Beijing Conflict & Tragedy News

China put two people to death today for their role in the tainted milk scandal, but many Chinese feel betrayed that a third wasn’t executed. The executed men, dairy farmer Zhang Yujun and production base manager Geng Jinping, were relative...

There is never a dull moment in the life of any nation's president; however American President Barack Obama seems to be living his on a slippery slope. After a hectic last several months that included hostile nuclear weapons talks about...

Three fishermen died as Tropical Storm Parma slammed into south China, causing torrential rain and high winds, state media said on Tuesday. Rescuers discovered their bodies after Parma hit Hainan Province on Monday, causing a boat to sink off the...

Chinese citizens en route to Beijing to lodge complaints with China's central government are routinely nabbed by thugs and tossed into makeshift "black jails" where they are illegally detained for days or months, deprived of food and water, beaten and...

Nothing could be more tragic – a 5-month old baby was admitted in the Nanjing Children’s hospital with an eye infection. It died because the doctor on duty was engrossed on an on-line game and felt that to be more...

The heaviest snow in northern China in at least 60 years has killed at least 38 people and caused half a billion dollars in damage. At least two deaths were caused by building collapses, according to state media. The unusually...

T TOKYO: Japan is ready to work with China to further substantialize the content of their bilateral strategic and mutually beneficial relations, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said in a written interview with Xinhua on Thursday. "I will listen to the...

Chinese authorities have launched a security campaign in the troubled north-west region of Xinjiang , state media reported today. The "strike hard and punish" drive comes after ethnic violence rocked its capital, Urumqi, in July, killing almost 200, and tens...

BEIJING: Early and heavy snow storms in north China have killed 38 people, destroyed nearly 300,000 hectares of winter crops, and caused nearly 7 billion yuan (about one billion US dollars) of direct economic losses as of 2 p.m. Sunday,...