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Taking strong exception to India going ahead with the oil exploration programme in the blocks claimed by Vietnam in the South China Sea, China on Monday raised its pitch saying any exploration activity in its coast would amount to “infringement”...

Fights broke out among angry passengers at Beijing Capital International Airport on Sunday morning, after the security level for domestic flights was raised from level one to level two. Long lines formed as passengers were told to remove their...

In its first response to the advance of Libyan rebels into the capital, Tripoli, China signaled acceptance of a revolution it had initially appeared resistant to, and said it wants to help rebuild the war-torn country. “The Chinese side...

THE CHINESE government is wrestling with a serious backlash over its handling of a deadly high-speed rail crash, with critics saying Beijing is more concerned with preserving its own image than with public safety. At least 40 people died and...

Iran’s oil trade with China, its biggest crude buyer, has not suffered the problems hampering its exports to India, Beijing-based oil industry officials said on Monday. Chinese companies first started paying in euros for their Iranian...

New home prices rose in 67 Chinese cities in June, with growth in Beijing and Shanghai accelerating for the first time since the government stepped up efforts this year to curb growth. In Beijing new home prices rose 2.2 percent last month from...

The neighboring nations have grown closer in recent years while South Korea and the U.S. have spurned ties with North Korea. South Korea has insisted North Korea take responsibility for skirmishes between the two states in 2010 which cost 50...

China is set to add a key link in its expansive high-speed rail network, after a train crossed the 1,318 kilometres between Beijing and Shanghai in just five hours. The train departed Monday morning carrying officials from the government, businessmen...

Nationalistic fervor among young Vietnamese and in the Chinese military ramp up tensions in the South China Sea. Singapore called on Beijing Monday to clarify its intentions over disputed island chains in the South China Sea, as official Chinese...

In a sign of growing ties between Jerusalem and Beijing, Defense Minister Ehud Barak left for China on Saturday night, in the first such visit by an Israeli defense minister in a decade. Israel significantly downgraded its defense ties with...