Chinese man gets death for daycare center attack

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 18:08

A Chinese man who hacked three children to death and injured 13 others at a daycare center in southern China was sentenced to death on Saturday.

Blind China activist`s nephew languishing in jail

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 17:46

Chinese authorities have refused to accept a family application seeking medical parole for the imprisoned nephew of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, the nephew`s mother said on Friday.

FC Seoul captain to join Beijing Guoan

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 14:48

South Korean football club FC Seoul Friday announced that it has agreed to sell captain Ha Dae-sung to China`s Beijing Guoan club. He will depart for Beijing this Sunday for a physical test.

Trying to combine work with serious practice, says Vir Khade

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 20:56

India`s brightest hope to win a swimming medal in next year`s Commonwealth and Asian Games, Virdhawal Khade, is trying to balance his professional career as a government servant and his sport, but says no one should be surprised if he prefers the former to swimming in near future.

Six killed in fireworks unit blast in China

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 15:07

Five workers and an elderly person were killed when a blast ripped through an illegal fireworks unit in central China`s Hunan Province, media report said.

Beijing may relax birth policy in 2014

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 19:27

Beijing has started to examine a draft to relax the more than 30-year-old one-child policy, authorities said Friday.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe comes under Chinese fire over homage to "devils"

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 11:00

Chinese newspapers blasted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday, describing his visit to Yasukuni Shrine as "paying homage to devils" and warning that China has the ability to crush "provocative militarism".

China national political advisor probed

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 10:43

A national political advisor in China is being probed for suspected law and discipline violations, authorities said Friday.

China exposes corrupt disciplinary officials

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 01:28

The top disciplinary arm of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Wednesday detailed four corruption cases involving disciplinary officials as part of an anti-graft effort, Xinhua reported.

China pastor`s supporters beaten on Christmas Eve

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 16:00

A group of rights lawyers and churchgoers supporting a jailed Chinese Christian pastor were attacked by hired thugs on Christmas Eve at his house in central China, his wife and a lawyer said.

Officials in Beijing suburb build Kremlin copy

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 14:27

Local officials in a Beijing suburb have built themselves a white-walled, gold-domed office complex resembling Moscow`s Kremlin, state media reported, prompting anger among Chinese who condemned the lavish buildings.

China rules private clubs off-limits for party officials

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 13:13

China`s ruling Communist Party has banned officials from belonging to or visiting private clubs, saying they are often used as venues for illicit deals or sexual liaisons, in the latest move to stamp out pervasive corruption.