A TOP China air force commander has called the militarisation of space an “historical inevitability”, state media said today, marking an apparent shift in Beijing’s opposition to weaponising outer space. In a wide-ranging interview in...

China is taking the first step towards ending its one-child policy with the authorities in Shanghai encouraging thousands of couples to have a second baby. For the first time in 30 years, officials in the country’s economic capital have urged...

Recently, Beijing announced new procedures to “give an effective guarantee” to rural citizens that their land rights would be respected by “standardising” arbitration procedures. This is explicit recognition that rural unrest...

Since the imposing of United Nations sanctions against North Korea after its second nuclear test on May 25, everyone has been looking toward China for its response. Publically, China has been insisting that it is with the United Nations and will impose...

China has said it will continue with its plans to force every computer in the country to run a controversial filtering program that will further restrict the activities of web surfers. Officials at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...

Xu Jue, the mother of student protester Wu Xiangdong who was killed during the Tiananmen crackdown 20 years ago, has been prevented by police from visiting her son’s grave to mourn his death, a human rights watchdog said Thursday. The Information...

To a significant degree, our planet’s energy and environmental future is now being written in China. Consequential energy decisions are currently being made throughout this rapidly transforming nation.

Although humans and chimpanzees genetically vary by just 1.2 percent, that small percentage makes a world of difference in the mental and linguistic capabilities between the two species.

More than 10,000 children remain hospitalized in China’s tainted milk scandal, Chinese health officials revealed, while the country defended its dairy products Thursday at a meeting of the World Trade Organization.

Chinese state-run media called the Shenzhou VII mission “a historic moment.” However, online bloggers have pointed out physics-defying phenomena in the news footage of its space walk that suggest the whole operation was filmed not in space, but...