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China will push the study of Mandarin and the "blending" of different races as part of a new stability push in the troubled far western region of Xinjiang.

“I felt winded. My stomach dropped. My eyebrows raised. I managed a small chuckle. Talk about feeling a mix of emotions.”

For decades, China has been engaged in a building boom of a scale that is hard to wrap your mind around.

China has moved forward with a new film industry law intended to boost the sector and help Chinese companies compete internationally.

In certain respects, a national credit system of some kind is long overdue in China.

Marvel's "mighty" superhero Ant-Man continued to punch above its weight at the Chinese box office, winning a second consecutive week.

China is losing interest in learning English, sending its proficiency in the global language of business falling ten places in a worldwide ranking.

We’re in Beijing — no, Beiping — Dec. 10, 1979.

Liu Lizhu was not aware her shy, 15-year-old son had been bullied at school until he ended up in hospital with a ruptured spleen.

Couples must continue to obey the country's one-child policy until the law changes in March.

The abandonment of the one-child policy in China is a momentous change.

One night last spring, two veteran photojournalists working in Beijing came up with an interesting idea.

Chinese officials will be able to impose a prison sentence of up to seven years on a person convicted of creating and spreading “false information” online.

China has reportedly dropped its long-standing one-child policy, which was first enacted decades ago in an effort to curb overpopulation.The current population rests at around 1.4 billion after having the policy in place for over 35 years. Only time...

Economists will be watching to see whether it sets ambitious or moderate growth targets.

China’s Communist Party brought to an end the decades-old “one child” policy.

Intrepid urbexers are wandering through the industrial wastelands of China.

It was to be my first parents meeting at Zhoushan’s most elite high school.

Women who smoke, drink and dress provocatively are more likely to be raped.

"I think that my fate cannot be separated from literature."

Hong Kong is home to the happiest people in Greater China, closely followed by Taiwan, according to Tencent.

Wait for some evidence before assuming that only bad can come from good relations.

The large gap in private wealth has limited significance.

"If you wanna know what China's gonna do, best pay attention to the shisanwu."

When Chinese leaders convene this week for a four-day meeting on the future of the country’s economy, the biggest news might have to do with babies.

“No one is forcing anyone to accept ‘one wife, many husbands!’ ”

It was morning in the lakeside village of Luoshui here in southwestern China.

"If China is developing on their side of the territory, we should develop on our side."

Mark Zuckerberg knows how to court Chinese users.

While political and security matters dominated headlines, Xi’s U.S. trip was actually driven by economics.

Under Mao, China promoted socialist equality for women, but the market-reform era has left many commodified in a country where mistress can be a career choice.

China's transformation from an agrarian economy remains a work in progress.

Chinese people have a "sacred mission" to ensure Taiwan is always considered part of China.

China's education system is robbing its young people of the chance to become unique individuals.

It may sound like a spendthrift’s dream vacation: being “forced to shop.”

Extravagant eating and drinking, and abuse of power, are also formally banned.

Confucius peace prize chairman defends decision to give award to leader accused of using systematic violence to maintain power.

China's human rights record has been criticised for years.

Western pundits have a narrative about China’s activities in Africa.

“It was like watching propaganda.”

“A common perception is that China is supporting Chinese enterprises to acquire land abroad as part of a national food security strategy.”

China's President Xi Jinping is receiving a ceremonial welcome by the Queen as he begins the first full day of his visit to the UK.

More than 1.2 million people die in traffic accidents every year across the world.

China is making progress on women’s issues, but anyone trying to publicize remaining issues faces a serious backlash.

Xi’s Chinese Dream is protean.

Armed with only knives, the assailants struck at the coal mine in the dead of night.

The Duke of Cambridge is to deliver a speech on the illegal ivory trade for broadcast on Chinese state TV.

You can almost smell the sea air from here, at the point where China, Russia and North Korea meet.

China Railway International Co. Ltd and a consortium of Indonesian state companies will build the rail line from Jakarta to Bandung.

Lanzhou, China — The first thing you notice is the dust.