S. Korea steps up rescue efforts as shipwreck death toll keeps rising The death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster has risen to 20, as 270 people are still listed as missing, including two from China. South Korean authorities are sending more air...
4 Dead, 284 Missing as Passenger Ship Sinks off S. Korean Coast There are at least four confirmed deaths and hundreds are missing after a passenger ship capsized off the southwest coast of South Korea on Wednesday. Most of the passengers were highsch...
Bluefin-21 backs in water for second search The unmanned submarine being deployed to look for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight is back in the water again after an abbreviated first mission yesterday. The mission for the US Navy's Bluefin-21 was c...
China, India Vow to Advance Partnership High-ranking officials from China and India have vowed to enhance cooperation between the two countries. Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin and Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh held strategic tal...
Development is China's primary task: Premier Li Premier Li Keqiang has once again stressed that China's primary task is development, and that maintaining steady growth is key to resolving problems. The premier made the comments during an inspection t...
No confirmed clues found to missing flight Search forces have still failed to find any confirmed clues to the Malaysian flight MH370, now missing for 36 days. An official with the China Maritime Search and Rescue Center says China's vessels have been...
Chinese president meets Australian PM Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with visiting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Beijing. Xi Jinping expressed gratitude for Australia's search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, adding th...
Boao China confident to keep economy in proper range: premie Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has delivered his keynote speech to the opening of the Bo'ao Forum for Asia in Hainan, focusing largely on economic integration and regional cooperation. Li Keqia...
Australian ship reacquired two underwater signals The search area for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been further refined, after the Australian vessel Ocean Shield again picked up underwater signals. The first signal was detected on Tuesd...
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with his counterpart Israel's Peres Chinese President Xi Jinping has met visiting Israeli President Shimon Peres here in Beijing. President Xi says he feels the current Middle East peace talks are at a critical junctu...
Australia ship detects singals as MH370 gone missing for one month Australian navy vessel Ocean Shield has detected new signals in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. It's now been a month since that jetliner left Kuala Lumpur on a...
Chinese and Australian vessels detect acoustic signals Naval vessels carrying deep-sea black box detectors are rushing to an area where Chinese and Australian ships detected acoustic signals, the latest lead in the hunt for missing flight MH370. But...
Reports on Chinese ship's detection of pulse signals need verification: JACC The Chief Coordinator of the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC), Angus Houston, says reports that the Chinese ship, Haixun 01, has detected electronic pulse signals in...
Two more rescued from collapsed building in E China Two more people have been rescued from the rubble of a residential building that collapsed in Fenghua City in east China's Zhejiang Province. Five others had been pulled from the debris as of noon o...
Chinese woman abducted in Malaysia Malay authorities say they believe the suspects involved in the kidnapping of a Chinese national on Wednesday evening at a resort in eastern Malaysia are now likely in Philippine waters. The head of the police force...
