China hosted Japan and South Korea on Saturday for the second trilateral leaders' meeting, state-run media said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has again indicated willingness to participate in bilateral talks with the United States and return to six-party talks over its nuclear program, China's Xinhua news agency reported.
Can Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao persuade North Korea to return to the six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program?
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will visit North Korea for two days next month, government officials and state-run media reported Monday.
Rebuilding China's earthquake-devastated areas is expected to cost $147 billion, according to a government report released last August.
The Chinese are getting nervous about buying U.S. Treasurys. Does that mean it's time for the Federal Reserve to start buying long-term notes?
Stocks slumped Thursday morning as questions about GM's ability to survive reignited the selloff that has sent the Dow and S&P 500 toward 12-year lows.
The Chinese government brought out the big guns over the weekend to help fight its worst drought in 50 years.
The student protester who hurled a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao as he was giving a speech at Cambridge University could face up to 6 months in prison or a £5,000 fine, the UK's Crown Prosecution Service told CNN Tuesday.
A human rights protester was in police custody Monday after throwing a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a speech at Cambridge University.
China hosted Japan and South Korea on Saturday for the second trilateral leaders' meeting, state-run media said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has again indicated willingness to participate in bilateral talks with the United States and return to six-party talks over its nuclear program, China's Xinhua news agency reported.
Can Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao persuade North Korea to return to the six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program?
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will visit North Korea for two days next month, government officials and state-run media reported Monday.
Rebuilding China's earthquake-devastated areas is expected to cost $147 billion, according to a government report released last August.
The Chinese are getting nervous about buying U.S. Treasurys. Does that mean it's time for the Federal Reserve to start buying long-term notes?
Stocks slumped Thursday morning as questions about GM's ability to survive reignited the selloff that has sent the Dow and S&P 500 toward 12-year lows.
The Chinese government brought out the big guns over the weekend to help fight its worst drought in 50 years.
The student protester who hurled a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao as he was giving a speech at Cambridge University could face up to 6 months in prison or a £5,000 fine, the UK's Crown Prosecution Service told CNN Tuesday.
A human rights protester was in police custody Monday after throwing a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a speech at Cambridge University.
Pro-Tibet activists jumped security barriers and scuffled with police outside the Chinese embassy in London Sunday as hundreds of demonstrators gathered to protest a visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
The worldwide economic recession has exposed a "crisis of global governance" that can only be addressed by the radical reform of the United Nations, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday as the World Economic Forum got under way in Switzerland.
Consumers in Beijing's malls and shops are shunning the milk and poultry sections -- for good reasons.
Asian and European leaders said Saturday they have reached a broad consensus on ways to deal with the global financial meltdown
China may be deeply enmeshed in the global economy, but the country's leaders are unlikely to take a direct role in solving a financial crisis Beijing believes was made in America
Below is the complete transcript of Fareed Zakaria's interview with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. The interview was taped September 23, and portions were shown on "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on September 28.
With thousands of babies sickened by tainted-milk products, Beijing officials apologize. But after a month of bad accidents, some say it's time for action -- not more words
Authorities have detained 13 people after a mud and rock slide that may have killed several hundred people in northern China, state-run media reported.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, whose swift appearance at disaster sites has made him one of the nation's most popular figures and earned him the nickname Grandpa Wen, now has a profile on Facebook.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao Saturday gave U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon a dramatic look at damage caused by the massive quake that hit Sichuan province earlier this month as the death toll from the catastrophe jumped past 60,000.
In the aftermath of the earthquake, simply being present in the disaster zone helped connect the government to the people
Chinese government officials raised the death toll from last week's earthquake past 55,000, as calls were sent out for more material to help the massive recovery effort.
Half the residents of Yingxiu were killed by the May 12 earthquake, but the fight to rescue survivors goes on
One of the most destructive moments in Chinese history is bringing together -- at least temporarily -- this vast nation of more than a billion people, made up of disparate ethnic groups stretching across five time zones.
Graphic footage of death and destruction has been shown on China's state-run news networks in the days following the massive earthquake that hit southwest Sichuan province earlier this week.
Parents are waiting at schools destroyed by the devastating Chinese earthquake hoping their children will be pulled from the debris but hope is fading.
The sharp sound of firecrackers and the wails of grieving parents echoed Tuesday morning above Juyuan Middle School, where hundreds of students are still trapped 24 hours after a major earthquake in central China.
Chinese authorities say nearly 400 dams were damaged by Monday's massive earthquake, according to media reports, as efforts to relieve the pressure at a dam near one quake-hit city continue.
Rescuers struggled to reach some of the hardest-hit areas of southwestern China on Tuesday after a massive earthquake that left a death toll well above 12,000.
China's death toll from a massive earthquake soared by thousands Wednesday as troops rushed to a dam feared critically damaged.
Beijing authorities quickly swung into action to respond publicly -- in sharp contrast to its behavior in past disasters
A 7.8 magnitude quake strikes central China, killing thousands and trapping hundreds of students under their school
Nearly 900 students were buried by the earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province, according to China's official news agency, Xinhua
The economy topped Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's "Government Work Report" on Wednesday, as he cited the need to hold inflation at 4.8 percent and create 10 million jobs in urban areas.
Monday brought welcome relief to millions of Chinese migrant workers desperate to see their families, as the nation's transportation system seemed to be getting back on its feet after being paralyzed by a historic winter storm.
China's worst winter in more than half a century showed no signs of abating Wednesday as forecasters warned of three more days of snow and sleet.
In a rare move for a Chinese politician, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao apologized Tuesday to the hundreds of thousands of people stranded in train stations across his country due to bad weather and a power crisis.
Chinese workers and army soldiers were racing to sweep snow-covered highways and unclog railway routes for millions of travelers trapped by cold weather.
Senior officials in Beijing are now grumbling that the megaproject on the Yangtze is turning into an environmental nightmare
Gross economic inequality is one of the biggest problems threatening China's stability, and an issue President Hu Jintao has taken up as a cornerstone of his administration. In major speeches and policy addresses he has called for the creation of a "harmonious society," signaling the central government's desire to reduce the gap between the wealthy Chinese elite and the working class, who have seen far fewer benefits from the country's torrid economic growth.
Overlooked in the daily rush of news about China's and India's stunning economic growth is a mammoth-scale economic problem - which neither country can any longer avoid. It's this: Most of their pe...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has toured the city of Harbin, where water service has been disrupted by an 80 kilometer-long (50 mile) toxic spill in the city's main water source, the Songhua River, and praised efforts to get the city back on track.
Following are essential facts and figures on the People's Republic of China.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao opened the annual session of the National People's Congress in Beijing by saying a planned anti-secession law would never permit independence for Taiwan.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is delivering his opening address at the annual session of the National People's Congress in Beijing.
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has appealed for $977 million in emergency relief over the next six months for the "unprecedented global catastrophe" triggered by the Asian tsunamis.
The death toll from Sunday's explosion at China's Chenjiashan Coal Mine rose sharply Wednesday, with state media reporting the figure now stands at 166.
The death toll from China's Chenjiashan Coal Mine explosion continues to mount, with state media reporting the figure now stands at 63.
After patriarch Jiang Zemin's long overdue retirement, the Chinese leadership under President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao may pursue a more aggressive policy towards the United States and Taiwan.
China has told Australia that talks on the North Korean crisis have not been cancelled, one day after Pyongyang ruled out attending another round.
A student dorm at Peking University has a place in the unofficial history of the Tiananmen protest movement.
The sword is out of its scabbard. Premier Wen Jiabao's revelation last week that Beijing is considering a National Reunification Law shows the Chinese leadership has entered a new and possibly violent phase in its decades-long struggle against Taiwanese independence.
Balance, not rapid growth, is the central theme of this year's session of China's National People's Congress.
China's premier has vowed to rein in the country's booming economy and lift millions of farmers out of poverty at the opening of the nation's annual session of parliament.
As some 2,900 delegates sit down to open China's annual session of parliament, Communist technocrats are getting good reviews for passing some tough tests.
China's new leadership is calling for changes to deal with the country's booming economy at the opening of its annual session of parliament.
The 15-month-old administration of President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao is staking its reputation on the success of a brand-new "concept of scientific development."
Beijing has ordered a nation-wide emergency safety check after two fires in Jilin and Zhejiang Provinces killed nearly 100 people earlier this week.
Much of China's weighty agrarian problem is summed up by a figure recently revealed by Premier Wen Jiabao: the country's grain production is short by 68.7 billion jin (34.4 billion kilo) a year.
China's top leadership has given orders that protecting people's lives must be the top priority in fighting the bird flu outbreak affecting large parts of the world's most populous nation.
Beijing authorities are pulling out the stops to prevent politically embarrassing mishaps in the run-up to Chinese New Year, usually a time to invoke celestial blessings for peace and prosperity.
New ideas are urgently needed as President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao begin the second year of their administration.
A revolution, as Mao Zedong aptly put it, is not a dinner party. Neither is global capitalism. So as the world's most populous nation lurches into the most painful phase of its transition to a mark...
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