China revokes new Shanghai Catholic bishop's title
In a fresh challenge to Vatican authority, China has revoked the title of a new Catholic bishop in Shanghai who outraged Chinese officials by ...

NKorea rocket a gift to leaders, warning to world
Why would North Korea launch a rocket into space now? The act invites additional sanctions for a country where the U.N. says millions are going ...

China's Xi leads campaign to cut pomp
New communist leader Xi Jinping is on a mission to soften the image of Chinese officialdom, winning kudos for his breezy personal style and ordering ...
Sex tape used to bribe Chinese official goes viral
A 5-year-old sex tape of an 18-year-old woman allegedly hired by developers to sleep with a city official is causing yet another scandal for China's ...

Dark side of thriving China: 5 kids die in trash
On the day China unveiled its new leadership in Beijing with promises of a better life for all, five runaway boys died in a garbage bin where they had ...
China's economy recovering but torrid growth over
Zhang Hanzhong, who supplies locks for auto manufacturers, is part of a swath of China's economy that is lagging in a two-speed recovery. Business for ...

China's Xi warns party of corruption scourge
China's new leader Xi Jinping is highlighting corruption as a scourge that could bring down the Communist Party, though he has yet to offer any ...

China's military pledges loyalty to new leader Xi
China's massive military pledged its loyalty to new Communist Party leader Xi Jinping on Friday, while reiterating its mission to follow the party's ...

Xi takes China's helm with many tough challenges
Long-anointed successor Xi Jinping assumes the leadership of China at a time when the ruling Communist Party is confronting slower economic growth, ...

Xi Jinping takes helm of China amid reform calls
Xi Jinping succeeded Hu Jintao as China's leader on Thursday, assuming the top posts in the Communist Party and the powerful military in a ...

A look at China's new leaders in apex ruling body
China's once-in-a-decade power transition crested Thursday with 59-year-old Xi Jinping taking over as the general secretary of the ruling Communist ...

China leader's brings a new affability to the job
In his travels abroad, Xi Jinping has often been something unusual for a Chinese communist leader: an ordinary guy. In Ireland, he stopped at a ...

Xi takes helm of China as powers and problems grow
Xi Jinping succeeded Hu Jintao as China's leader Thursday, assuming the top posts in the Communist Party and the powerful military in a once-a-decade ...
Asia stocks fall as talks on US budget deal stall
Asian stocks tumbled Thursday as hopes began to fade for a quick agreement among U.S. leaders to avoid a "fiscal cliff" that could derail the world's ...

China's new leadership faces obstacles to rule
Months of sharp behind-the-scenes jostling reach a climax Thursday with the announcement of a new Chinese leadership that almost regardless of its ...

How selection of China's new leadership works
China's Communist elite are meeting to install a new generation of leaders in a process that is part public show and part backroom politicking. At the ...
China drafts name list of party central committee
China's ruling communists were handed a list of candidates for their new Central Committee on Tuesday ahead of a tightly circumscribed vote to select ...

China delegates swoon at their proximity to power
Tears welled in Li Jian's eyes whenever President Hu Jintao mentioned the environment in his speech to Communist Party delegates gathered in the Great ...

Cautious enforcer to be China's next premier
The man in line to oversee China's massive but rapidly slowing economy for the coming decade speaks English and comes from a generation of politicians ...

China leadership transition formally edges forward
China's leadership transition has formally edged ahead, with the executive body of the Communist Party Congress forwarding a list of names to congress ...

China reformer says asset disclosure under study
Asset disclosure for Chinese officials is likely to be slowly phased in over time, a senior Communist Party leader said Friday, as the government ...
China's factory output rises in sign of recovery
China's auto sales, consumer spending and factory output improved in October in a new sign of economic recovery as the Communist Party prepared to ...

China opens power transfer by keeping it off-stage
China's ruling communists opened a pivotal congress to initiate a power handover by giving a nod to their revolutionary past and broadly promising ...

Hu Jintao's legacy: A strong but strained China
As Hu Jintao steps down as head of China's Communist Party after 10 years in power, he's hearing something unusual for a Chinese leader: sharp ...

Asian stocks fall as US tallies presidential vote
Asian stock markets fell Wednesday as traders watched the final hours of a tight U.S. presidential election whose conclusion would allow politicians ...