13 dead, 2 missing in Jiangxi colliery blast 13 miners are confirmed dead, and 2 are still missing, after an explosion in a coal mine in Jiangxi yesterday. The blast happened at a mine in the city of Pingxiang. Rescue attempts to reach the 2 miners a...
15 dead, 2 missing in Jiangxi colliery blast All 15 trapped miners have been confirmed dead after an explosion in a coal mine in east China's Jiangxi yesterday. Thirty-eight miners were working in the mine when the blast happened at a mine in the cit...
China lodges representations with Japan over nationals' detention China has filed an official complaint with Japan over the detention of Chinese nationals who went to the Diaoyu Islands. Chinese vice foreign minister Fu Ying has summoned Japan's Amba...
China says Japan's unilateral moves against Chinese nationals illegal, invalid China says any of Japan's unilateral moves against Chinese nationals is illegal and invalid. China's Foreign Ministry made the statement after Japan decided to release 14-...
China strongly opposes Japanese rightists in Diaoyu Islands China strongly opposes Japanese rightists landing on the Diaoyu Islands on Sunday, and urges Japan to put an end to its actions that seek to undermine China's territorial sovereignty. China'...
Fugitive gunman kills police officer in SW China Police in Chongqing are on the hunt for an armed robber accused of gunning down a police officer yesterday. The suspect is believed to be Zhou Kehua. He's the prime suspect in the murder of 9 different...
UN humanitarian chief says situation worsened in Syria since March UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos is in Syria. She says the situation on the ground in the country has worsened since her last visit in March. Amos says the United Nations is working...
180 killed in strong quake in northwest Iran: official Two strong earthquakes struck villages in northwest Iran on Saturday killing some 180 people and injuring hundreds of others. Six villages near the city of Tabriz were completely destroyed and ot...
250 killed in twin quakes in Iran The death toll of Saturday's strong twin quakes in northwest Iran has risen to 250 and some two thousand others were injured. Reports say the quakes, which jolted East Azerbaijan province, have damaged some 110 villa...
Chinese FM stresses joint effort with ASEAN to maintain peace in South China Sea China has called on ASEAN countries to make joint effort to maintain peace in the South China Sea. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told a joint press conference wit...
vice FM to Visit Beijing to Repair Ties The Japanese government has decided to dispatch its Foreign top official to China on a two- day tour to repair frayed bilateral ties over islands in the East China Sea. Deputy Foreign Ministe...
China announces geographic codes for Diaoyu Islands The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) on Saturday released a string of geographic coordinates of the Diaoyu Island and some of its affiliated islets, in a new move to affirm China's sovereignty. Th...
Chinese VP meets U.S. Secretary of Defense Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping has met with U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in Beijing. He said Panetta's visit will help to further advance the relationship between the two militaries as well as t...
At least 43 dead in SW China quake At least 43 people have died and 150 injured in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake that hit the border area of southwest China's Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Most victims were from Yiliang County in Yunnan, the epicenter....
China Protests Japan Buying Diaoyu Islands China's Foreign Ministry has lodged a strong protest against Japan's decision to buy part of China's Diaoyu Islands. Media reports claim that the Japanese government agreed a deal on Monday with the islands'...