Veteran Chinese rights activist Chen Wei was sentenced on Friday to nine years in jail for 'subversion', his lawyers said, in one of the harshest penalties handed down in a crackdown launched this yea

Researchers in China’s north-western Gansu prov-ince have found a hand-written copy of the Quran completed in 1912, which is said to be the earliest Chinese language version of the Muslim holy book.

As India gears up to test its 5000 km range Agni-V missile in February next year, Chinese official media here said that the 'killer' missile with potential to reach several cities in China showed New

As India gears up to test its 5000 km range Agni-V missile in February next year, Chinese official media here said that the "killer" missile with potential to reach several cities in China showed New Delhi's intention to become major power in the region.

Hollywood actor Christian Bale was roughed up by Chinese security guards as he attempted to visit a blind legal activist whose detention has sparked a domestic and international outcry, CNN reported on Friday.

Batman star Christian Bale, in the midst of promoting a film he made in China that some critics have called propaganda, was physically stopped by government-backed guards from visiting a blind activis

A man who escaped from a jail in China by tunnelling his way out with bare hands has been nabbed after nearly 15 years, police said.

Li Junlin, 41, was arrested after his location was traced by tappi

A burglar, who was accidentally locked up in an apartment by its owner in an eastern China city, was found barely breathing four days later as he starved all through finding nothing to eat on the prem

Chinese police have arrested a man who hired two strippers to perform at his son's wedding after the performance was mobbed by villagers, a newspaper reported.

Zhang Cheng, from Xuzhou in eastern Jia

In a move that may cause unease in India, China announced Monday it will set up its first military base abroad in the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles to “seek supplies and recuperate” facilities for its Navy.