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AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
A Uighur separatist group has taken credit for a deadly bus bombing in Shanghai in May and warned of new attacks in China during the Olympics, a group monitoring threats by extremists on the Internet said.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 43 minutes ago
Parents whose children died or were disabled in China's devastating earthquake will be allowed to have more children after lawmakers in the hardest-hit province waived strict family-planning controls, state media reported Saturday.
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USA Today - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned China on Saturday not to use its massive Olympic security apparatus to crack down on legitimate dissent.
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The Star-Ledger - Sat Jul 26, 12:44 am EDT
BEIJING -- China's booming internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on web use, according to government data reported yesterday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 25, 1:02 pm EDT
An aggressive tabloid newspaper has had its Web site censored and could face further punishment by China's media authorities for running a photograph from the still-taboo 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 25, 6:18 pm EDT
U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain urged China on Friday to address human rights concerns and free Tibetan prisoners after he met with the Dalai Lama in Colorado.
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Houston Chronicle - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
The coming Olympic Games in Beijing have spurred production of a slew of new travel-related guides to China.
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The Pantagraph - Sat Jul 26, 1:15 am EDT
BEIJING -- China’s booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world’s biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Jul 24, 11:15 am EDT
Authorities in Nepal were Thursday accused of caving in to pressure from giant neighbour China by using excessive force and arbitrarily arresting hundreds of Tibetan protesters.
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USA Today - Fri Jul 25, 12:51 pm EDT
China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, according to government data.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 25, 10:41 pm EDT
Families whose children were left disabled in China's devastating earthquake will be allowed to have another baby, the government of the province worst hit by the disaster said.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 25, 8:24 am EDT
Yao Ming and many of China's other top athletes pledged "glory to the motherland" on Friday as the nation's biggest-ever Olympic team was unveiled for the Beijing Games.
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New York Times - Fri Jul 25, 6:52 pm EDT
China said the number of Internet users in the country reached about 253 million last month, ahead of the U.S., thanks to a powerful surge in Internet adoption in the last few years.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 25, 10:52 pm EDT
Taiwan is aiming to open five sectors of its economy to mainland Chinese by the end of the year, as part of a campaign by a new China-friendly administration to boost growth, media reported on Saturday.
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KXXV Waco - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
Associated Press - July 26, 2008 2:43 AM ET BEIJING (AP) - China's strict controls on the size of families is being relaxed in the region devastated by an earthquake in May.
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Rocky Mountain News - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
China must release all Tibetan political prisoners and account for the disappearance of protesters after last spring's uprising, Sen. John McCain said after meeting with the Dalai Lama on Friday.
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Houston Chronicle - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
Today's Beijing is packed with eateries at every corner, open at all hours and offering regional cuisines of all kinds — a reflection of China's stunning economic success after almost three decades of convulsive growth.
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Jul 25, 9:53 pm EDT
Washington - Meeting with the Dalai Lama US Republican presidential candidate John McCain Friday criticized the human rights situation in China. The US wants good relations with Beijing, McCain said after his discussion with the spiritual head of Tib...
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International Herald Tribune - Fri Jul 25, 5:46 am EDT
China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 25, 1:13 am EDT
China on Friday announced it would field 639 athletes to compete at the Beijing Games, its biggest-ever Olympic team and over 40 more than the United States.