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Beijing professor says all Chinese have a 'duty' to speak Mandarin.

Some welcome mainland business, while others call on shoppers to stay on their side of the border.

China's government backs away from its promises to bereaved parents.

Eyewitnesses say she died after being hit by a car driven by a drunken parliamentary deputy.

A near-confrontation in airspace over islands disputed by China and Japan sparks diplomatic tensions.

Pro-democracy movement cofounder and legal scholar Benny Tai says the government is using his words to mark out a new 'red line.'

China is the world's biggest prison of journalists and netizens, a press freedom watchdog's new report says.

China promises to revamp its re-education through labor system, but critics are skeptical of how far the changes will go.

Xi Jinping appears to fear that social unrest could undermine Communist Party rule ahead of a major political congress later in the year.

Internet connection service providers must now register with the authorities, with a 'clean-up' operation beginning immediately.

The city's police department warns it will revoke the all-important 'hukou' registration of overseas Green Card holders from May 1.

Providers of questionable web content may not decline invitations to 'drink tea' with the Cyberspace Administration.

Anyone buying a face mask or using print shops must verify their identity.

Chinese authorities look to tighten controls over online content.

Chinese media controls aim to limit 'fabricated, inaccurate' reporting.

A local government in China turns down an applicant for a teaching job, saying teachers must be 'in good health.'

Four residents of the eastern province of Jiangxi are released after judges say they were sent to death row on the basis of flimsy evidence.

Chinese authorities renew an attack against online 'rumors' and push for real-name registration on microblog accounts.

Lawyers say Beijing's 'war on rumor' targets online information the government doesn't like.

Overseas epidemiologists are warning that there could be around 1,700 infections in Wuhan, compared with the official number of 270 confirmed cases.

Journalists say people aren't getting answers to key questions about the attacks through state media.

Chinese netizens react to new information about the former princeling's family ties.

Censors block information surrounding car accidents reportedly involving two top Chinese officials.

Police hold two Chinese businessmen with outspoken views and large social media followings.

Amid suspicions that police are trying to cover up the true extent of abuse, hours' worth of surveillance footage goes missing.

Joshua Wong's candidacy has been invalidated because of his ties to a political party that favors genuine autonomy for Hong Kong.

Gender equality in China's countryside lags far behind the progress made in urban areas.

A high-flying Chinese politician is suspended from the Communist Party's powerful Politburo.

Staff and activists say the dismissal of Keung Kwok-yuen had little to do with cost-cutting, and call for his reinstatement.

Local residents and environmental groups say they are worried by the lack of official transparency around the project.