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China Leaders Pledge Clean Government, Less Waste
(BEIJING) — China's new leaders pledged to run a cleaner, more efficient government and slash spending on official perks Sunday as the ceremonial legislature...
WATCH: Drunk Man Dangles From Electricity Cables in China
Don't watch if you're afraid of heights.
China’s New Leaders Face Myriad Challenges
(BEIJING) — China named the Communist Party's No. 2 leader, Li Keqiang, premier on Friday as a long-orchestrated leadership transition nears its end, leaving the...
China’s Xi Meets U.S. Treasury Secretary in Beijing
(BEIJING) — China's leader Xi Jinping held his first meeting Tuesday with a foreign official since being appointed president, conferring with U.S. Treasury...
China, Brazil Signing Local Currency Trade Deal
(DURBAN, South Africa) — China and Brazil plan to sign a deal to do up to $30 billion of trade in their local currencies, as the five-nation BRICS forum of...
China Names New Premier as Transition Nears End
(BEIJING) — China is formally installing the Communist Party's second-ranked leader, Li Keqiang, as premier, as a once-a-decade leadership transition nears its...
How Social Media in China Is Revealing More Cases of Bird Flu
In the wake of emerging H7N9 cases in China, citizens are taking to the country's social media service, Weibo, to post the latest tallies of individuals infected...
China’s New President Xi Jinping Met With Mysterious Lone Vote of Dissent
The outcome of today's selection of Xi Jinping as China's president has been a near certainty since he was chosen as successor to Hu Jintao five years ago.
Dumpling Diplomacy: The U.S. Treasury Secretary’s Beijing Lunch Enchants in China
Jacob Lew's humble lunch has become an Internet sensation in China, where ordinary people are growing disgusted by the ostentatious ways of Communist Party...
North Korea Suspected in Cyberattack Despite China Link
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Investigators have traced a coordinated cyberattack that paralyzed tens of thousands of computers at six South Korean banks and media...
China’s Leaders Take Aim at Railways Ministry
(BEIJING) — In the annals of Chinese bureaucratic power, the Railways Ministry stood apart. Running everything from one of the world's busiest rail systems to a...
S. Korea Misidentifies China as Cyberattack Origin
(SEOUL, South Korea) — South Korean investigators say they were wrong when they identified a Chinese Internet address as the origin of a cyberattack that...
Good Lord: In China, Christian Fundamentalists Target Tibetans
Tibet is one of the most coveted locations for nondenominational American and Korean Christian groups angling for mass conversion.
Diplomats: US, China Agree on North Korea Sanctions
(UNITED NATIONS) — U.N. diplomats say the United States and China have reached agreement on a new sanctions resolution to punish North Korea for its latest...
China Says U.S.-Based Hackers Target its Websites
(BEIJING) -- China's military said Thursday that overseas computer hackers targeted two of its websites an average of 144,000 times per month last year, with...
Tibetan Monks Self-Immolate in Anti-China Protest
(BEIJING) — Two Tibetan monks in their early twenties have set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule, near dozens of pilgrims who had gathered for...
China’s Red Hackers: The Tale of One Patriotic Cyberwarrior
In a story in this week’s magazine, TIME profiles Wan Tao, once one of China’s most feared hongke, or red hackers, cyberwarriors motivated by patriotism to...
Dumpling Diplomacy: The U.S. Treasury Secretary’s Beijing Lunch Enchants China
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew’s humble lunch has become an Internet sensation in China
WATCH: Sinkhole swallows buildings in China
A massive hole in the ground opened up in the southern city of Guangzhou, swallowing several buildings.
