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China's new priority: social wellbeing over growth

By Gillian Wong | March 05, 2013 03:34 PM

China's government pledges to repair the country's ravaged environment and boost public services under its new leadership, an acknowledgment that quality of life was sidelined during the outgoing administration's decade of economic growth.

Wang nominated as China foreign minister: parliament

March 16, 2013 10:01 AM

China's parliament announces Wang Yi, a former ambassador to Japan and currently in charge of Taiwan affairs, has been nominated as the country's new foreign minister.

No New Year celebrations for Tibetans in centre of unrest

By Ben Blanchard | February 11, 2013 11:37 AM

Tibetans in a northwest part of China which has been a focus of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule mark a low-key lunar New Year, with many saying celebrations are inappropriate while the burnings continued.

Japan PM urges Chinese restraint after radar lock-on

February 06, 2013 01:20 PM

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe urges China not to stoke tension over disputed East China Sea isles, a day after Japan said a Chinese vessel directed radar normally used to aim weapons at a target at a Japanese navy ship.

Japan to boost military headcount amid China island row

January 27, 2013 01:42 PM

Japan is set to boost the number of military personnel, Defense Minister Onodera says, as the new government led by the Liberal Democratic Party tackles a territorial spat with China over East China Sea islets.

China keeps mum on Bo trial despite talk it could start Monday

By Ben Blanchard | January 27, 2013 01:03 PM

China's government is giving no details on the trial of shamed senior leader Bo Xilai as speculation mounts the case could be heard as early as Monday.

10 more China officials sacked in sex tape scandal

January 25, 2013 08:47 AM

A scandal involving Chinese city officials having sex with women hired by developers who secretly videotaped the trysts to extort construction deals broadens with state media announcing 10 more officials fired.

China defies U.S. sanctions pressure over North Korea

By Tom Hancock | December 13, 2012 12:31 PM

China on resists U.S.-led pressure to bring its ally North Korea to heel for launching a long-range rocket, arguing that any response from the U.N. should be "prudent" and measured.

China Nobel winner likely to avoid politics

By Tom Hancock | December 06, 2012 12:03 AM

Mo Yan, China’s Nobel Prize in literature winner, headed to Sweden Wednesday to collect his award.

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