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Mystery of the Chinese zombie Yalies

BEIJING: U.S. universities have responded to China’s exploding demand for American higher education with branch campuses and aggressive recruiting. Now, some are trying to boost

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China says US-based hackers target its websites

BEIJING: China’s military says overseas computer hackers targeted two of its websites an average of 144,000 times per month last year, with almost two thirds of the attacks originating in

Chinese world worries that Year of Snake may bite

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As Indiana Jones might say: Why did it have to be the Year of the Snake? When the Chinese-speaking world ushers in its new year on

Leaner New Year: China tones down the celebrations

BEIJING: Chinese New Year is traditionally a time for colorful and noisy displays of fireworks and generous-portioned banquets. This year, the festivities are likely to be a little more austere.

China detains 70 in crackdown on Tibet protests

BEIJING: China’s government says it has detained 70 people in ethnic Tibetan areas as it steps up a crackdown on self-immolations aimed at protesting communist rule. The detentions came as

Fireworks explosion on Chinese highway kills 26

BEIJING: A truck carrying fireworks ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations exploded and destroyed part of an elevated highway Friday in central China, killing at least 26 people as it

China’s love affair with cars chokes air in cities

BEIJING: Endless lines of slow-moving cars emerge like apparitions and then disappear again into the gloom of the thick smog that has shrouded Beijing this week and reduced its skyline

The Sino Japanese Dispute
China, Japan move to cool down territorial dispute

BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Japan sought to cool down tensions over a chafing territorial dispute on Friday, with Communist Party chief Xi Jinping telling an envoy from Japanese Prime

China’s young in crisis of declining fitness

BEIJING (AP) — Despite its formidable performance in recent Olympic Games, China has found itself in a crisis of declining fitness among its youngsters. The government has urged schools to

U.S., China in deal on U.N. North Korea rebuke; Russia to back it

NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States and China have struck a tentative deal on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution condemning North Korea for its December rocket launch, U.N. diplomats