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US bans new types of goods from China over allegations of forced labor
The action broadens the scope of the U.S. effort to counter products from entering the country that the government says are tied to human rights abuses.
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World's oldest cheese found on ancient Chinese mummies
When the 3,600-year-old coffin of a young woman was excavated in northwestern China two decades ago, archeologists discovered a mysterious substance laid out along her neck like a piece of jewelry.
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A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case
A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet on Thursday, in a sedition case that is widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedom in the city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia.
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Chinese court upholds ruling against unmarried woman who sued hospital for right to freeze her eggs
A court in Beijing has ruled against an unmarried Chinese woman in the case over her right to freeze her eggs.
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US renews warning it's obligated to defend the Philippines after its new clash with China at sea
The United States has renewed a warning that it’s obligated to defend its close treaty ally a day after Filipino navy personnel were injured and their supply boats damaged in one of the most serious confrontations between the Philippines and China in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.
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4 US college instructors attacked at Chinese public park
Four instructors from Iowa’s Cornell College teaching at Beihua University in northeastern China were attacked in a public park, the U.S. school and the State Department said.
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4 U.S. college instructors injured in stabbing attack in China
The four instructors from Cornell College, a private liberal arts college in Iowa, were visiting a public park in the northeastern Chinese city of Jilin while on an exchange program.
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4 US college instructors teaching at Chinese university violently attacked in public park
Four instructors from Iowa’s Cornell College teaching at a Chinese university have been attacked in a public park, reportedly with a knife, according to officials at the U.S. school and the State Department.
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China is banning ‘wealth-flaunting' behavior on social media
The accounts of multiple users who posted about their luxurious lifestyles are blocked amid a government crackdown on conspicuous displays of wealth.
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Do these look like pandas to you? Chinese zoo under fire for painting dogs black and white
Videos circulating on Chinese social media show the two “panda dogs” in an exhibit at Taizhou Zoo in the eastern province of Jiangsu that opened on May 1.
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Yellen calls for level playing field for US workers and firms during China visit
The U.S. treasury secretary has called for a level playing field for American companies and workers as she opens a five-day visit to China in a major industrial and export hub. She told the governor of Guangdong province on Friday that the U.S. and others are concerned about spillovers from industrial overcapacity in China, and will meet with U.S. business...
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China to challenge Biden's electric vehicle plans at the WTO
China says it has filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization over U.S. subsidies for electric vehicles.
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Messi's Argentina to play against El Salvador, Nigeria in the US, replacing China tour
Argentina will play in the U.S. in March instead of China after Lionel Messi didn’t play at Inter Miami’s preseason game in Hong Kong.
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US says it blocked a China cyber threat, but warns hackers could still disrupt lives of Americans
FBI Director Chris Wray has told House lawmakers that Chinese government hackers are busily targeting critical infrastructure inside the United States, including water treatment plants, the electrical grid and transportation systems.
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Landslide in mountainous southwestern China buries at least 47 people
A landslide in southwestern China’s mountainous Yunnan province has buried 47 people and forced the evacuation of 200 more.
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13 students reported killed in an elementary school dorm fire in China's Henan province
Chinese state media say 13 students have died after a fire broke out in dorms at a boarding school for elementary students in central Henan province.
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Chinese exchange student found safe inside tent in Utah after ‘cyber kidnapping,' police say
A foreign exchange student from China who was reported missing last week in Utah has been found in what authorities said was an apparent “cyber kidnapping” scheme to extort $80,000 from the student’s family.
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China's Alibaba must face a US toymaker's lawsuit over sales of allegedly fake Squishmallows
A judge in New York has ruled that Alibaba must face a lawsuit by a U.S. toymaker alleging that the Chinese ecommerce giant’s online platforms were used to sell counterfeit Squishmallows.
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Death toll from China's powerful earthquake rises to 149
The death toll from China’s most powerful earthquake in years has risen to 149, with two people still missing after the tremor hit northwestern parts of the country last week.
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China vows to keep up military pressure on the Philippines as territorial dispute grows tenser
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the country will maintain military pressure on the Philippines amid a dispute over sovereignty in the South China Sea that could involve U.S. forces defending their treaty partner.