Xinjiang
Show of ethnic harmony at China legislature
Mar 16, 2013 14:13 EDT
Wearing an embroidered cap signalling her Uighur ethnicity, Rehangul Yimir's presence in the Great Hall of the People symbolises Beijing's efforts to gloss over simmering frictions among its disparate peoples.
Pakistan middle class fixes sights on China
Mar 08, 2013 02:01 EST
When Misbah Rashid taught Chinese 30 years ago, few signed up. Today her department has more than 200 Pakistani students, increasingly attracted by the prospect of an affordable education and a job.
Knife attack in China's Xinjiang kills 4
Mar 08, 2013 00:37 EST
Several knife-wielding attackers killed four people and wounded eight others in China's ethnically-divided western region of Xinjiang, according to a government official.
Knife attack in China's Xinjiang kills 4
Mar 07, 2013 22:57 EST
Several knife-wielding attackers killed four people and wounded eight others in China's ethnically-divided western region of Xinjiang, according to a government official.
China reports year's second fatal case of bird flu
Feb 22, 2013 23:23 EST
A man in southwestern China has died of bird flu, health authorities said Saturday, becoming the second fatality from the H5N1 virus this year.
China BBQ ban plans stoke up anger
Feb 21, 2013 06:11 EST
China web-users were furious Thursday over plans to tackle pollution with a ban on barbecues, wryly asking if Beijing would stamp out fried food and normal bodily functions in its war on smog.
China rights lawyer gets rare prison visit: wife
Jan 23, 2013 15:02 EST
China has allowed relatives to visit imprisoned human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng in the first confirmation in months that the prominent dissident is alive, his wife said Wednesday.
Great balls of China to defend against 'apocalypse'
Dec 13, 2012 09:51 EST
As people across the globe tremble in anticipation of next week's supposed Mayan-predicted apocalypse, one Chinese villager says he may have just what humanity needs: tsunami-proof survival pods.
Death for three Xinjiang plane hijackers: China media
Dec 11, 2012 08:09 EST
A court in China's restive Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang sentenced three men to death on Tuesday after they were found guilty of trying to hijack an aircraft and detonate explosives, state media said.
China sacks twin mistresses cop exposed on web
Dec 09, 2012 22:58 EST
A Chinese police chief accused online of keeping twin sisters as mistresses has been sacked, state media said Monday, the latest official to fall in a sex and corruption scandal in China in recent weeks.
China ex-leader Jiang a new force behind scenes
Nov 13, 2012 08:26 EST
He was wrongly reported dead last year, and his political influence was said to have faded as a younger generation assumed control of China, but former President Jiang Zemin has made a surprise comeback.
Security increase reported after Tibet protests
Nov 09, 2012 08:02 EST
China has ramped up security in Tibetan areas, rights groups and residents said on Friday, after new self-immolation protests belied boasts of national unity at a key Communist Party congress in Beijing.
Toy helicopters restricted as China tightens security
Oct 31, 2012 07:53 EDT
Restrictions on the sale of radio-controlled helicopters and planes have been imposed in Beijing as China heightens security before a once-in-a-decade leadership change, state media said Wednesday.
Taiwan to ask Apple to blur sensitive military images
Oct 09, 2012 12:04 EDT
Taiwan said Tuesday it will ask US tech giant Apple to blur satellite images of sensitive military installations which are freely available to iPhone 5 users.
Hoax threat forces China plane to land: report
Oct 08, 2012 15:53 EDT
Chinese police arrested a man in the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang for allegedly making a hoax threat that forced a plane into an emergency landing, state media said.
'Terrorist threat' forces China plane to land
Oct 08, 2012 11:21 EDT
A plane was forced to make an emergency landing when it received an "anonymous terrorist threat" after taking off from China's restive northwestern Xinjiang region on Monday, state media said.
Arrest after China flight threat: state media
Sep 02, 2012 01:28 EDT
Police in southern China have arrested a man suspected of threatening to blow up a commercial jet, following a similar incident affecting a flight from Beijing, state press said Sunday.
Arrest after China flight threat: state media
Sep 01, 2012 22:40 EDT
Police in southern China have arrested a man suspected of threatening to blow up a commercial jet, following a similar incident affecting a flight from Beijing, state press said Sunday.
Threat forces Air China flight back to Beijing
Aug 29, 2012 12:01 EDT
An Air China plane bound for New York was forced to return to Beijing on Wednesday after receiving a "threatening message" but nothing unusual was found, the airline and state media said.
Threat forces Air China flight to return to Beijing
Aug 29, 2012 10:17 EDT
An Air China plane bound for New York was forced to return to Beijing on Wednesday after receiving a "threatening message", the airline and state media said.
