BEIJING (AFP) - - Over 50,000 people were evacuated in south China after the heaviest rains in years led to flooding and swollen rivers in recent days, state media reported. More »
BEIJING (AFP) - - Chinese authorities insisted an Internet filtering programme will go ahead despite a last-minute decision this week to postpone making it mandatory on new PCs, state media said. More »
HONG KONG (AFP) - - A high-profile court battle over the huge estate of late Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang has lifted the lid on the city's obsession with the ancient Chinese energy system of feng shui. More »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - US President Barack Obama will meet China's President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit in Italy next week, a senior White House official said on Wednesday. More »
HONG KONG (AFP) - - Tens of thousands of people took to the sweltering streets of Hong Kong on Wednesday for an annual pro-democracy march, as the city marked the 12th anniversary of its return to China. More »
BEIJING (AFP) - - The American and European chambers of commerce in China have welcomed a decision by Beijing to delay an order that new computers sold in the country be equipped with an Internet filtering programme. More »
HARARE (AFP) - - Zimbabwe has won 950 million dollars in credit lines from China, the largest loan secured by the new government, boosting the country's global appeal for funds to rebuild its shattered economy. More »
BEIJING (AFP) - - China is bracing for extreme weather, with strong gales and scorching heat in recent weeks serving as harbingers of disasters to come, state media has said. More »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The US Supreme Court on Monday discreetly delayed until October a decision on whether Chinese Uighurs who are being held at Guantanamo Bay prison can be released in the United States. More »
SHANGHAI (AFP) - - Shanghai authorities have been investigating nine people after a nearly completed 13-storey apartment building toppled over almost intact, killing one worker, an official has said. More »

A mock scud missile (top) and South Korean missiles are displayed at the War Memorial …





