20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes EDITOR'S NOTE — The United Nations adopted ...
US lawmakers criticized US President Barack Obama's administration Thursday for not pressuring China enough over its rigid currency as they set the stage ...
Although US President Barack Obama raised the thorny issue of human rights during his first visit to China this week, he left many political dissidents -- those who were not locked up -- disappointed. Obama spoke about his belief in "universal rights" ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - A student leader of China's 1989 pro-democracy movement who has long lived in the United States went on trial in China on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama finished a visit that raised human rights. Zhou Yongjun ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - A website set up by China's Defense Ministry said it was hit by 2.3 million hacker attacks in its first month of operation, but none of them were successful. Website editor Ji Guilin was quoted as saying the site ...
FILE - In this Thursday, May 7, 2009 file photo, passengers wear masks as a precaution against the swine flu arrive at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China. Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu- most notably quarantines imposed ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - The number of U.S.-dollar millionaires in China is expected to nearly double in five years, luring private bankers eager to help them invest an expected combined wealth over $7.6 trillion by 2013, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) said on Thursday. ...
Taiwan will decide by the end of the year whether to relax curbs on high-tech investments in China, a report said Thursday, citing the island's premier. The economic ministry will wrap up a review of long-standing controls on semiconductor, flat panel and ...
Fifteen months after the Beijing Olympics, Bahraini middle-distance runner Rashid Ramzi was stripped of his 1,500-meter gold medal Wednesday and four other athletes were disqualified because of doping at the games. The International Olympic Committee took action against the five athletes who ...
Chinese state media trumpet Obama visit, but activists complain criticism was too measured State media heralded President Barack Obama's maiden trip to China as a triumph, but ordinary Chinese were largely shielded by their government from his most critical remarks and activists ...
The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday his death would be a "setback" for Tibetans' struggle, but that he was confident the next generation would carry on his torch. The 74-year-old Nobel peace laureate said his death would be a "setback, there's no ...
Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his Beijing Olympic 1500 metres gold medal for doping, the secretary-general of Bahrain's Olympic Committee told AFP on Wednesday. "The Bahraini Olympic Committee has received a letter from the disciplinary committee of the International Olympic ...
