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News of the visit comes amid reports that China's President Xi Jinping will cut off financial support to the isolated Stalinist state.

The removal of a powerful Chinese provincial official is linked to the treatment of blind activist Chen Guangcheng.

Families who resisted signing controversial resettlement agreements were targeted for the first demolitions.

Police in China rule a detainee’s death a suicide in what family members say may be a move to avoid an incriminating autopsy.

People with grievances against the local government are held in police stations and government offices after being forced to board a bus.

The authorities send in more riot police following clashes with thousands of residents.

Chinese news media get new orders on how to cover the deadly Qinghai quake.

Beijing's rush-hour commuters are being forced to stand in line for individual security scans before boarding trains across the network.

The city wants polluting industries to pay a surcharge for every metric ton of volatile organic compounds they release into the atmosphere.

Police say they have arrested the perpetrator, and that an investigation is currently under way.

The report offers a blow-by-blow account of the fatal trampling, saying bystanders played a crucial role in the rescue operation.

The Golden Lampstand Church had a history of disputes with the government.

A Hong Kong wildlife group publishes the results of a four-year undercover investigation into the facility.

Four women shave their heads, then name and shame two judges publicly for holding rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang well past the legal time limit.

Democracy activists are refused entry into mainland China for taking part in 'illegal' protests.

China slams the Philippines for constructing a military structure on an island in disputed waters.

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden hits out at Hong Kong officials, saying 'someone wants to make these families disappear.'

Shen Liangqing's family say they are very worried about his health, as he is highly unlikely to cave in to demands for a "confession."

Workers say the company has failed to deliver on a promised educational payout for their children.

Police move in to quell rising protests in China's former industrial boomtown as hundreds of workers at a closed factory gather to demand three months' back ...

Chinese democracy activists receive visits, warnings from the police.

The clashes are sparked by a dispute over suspected official corruption surrounding an urban redevelopment project in the southern city.

Relatives and friends of detained rights activists are now being held alongside those they were looking for on charges of subversion of state power.

Huang Meijuan, an outspoken supporter of China's prisoners of conscience, has been held under criminal detention since late April, and her children taken to a ...

Clashes break out in Shenzhen as President Hu arrives in the Special Economic Zone.

Activists and Internet giant Yahoo welcome Shi Tao's release.

Chinese authorities crack down on environmental protesters opposed to a new metal refinery.

The move follows claims to sovereignty, warnings to Vietnam and India.

Authorities in Japan and Hong Kong have placed the vessels in quarantine after some of the crew reported symptoms, and are testing them for coronavirus.

The Philippines will proceed with construction work on the island, rejecting Chinese claims of control.