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1 room, 5 bunk beds, 10 kids: Chinese students protest school restrictions,...

BEIJING – “Smash the cafeteria! Smash the supermarket! Smash the gate!” chanted thousands of Chinese high school students during a violent protest at their school on Sept. 14.

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American daredevil after completing 'flying dagger' stunt: 'I started crying'

JIANGSHAN, China -- Jeb Corliss' weekend flight through a mountain fissure was a spectacular stunt, "the single gnarliest thing I've ever done in my life," as he put it. But it almost never happened.

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US daredevil Jeb Corliss: 'I started crying' after surviving 'flying dagger'...

JIANGSHAN, China -- Jeb Corliss' weekend flight through a mountain fissure was a spectacular stunt, "the single gnarliest thing I've ever done in my life," as he put it. But it almost never happened.

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Where were China's weather wizards? President gets soggy on rare rainy...

News analysisBEIJING -- There may have been red faces at Beijing's famed Weather Modification Office on Tuesday afternoon.Thunder and flashes of lightning before dawn suggested they were in action to...

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Hornetgeddon! Deadly swarm of giant bugs shows signs of ebbing in China

ANKANG, SHAANXI PROVINCE, China – A winged menace has killed 42 people and injured at least 1,600 since July, striking fear across this heavily industrialized area of central China.

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China state media blasts US shutdown, calls for a 'de-Americanized' world

News analysisBEIJING –With days to go before the United States debt default deadline, Beijing aired its frustrations with the shutdown Sunday, saying it was time to consider a “de-Americanized” world...

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Beijing introduces new rules to curb car use on bad pollution days

BEIJING – With last winter’s “Airpocalypse” still fresh in Beijing officials’ minds, politicians have introduced new guidelines for dealing with so-called “bad-air” days.

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Hornetgeddon! Authorities swat deadly swarm of giant bugs

ANKANG, SHAANXI PROVINCE, China – A winged menace has killed 42 people and injured at least 1,600 since July, striking fear across this heavily industrialized area of central China.

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Woman survives 15 days trapped in well with a few cornstalks and rain water

BEIJING – A 38-year-old woman trapped in an empty well in China’s central Henan province survived for more than two weeks before being rescued earlier this week. Su Qixiu, a resident of Zhongfeng...

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'Zombie Car' abandoned in China street, overgrown with ivy

BEIJING – Residents on a street in China finally said good riddance Friday to a car, almost completely engulfed by foliage, which has become a social media sensation since it was abandoned a year ago.

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China struggles to control spate of hornet attacks as deaths rise

BEIJING – Authorities in northern China are struggling to control a spate of attacks by aggressive hornets that have killed 42 people and injured more than 1,630.

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Thick smog chokes Chinese citizens walking, biking and driving through Harbin

Thick smog all but shut down one of northeastern China's largest cities, Harbin, on Monday, forcing schools to suspend classes, snarling traffic and closing the airport, in the country's first major...

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Chinese billionaire arrested for crossing 'red line' of political activism

 BEIJING – In a crackdown on dissent ahead of a crucial Communist Party gathering next month, Chinese authorities on Sunday formally arrested a billionaire venture capitalist who has turned his wealth...

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Starbucks caught in China's crosshairs over posh prices

BEIJING – Starbucks is the latest foreign company to draw fire from China’s state media due to its high prices.

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'Free our man': Chinese paper demands cops free jailed reporter

BEIJING – A Chinese newspaper made a rare front-page appeal to police to free one of its investigative reporters who was jailed after writing about alleged fraud at a huge state-linked company.

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Botched Chinese temple fresco restoration sparks outrage

BEIJING – The new frescoes in Chaoyang’s Yunjie Temple are definitely bold and colorful – too bad they don’t look a thing like the delicate historic originals they were meant to restore.

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Speculation follows mysterious car crash in Tiananmen Square

BEIJING – At least 5 people were killed and 38 more injured when a car ploughed through barricades into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and caught fire. Government censors quickly deleted any pictures...

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Sexist driving tips by Beijing police spark outrage

BEIJING – For female drivers across China, police in Beijing may now be the worst backseat driver they’ve ever encountered.

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Family of blind Chinese dissident get permission to visit him in the U.S.

BEIJING - The mother and brother of a prominent blind Chinese activist have received permission from the government to visit him in United States, a rare sign of tolerance on the part of authorities...

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China's Communist Party promises 'unprecedented' reform - but will it deliver?

BEIJING -- China's ruling Communist Party embarked on a historic and secretive four-day meeting Saturday, promising to bring "unprecedented" economic reforms and raising the hopes of domestic...

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