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Two dead, 18 trapped in mine collapse in China

Two people died and 18 are still trapped after a coal mine collapsed in eastern China.

21/10/2018

China

Watch: UK-China expedition discovers world-class cave hall

A China-UK joint expedition team has discovered a world-class giant cave hall in the Nongle sinkhole in Fengshan County of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

20/10/2018

Series

Beijing's contemporary art hub goes from strength to strength

In partnership with The official tourism board of Beijing

If you love cutting-edge art there's really only one place to go in the Chinese capital - the #798 Art Zone.

15/10/2018

China

Watch: Tourists test their nerve on glass slide in China’s Shangluo

Visitors in Shangluo, a city in northwestern China, are testing their nerve on a glass slide and glass-bottom bridge.

15/10/2018

Travel News

Beijing: City of remarkable contrasts

In partnership with The official tourism board of Beijing

Beijing: City of remarkable contrasts

13/10/2018

Series

Healthy mind, healthy body, the Chinese way

In partnership with The official tourism board of Beijing

Chinese medicine is one of the Middle Kingdom's great treasures, and Baduanjin is one of its cornerstones.

08/10/2018

World

Former INTERPOL head under investigation for bribery in China

After being reported missing, Chinese authorities have announced they are investigating former INTERPOL President Meng Hongwei for taking bribes. He sent in his resignation remotely on Sunday. His wife told media the last text she received was a knife emoticon she believes signaled danger.

08/10/2018

China

British journalist to be expelled from Hong Kong

Victor Mallet, the Asia news editor for the Financial Times, has had his visa renewal denied by Hong Kong authorities without reason, a move that has many journalists and free speech activists worried about the state of Hong Kong's position under "one country, two systems."

05/10/2018

China

Is this how drugs will be delivered around your body in the future?

A tiny robot has been developed that could be one day used to move drugs around the human body.

05/10/2018

China

China's experiment in social engineering holds grim portent for the world

What you buy, what you read, where you go, who you talk to; it all counts as credits or penalities in China's vast new monitoring system, and your results can determine your basic freedoms.

02/10/2018

Series

Best feet forwards in Beijing

In partnership with The official tourism board of Beijing

Postcards visits a venerable cobblers keeping an ancient shoemaking tradition alive in the Chinese capital.

01/10/2018

China

Man develops rat disease in Hong Kong

A 56-year-old man in Hong Kong has developed a strain of hepatitis E that normally infects rats, marking the first time it has been transferred to humans, scientists say.

29/09/2018

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Surfers from around the world gather to ride tidal bores of the Qiantang River

Surfers from around the world have gathered to ride the tidal bores of the Qiantang River in east China's Zhejiang Province recently.

28/09/2018

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Wooden library lures bookworms to village outside Beijing

Deep in the heart of a valley surrounded by rocky hills, a wooden library sits just over a creek on the outskirts of Beijing, seemingly in the middle of nowhere.

27/09/2018

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Fire dragon dances through streets of Hong Kong

Eighty people lifted a giant fire dragon through the streets of Hong Kong on Monday as part of the city's mid-autumn festival celebrations.

25/09/2018

Series

Don't miss the duck in Beijing

In partnership with The official tourism board of Beijing

Postcards piles on the pounds with glee as it visits THE place to eat crispy duck in Beijing.

24/09/2018

China

Pope recognises 7 Chinese bishops in historic agreement

The Vatican said the Pope has recognized seven state-appointed Chinese bishops during his four-day trip in the Baltics.

22/09/2018

Business

China hits back at Trump with tariffs on 51 billion euros worth of Ame

It comes after the US slapped duties on 170 billion euros of Chinese imports on Monday, escalating its trade war with Beijing.

18/09/2018

Partner content

Living the winter dream: Beijing snow sports and spectacles

Partner content presented by BEIJING

From adrenalin-fuelled winter sports competitions to breathtaking hikes, and luxurious spas, Beijing has everything you could want for a holiday in the snow.

18/09/2018

Series

Beijing's Temple of Heaven

In partnership with The official tourism board of Beijing

No visit to the Chinese capital is truly complete without a visit to one of the nation's most sacred sites.

17/09/2018

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Strong winds and heavy rains lash Hong Kong as Typhoon Mangkhut nears

Hong Kong and southern China hunkered down under red alert Sunday as strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Mangkhut lashed the densely populated coast.

16/09/2018

Spotlight

Shanghai: the beating heart of China

In partnership with Shanghai tourism

Shanghai is the financial mecca of China and lately has put innovation as a top strategic goal turning it into a "go to" place for innovators, entrepreneurs and start-ups

14/09/2018

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China mudslide: search and rescue operation underway

Thousands of rescuers are searching for 15 people who remain missing after a flood and a mudslide hit a town in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Sunday.

04/09/2018

China

Air pollution can damage our intelligence, study finds

Exposure to air pollution may impede cognitive ability as people become older, with less-educated men the worst affected, a new study has found.

28/08/2018

China

China hints it will scrap its two-child policy

China appears set to scrap the limit of two children per couple policy in a bid to deal with an ageing population.

28/08/2018

China

China: Fire at Harbin Resort hotel kills dozens

At least eighteen people have died in a fire at a holiday hotel in northeast China. The blaze broke out early Saturday morning at a hot spring resort in Harbin

25/08/2018