Muscle flexing by the Chinese in the South China Sea is driving Asian neighbors into a closer alliance with the U.S. and feeding regional insecurity, cautioned one of Australia's most senior government ministers.
In just 11 days, 106 children, all with disabilities or medical conditions, were dropped off at the Jinan Orphanage, according to local state media. That is more than the 85 orphans the city accepted the entire previous year.
Howard French, author of China's Second Continent, talks to Steve Inskeep about why some African countries are of particular interest to Chinese leaders.
Chinese authorities Monday charged four people with terrorism and murder in the March 1 knife massacre in the southwest city of Kunming, state media announced.
“Transformers: Age of Extinction” broke multiple box-office records in mainland China in its first weekend of release and appears to be en route to displacing “Avatar” as the top-grossing film ever on the mainland.
China is facing an epidemic of overwork, to hear the state-controlled press and Chinese social media tell it.
One of China's most senior military officials has been accused of accepting bribes and expelled from the Communist Party, state media report.
Gregory B. Lee is Chair of the Board of the Lyon Confucius Institute.
Isolda Morillo is a journalist based in Beijing, China. Over the past ten years, she has reported from many areas of China's territory including Tibetan regions, Xinjiang, and other provinces, on issues ranging from human rights, civil society, ethnic conflicts, the environment, the arts, film, and activism, among others. Born in Peru, she has lived and studied in the U.S., France, Cuba, Spain, and more recently in China. She has directed and produced documentary films on HIV/AIDS, poverty alleviation, the environment, and Tibet, prior to becoming a full-time journalist. She is currently working on a book in Spanish on how Chinese intellectuals see China's social changes, their views on ideology, religion, ethnic rights, the rule of law, civil society, and governance.
GlaxoSmithKline has confirmed the existence of a sex tape featuring Mark Reilly, the former manager at the centre of the company's corruption investigation.
