A group of islands in the South China Sea may not sound particularly significant, but these recently-formed pieces of land could be the key to Beijing's future military strategy.
A North Korean soldier has walked across one of the world's most heavily militarised borders to defect to the South, officials say.
China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang, 72, has been sentenced to life in prison, Chinese media report.
BEIJING — A young girl died after falling from a bouncy castle blown into the air by a strong gust of wind in southern China, according to surveillance video of the incident and a hospital official.
The latest weapon in the fight against cheating for China's all-important university entrance exam is a six-propeller drone.
South Korea has successfully test-fired two domestically built ballistic missiles that can hit all of North Korea, officials said, amid continuing animosity between the countries over the North’s push to bolster its nuclear and missile capabilities.
Five people have died and hundreds are missing after a cruise ship carrying 458 people capsized on the Yangtze River in China's Hubei province.
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A ship carrying more than 450 people has sunk after being caught in a storm on the Yangtze River in southern China, according to state media.
A senior Chinese naval commander has claimed new islands his country is building in the South China Sea will benefit the region, while stressing that such activities “fall well within the scope of China’s sovereignty.”
The US has called for an "immediate and lasting halt" to land reclamation in disputed areas of the South China Sea.
China's top court said it has executed a primary school teacher found guilty of raping or sexually abusing 26 girls.
China is to focus on projecting its military presence beyond its borders at sea, according to a strategy document.
Eleven Afghan policemen have been sentenced to one year in prison for failing to protect a woman killed in Kabul in March.
A suicide bomb attack near the entrance of the international airport in Afghanistan's capital Kabul has killed at least three people, officials say.
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