
Obama says US, China must develop cyber rules
Treading carefully, President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping avoided a direct public confrontation on cybersecurity Friday as they ...

Blackstone founder creates $300M China scholarship
A U.S. private equity tycoon announced Sunday the establishment of a $300 million endowed scholarship program in China for students from around the ...

China's new leadership faces myriad challenges
China named the Communist Party's No. 2 leader, Li Keqiang, premier on Friday as a long-orchestrated leadership transition nears its end, leaving the ...

China's political advisers pledge fealty to party
China's top political advisers, who represent a broad spectrum of prominent people in business, academia, finance and other areas, closed their annual ...

Chavez widely mourned, but some hope change on way
Some cried, some cheered. Many Latin Americans mourned the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, leaders in Europe and Asia sent condolences, and ...

Japan ex-China envoy: Tokyo erred on islands row
Japan's former envoy to China says his country erred in choosing to buy islands claimed by both Japan and China last fall, infuriating Beijing, and ...

Official: China recovering from 'soft landing'
China's economy is now recovering from a "soft landing," but the big challenge in 2013 will be to prevent overheating while still promoting growth, ...

China elder Jiang Zemin takes a public step back
Influential Chinese ex-President Jiang Zemin has been moved down the top leadership's pecking order — at least in public — as the ruling Communist ...

Censorship row shows China's tight grip on media
China's new Communist Party leaders want to appear more open, but they're not about to give up control of the media. That's the lesson of a dustup ...
Official says China to end labor camp sentences
China will stop handing down labor camp sentences this year under a system that allowed police to lock up government critics and other defendants for ...