(Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao confirmed the country had staged its first test-flight of a stealth fighter jet, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday after talks with Hu.

Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) leader Li Changchun has pledged to strengthen cooperation between Chinese and foreign media and to facilitate foreign media coverage of China. Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of...

The 20-year-old driver, Hu Bin, grew up the pampered son of a merchant family rich enough to own multiple cars and apartments along Hangzhou’s tree-lined boulevards. The victim, Tan Zhuo, a 25-year-old telecom engineer, came from a gritty rural...

Gamblers in the casinos of Macau do not drink cocktails like they do in Las Vegas, they drink tea. For these are serious punters, concentrating on the serious business of playing baccarat and blackjack in the world’s biggest gambling den. But...

Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network has taken up the cause of China’s Muslim Uighur minority with a pledge to attack Chinese workers in northwestern Africa in retaliation for mistreatment by Beijing of its largest Muslim minority. Al-Qaeda’s...

China has ordered mosques in its restive western city of Urumqi not to open for Friday prayers. The order comes after several days of ethnic violence between Uighur Muslims and Han Chinese. At least 156 people have been killed so far. Thousands of...

It’s called “buckypaper” and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don’t be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes to TVs are made.

Millions of dieters would give their right arm to be afflicted by the illness that is plaguing John Perry.

For years, American importers and Chinese factory managers have been having the same conversation. The importers would demand lower prices for products destined for American shelves. Factory managers would counter with a long list of reasons why they...

There are many thousands of Chinese restaurants around in the UK and everyone has their favourite dish, but only in China itself do chefs specialise in a range of slightly more unusual delicacies.