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China's next food scandal: honey laundering

China's National Television has brought another case of "food forgery" to the spotlight in a country where fake eggs, beef and tofu have become staple items in national news coverage.

Updated 6:14PM

West Africa provides shortcut for rich mainland Chinese to Hong Kong residency

Thousands of mainland Chinese have permanent residency in The Gambia, a place they most likely have never visited and never will, as the African country has been unexpectedly profiting from a Hong...

Updated 6:06PM

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... Superman in China

Superman visited China on Wednesday as actor Henry Cavill arrived in Shanghai for the mainland premiere of Man of Steel, the new reboot of Warner Bros' long-running film franchise.

5:19PM

China's 'Dr House' resigns from post at public hospital

Physician and superstar microblogger Dr Yu Ying announced her resignation from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital last week

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China executes party official for child rapes after online uproar

Authorities in central China executed a former Communist Party official for raping 11 underage girls, state media said on Wednesday, following an online uproar about the latest case of abuse of...

4:56PM

China and North Korea hold talks in Beijing

Negotiators from North Korea and China held strategic talks in Beijing on Wednesday following a rough patch in relations between the communist allies and Pyongyang’s surprise weekend call for...

3:31PM

The 'Chinese dream' is not a return to the Empire, says Communist Party official

China does not want to return to its imperial roots but instead wants to become a middle-class country with a "harmonious society", a senior Communist Party official said.

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China bus crash kills at least 15 people

A bus carrying 36 people veered from a road in heavy fog and crashed into a valley in western China, killing at least 15 people on Tuesday, state media reported.

1:21PM

Xinhua commentary compares racist protest in Japan to Nazi Germany's 'Kristallnacht'

The editorial slammed Japan’s leadership, under hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, for making revisionist comments about the country’s past war crimes and turning a “blind eye” to the rise in...

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Student forced to eat paper, another stuck with needles, say reports

After several cases of teachers molesting children caused an outrage throughout China, Chinese media have moved the spotlight to reports of sadist

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Ghana arrest of Chinese miners will not harm relations, says foreign ministry

China is determined that its relations with Ghana will not be undermined by the arrest of some 200 Chinese illegal gold miners in a crackdown by Ghanaian authorities, a senior Beijing foreign...

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Xi looks to legacy of Mao for inspiration to solve corruption

The Communist Party, under new general secretary Xi Jinping, is delving deeper into the legacy of the late Mao Zedong for inspiration to help clean up its ranks amid rising disillusionment over...

5:38AM

Officials to get tough on polluters as public anger rises over environmental scandals

The Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly issued the document to clarify the criteria for convictions for environmental crimes, court spokesman Sun Jungong said. The...

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