The latest victim to die of MERS related complications in South Korea was a 68-year-old woman who was hospitalized with a pre-existing heart condition. She was infected at the same hospital, which had recorded the largest outbreak so far. Eight new M...
China has reiterated that land reclamation in the South China Sea falls within China's sovereignty and that no other countries have the right to interfere with its internal affairs in this regard. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the statemen...
Chinese authorities are warning of harsh punishments after several ghostwriters were caught attending the national college entrance exam, or Gaokao, sparking a huge wave of repercussions. CRI's Sophie Williams reports. The education department in Jia...
There are now 434 confirmed deaths from the capsizing of the Eastern Star on the Yangtze River, a week after the tragedy occurred. As of Monday morning, when the bodies of two victims were recovered, eight people were still missing. Local authorities...
Almaty, Kazakhstan and Beijing, China will present their respective bidding projects today. This is the last chance for each bid to win endorsement from IOC members in the run-up to the final vote on July 31. Out of the 101 members entitled to vote i...
Another suspect from China's list of the 100 most wanted economic fugitives was repatriated on Monday. Sun Xin is a former cashier of the Beijing municipal bureau of press. The 46-year-old is suspected of embezzlement while at the bureau. He allegedl...
The first ghostwriter was detained during the Chinese language test on Sunday morning at Nanchang No. 10 Middle School in Jiangxi province. Cao Zhenglong is head of the provincial Education and Examination Authority. It's less than 20 minutes before...
On Monday morning, a man in his 80s became the latest victim to die of MERS-related complications in Daejeon, about 140km south of Seoul. He was hospitalized for pneumonia and was being treated alongside another patient suffering from MERS, when he w...
Chinese experts say the white paper on Progress in China's Human Rights last year reveals that human rights protection in China is improving with the times. Liu Huawen is the vice director of the Center for Human Rights Studies of the Chinese Academy...
The search area for the final missing people extends downriver from the site of the shipwreck. You Xigui, director of Hubei provincial transport department, says search teams are still working 24/7. Some passengers remain missing after the Eastern St...
Hundreds of those who took part in the rescue operations, standing along side the grieving relatives of the victims, observed three-minutes of silence in tribute to the over 400 people who lost their lives on Monday. The solemn ceremony is part of Ch...
Forecasters are warning of another round of torrential rains in the central Chinese province of Hunan over the coming days. Luo Yijun, deputy director of Hunan's Flood Control Office, says a number of cities in the province should be prepared for mor...
A new round of meetings between the Finance Ministers of China and Japan is underway in Beijing. Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei is holding discussions with Japanese Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso. Lou Jiwei says the two have...
The Eastern Star was carrying 456 people on an 11-day trip up the river from Nanjing to Chongqing when it capsized near the small community of Jianli in Hubei. The ship, said to have been hit by a tornado around 9 in the evening on Monday, took only...
China and Hungary have signed an accord to cooperate on the creation of a new Silk Road network. The agreement was endorsed by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto on Saturday in the Hungarian capital of Buda...
