China

32 sailors go missing after tanker and freight ship collide off China

The 32 missing sailors have not been located since Saturday night.

7 January 2018

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World's biggest festival of ice sculptures takes place in China

The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival continues until February 28th.

4 January 2018

China

UK eyes Pacific free trade group

Trade Minister Liam Fox says the UK wants to see how the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) evolves before considering joining it, in a bid to boost exports after Brexit.

3 January 2018

Economy

US government blocks MoneyGram sale

It's the latest in a series of Chinese acquisitions of US companies to be blocked by CFIUS.

3 January 2018

China

Hands off Hong Kong, protesters warn China

Pro-democracy campaigners say China’s Communist Party leaders are chipping away at the autonomy of the former British colony.

1 January 2018

China

Workers make final checks on China's new power line

As part of efforts to bring more renewable energy to China, maintenance workers balance 300 metres above the Yellow River to prepare the world's highest voltage power line for service.

30 December 2017

World News

China denies illicit oil flows to North Korea

Beijing denied breaching international sanctions as it was revealed that a Hong Kong-flagged ship had been seized on suspicion of transferring oil to Pyongyang

29 December 2017

Sport

Cold comfort for China winter swimmers

28 December 2017

China

New solar-powered highway opens in China

In the eastern province of Shandong a new solar powered highway has opened

28 December 2017

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Winter swimming competition

Baby, it's cold outside - but that didn't keep some of the world's most dedicated winter swimmers away from a competition in China's Heilongjiang Province

27 December 2017

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China dragon dance

On the shortest day of the year, locals put up a 48-meter long stretch of fire -- the longest in the world, and performed a dragon dance with a 128-meter-long fire dragon, also the longest in the world, in Wulingyuan District of the province's Zhangjiajie City.

25 December 2017

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Polarland Penguins go Santa for Christmas

Penguins wander around the newly-built Mini Snow Town at the Polarland theme park, wearing small red cloaks and eliciting smiles and cheers from the excited visitors.

25 December 2017

China

Maiden flight of amphibious plane

Celebrations in China after the maiden flight of the world's largest amphibious plane.

24 December 2017

Earth News

Undercover in Lisbon’s secret Chinese restaurants

An adventurous food hunting and atypical dining out experience attracting both the curious and the reckless.

23 December 2017

World News

Your week in 60 seconds

How switched on were you to the news this week? Watch our video below to see if you can identify the news story.

22 December 2017

World News

Your week in 60 seconds

How switched on were you to what was going on in the news this week? Watch our video below to see if you can identify the news story.

15 December 2017

Germany

German intelligence warning of Chinese LinkedIn spying 'groundless' –

Germany's spy agency says China has been using fake social media profiles to try to infiltrate German politics and business.

12 December 2017

China

Mass evictions of migrant workers in Beijing

Thousands were left homeless after they were evicted from a poor neighbourhood of the Chinese capital.

11 December 2017

China

Chinese parents protest against 'stress caused by children's homework'

Fed up parents in China are calling for a break from their children's homework.

10 December 2017

China

Watch: Elephant attacks vehicles in China

Footage shows an elephant ramming the windshield of a bus in the middle of a road in southwest China

10 December 2017