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Associated Press in Beijing
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Ji Jianye - accused of using his Communist Party and government positions to receive massive bribes - is one of the highest-ranking officials caught in President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive.
China’s legislature has designated December 4 as Constitution Day amid a drive to strengthen the authority of the country’s legal system.
The US Air Force’s new commander in the Pacific says she is hoping to continue a dialogue with Beijing on avoiding dangerous airborne encounters that have added to regional tensions.
Visa, Mastercard and other foreign credit card companies may gain greater access to the market in the mainland following Cabinet announcement
China launched an experimental spacecraft on Friday to fly around the moon and back to Earth in preparation for the country’s first unmanned return trip to the lunar surface in 2017.
A US supplier said on Monday it is laying off most of the workforce of a Chinese subsidiary accused of selling expired meat to McDonald’s, KFC and other major restaurant chains.
Members of foreign press were finally permitted to attend the ministry’s monthly news briefing on Thursday - a small milestone in increasingly confident military’s efforts to project transparent image.
Zhang Shaojie, pastor of the Nanle County Christian Church in Henan province, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday in what supporters say is a crackdown aimed at curbing fast-growing religious activity, his lawyer said.
China on Friday announced a crackdown on internet content promoting terrorism and violence that it has blamed for inspiring a recent string of deadly attacks by Islamic extremists.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says Sydney will "do what we can to release him" after reports 52-year-old Tiananmen veteran and Australian citizen Guo Jian had been detained in Beijing.
