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.
View ArticleAmerican 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.
View ArticleUS 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.
View ArticleWhere 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...
View ArticleHornetgeddon! 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.
View ArticleChina 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...
View ArticleBeijing 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.
View ArticleHornetgeddon! 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.
View ArticleWoman 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...
View Article'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.
View ArticleChina 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.
View ArticleThick 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...
View ArticleChinese 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...
View ArticleStarbucks 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.
View Article'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.
View ArticleBotched 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.
View ArticleSpeculation 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...
View ArticleSexist 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.
View ArticleFamily 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...
View ArticleChina'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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