China’s military announced Monday it was mobilizing army, navy, air and rocket units around Taiwan for “major military drills” aimed at sending a “serious warning” against any push for Taiwanese independence and “external” forcing interfering with the island.

China launches largest military drills ever around Taiwan as war tensions spike following record $11.1 billion U.S. arms sale to the island nation.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Monday that China has lodged protests with Panama over the demolition of the China–Panama Friendship Park and memorial monument.

Today, China is again in the grips of a museum boom. But this time it means something else: a giant increase in visitors and a big leap in exhibition quality, especially of ancient splendours. In 2007 China had about 1,

China's net gold imports via Hong Kong in November rose by 101.5% from October, Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department data showed on Monday. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT As the world's leading gold consumer,

According to local reports, China’s high-speed railway network surpassed the 50,000-kilometer mark thanks to the launch of the Xi'an-Yan'an link on Friday. The new 299-kilometer (185-mile) line is said to cut travel time between the cities from around two hours to just one.