Beijing News

The Tibetan spiritual leader spoke to more than 100 people on Wednesday in a private address organised by the informal group, Victorian MPs for Tibet. In a speech that lasted more than 30 minutes, the Dalai Lama promoted peace, harmony...

China on Tuesday executed a former securities trader for embezzlement, the first person in the industry to be put to death, but millions of yuan are still missing, a state newspaper said. Yang Yanming was sentenced to death in late...

A plain clothes policeman walks the stairway of the stampede site at Yucai Middle School in Xiangxiang, in south China's Hunan province, Tuesday, Dec...It was raining hard, and the hundreds of children leaving their evening classes raced down the narrow...

Sichuan Province were reportedly abusing the use of food additives in fresh juices.     Spokeswoman Yan Jiangying said at a regular press conference that officials and experts had been dispatched to check almost 7,000 eating venues in the province, both openly...

Chinese banks are set to cut back lending in 2010 but the number and size of loans will still be instrumental in supporting the nation's economic growth and industrial restructuring drive, senior experts and industry insiders said.     Despite the government's...

Six out of 10 Chinese white-collar workers say they are feeling over-fatigued due to work and other pressures, a survey has found.     The No 1 cause of anxiety is the ever-increasing cost of housing and property, the survey reported.     About...

The wife of an outspoken Chinese dissident who has been jailed for a year without charge said Monday if the government won't release him she wishes it would put him on trial so she could visit him regularly. Liu Xia...

Research in Motion (RIM) said Tuesday it planned to expand the China market for its BlackBerry smartphone to include consumers and small businesses, amid fierce competition in the world's biggest mobile market. But analysts warned the BlackBerry would struggle to...

While it's becoming acceptable for gays and lesbians in Beijing to party in their own clubs, the public disclosure of a gay bar in the small city of Dali crossed an invisible line.     Due to intense publicity, the government-funded gay...

A court in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, sentenced a woman to three years in jail for stealing 1,500 euros from her employer to gamble.     Zhang Li, 32, was once married to a millionaire. She quit her job after giving birth to...