Thousands of people have donated 5.29 million yuan ($830,000) to help Ai Weiwei pay a huge tax fine, with some throwing money wrapped in paper planes into his garden, the Chinese artist said on Monday

Chinese rescuers today pulled out alive 45 people trapped under a heap of rocks for the past two days in a coal mine in central China, where a cave-in claimed lives of eight workers.

A rock burst had

Health authorities in south China said on Friday they were investigating a hospital medical team for mistakenly diagnosing a stillbirth and disposing of a baby that was alive.

The probe is taking pla

Beijing on Friday hit out at a US intelligence agency report accusing the Chinese of extensive cyber spying, saying it was unprofessional and irresponsible.

The unusually blunt report on foreign cybe

Rescuers in China were battling against the clock on Friday to rescue more than 50 coal miners trapped underground after a sudden explosion of rocks killed four of their colleagues.

An official at th

China took a crucial step towards fulfilling its ambition to set up a manned space station on Thursday by completing its first successful docking high above Earth, state media reported.

The Shenzhou

A vehicle carrying explosive material detonated in southwest China on Tuesday, killing four people, injuring about 100 others and causing several nearby buildings to collapse, local authorities said.

A woman in China was caught and forced to undergo sterilisation surgery after she gave birth to her second child, a media report said.

The woman was nabbed and brought to her hometown in southeast Fu

A moderate earthquake in remote northwestern China has destroyed dozens of houses and damaged many more, but there have been no reported casualties, government officials and state media said on Tuesda

Air pollution in Beijing reached 'hazardous' levels on Monday, the US embassy said, as thick smog blanketed the city for the third day running, forcing the closure of highways and cancellation of flig