughput was near 28 billion yuan, according to the Statistics Bureau of...

The economic growth of central and western China is apparently faster than that of eastern China, according to the annual reports for 2011 issued by most provinces recently. Hubei Province and...

China has a stake in helping euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday, pointing to Europe's importance as a market and...

Its annual report showed China topping the global list with 23 skyscrapers above 200 metres tall, followed by the UAE (16), South Korea (11), Panama (10) and Qatar...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China vetoed on Saturday a U.N. resolution that backed an Arab plan calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit, stalling global efforts to end his...

U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice speaks during the U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss a European-Arab draft resolution endorsing an Arab League plan calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to...

Residents of Homs's battered Baba Amro district, speaking by telephone, denounced the Russian-Chinese veto, some chanting, ';Death, rather than...

Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird, seen in the House of Commonson November 16, on Tuesday announced a reduction in Canada's embassy staff in Damascus,...

Nothing is so salutary for the Chinese economy as growth in the United States, and nothing is so good for copper and iron ore prices as a strong Chinese economy. The recent drop in the U.S. ...

Why go now? Hong Kong explodes into life on Monday, with the eve of the Year of the Dragon. Chinese New Year celebrations started last week and continue until 6 February with flower markets, a night...

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R, Front) meets with party cadres during a visit to the village of Bagyi in Nyingchi Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 21, 2011. Xi...

Vice Premier Hui Liangyu on Thursday stressed the importance of ethnic unity and balanced prosperity in his visit to southern Tibet's Shannan Prefecture.Hui told officials of the prefecture that...

US pork exports will jump 23 percent or more this year because of surging demand and prices in China, the world's top consumer, according to Brett Stuart, the co-founder of farm-industry...

China strives for shared development and pragmatic cooperation with ASEAN countries to promote peace, stability and prosperity in East Asia, said Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the ASEAN...

Hong Kong's liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) ceiling prices at LPG stations will range from 4.44 HK dollars (0.57 U.S. dollars) to 4.86 HK dollars per liter in August, down 25 to 26 cents per...

China's central government has ordered increased transparency in the handling of major accidents and other items of public concern following a fatal high-speed train crash last month. The...

New Chinese Ambassador Gao Kexiang on Wednesday presented his credentials to Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.The Angolan president held a cordial meeting with the new Chinese envoy, who...

The recently concluded second round of China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) was widely considered a success. It enhanced strategic mutual trust and smoothed communications between...

China will continue to facilitate foreign investment and enhance the protection of intellectual property rights in efforts to improve the investment environment, a senior official said Wednesday....

International Finance Corp (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group which focuses on the development of the private sector in emerging markets, plans to invest more than $500 million in China during...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China looks like it's heading toward a new record and could exceed $106 billion this year, a senior Ministry of Commerce official said, underscoring global...

A slim lead over host China 10-9 ensured Italy a quarterfinal berth at Swimming Worlds women's water polo here on Thursday. China trailed 7-3 after first half and almost completed a fully...

Chinese shares closed slightly higher Tuesday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.53 percent to close at 2,703.03. The Shenzhen Component Index gained 0.35 percent to finish at...

YAN'AN, Shaanxi, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- As the Spring Festival approaches, some urban residents are in favor of visiting remote mountainous areas, foregoing the conventional options of relaxing at...

The Chinese currency Renminbi, or the yuan, gained 33 basis points to 6.4470 per U.S. dollar on Tuesday, the highest since China started the exchange rate reform six years ago, according to the China...

China's expenditures on logistical services totaled 3.7 trillion yuan (around 570 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2011, an increase of 18.5 percent year-on-year, statistics showed....

XI'AN, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- More than 380,000 people, or 100,000 households, will be relocated in 2012 as a part of a massive relocation project in Shaanxi province, confirmed an official of the...

Researchers at a giant panda breeding base in southwest China's Sichuan Province released two pregnant giant pandas into a semi-wild environment near the base on Thursday, as part of the...

BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Hailong held talks with Ali Baqeri, visiting deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council here on Friday,...

BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- China hopes its energy cooperation with Africa will be fairly and objectively evaluated by the outside world, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said Friday.Liu made...