A girl taken from an American couple and returned to her Chinese parents after a seven-year custody fight faces another big …

The increase fed speculation that China was yielding to international pressure and the state of its …

For the world̵7;s Olympians, Beijing̵7;s air is a performance issue. For the city̵7;s estimated 12 million residents, pollution is an inescapable health and quality-of-life issue.

She opened what she calls a “love hotel,” outfitted with opium beds. She̵7;s a perennial gossip-magnet, and sometimes it seems as if all of China either loves her or loves to hate her.

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Pharmaceutical ingredients exported from China are often made by companies that are neither certified nor inspected by Chinese drug …

China launched its first lunar probe on Wednesday as the Communist Party moved a step closer to fulfilling its ambitions of one day reaching the …

The pace of China̵7;s economic development is still strong enough to keep pushing up prices around the world for everything from oil to iron ore to freight shipping.

As cement plants emit 5 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions, the main cause of global warming, making cement means making …

Down a short alley in the sprawling, tourist-mobbed 798 art district in Beijing is a tiny shop that serves as one of the centers of China̵7;s small but thriving experimental music scene.

… a famed lake inundated by so much pollution this year that it became a symbol of the country̵7;s lax environmental regulation.

Shares of Baidu.com, owner of China̵7;s most popular Internet search site, fell after the death of its chief financial officer, Shawn Wang. Mr. Wang died in an accident on Thursday, the company said in a statement on Saturday. A group of senior managers will take on his duties until a successor is named. Under Mr. Wang, Baidu̵7;s shares soared past $400 in the United States last month, a 15-fold gain from their initial price of …

The world has serious consumption problems, but we can solve them if we choose to do …

It̵7;s a very good bet that the biggest foreign policy issues for the next president will involve the Far East rather than the Middle East.

Supporters praise dam's improvement to people's …

Law aims to improve protection for employees' legal …

… had recorded more than 180 incidents of interference, including beatings and intimidation, in 2007

China says it will allow Hong Kong to directly elect its leader by 2017, all of its lawmakers by 2020; Hong Kong's pro-democracy parties have been pushing for universal suffrage in 2012

A look at the important news that most of us have forgotten from 2007.

China said this week that it would introduce an array of production standards to improve safety and guard against the use of illegal veterinary drugs in its …

For the Olympics, some American companies are helping to design one of the most high-tech surveillance …

A tap issue of 91-Day Exchange Fund Bills totalling $6 billion will be tendered January 11 for settlement on January 14. Monetary Authority Chief Executive Joseph Yam said the move will help meet demand for Exchange Fund paper and satisfy banks' intraday liquidity …

China̵7;s government approved a plan to build an improved wireless broadband cellphone network.

High Court clears presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou of charges of corruption, breach of …

… supplier said sales for the quarter ended Nov.30 increased 12% to $496.6 million from $442.7 million. A. Schulman expects "challenging market conditions" throughout the remainder of the fiscal year as a result of high and volatile oil prices and a slow automobile market. For fiscal 2008, A. Schulman continues to expect net income to exceed $36 million. In addition, the company said its agreements related to the chief executive transition aren't finalized.

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… by 436,000, marking the biggest decline in five years. The number of unemployed adults rose by 474,000, pushing the unemployment rate up to 5.0% from 4.7%.

… expect the deal to have a material impact on 2008 earnings. Monster shares closed Thursday down $2.70, or 8.5%, at $28.93.

No doubt you̵7;ve noticed the silence on the blog this past month…partly it̵7;s because accessing the blog during my December trip to Beijing was more than challenging (slow Internet connections, etc.), and partly because I̵7;ve been invited to blog on the Beijing Olympics for Sports Illustrated̵7;s FanNation site. The Beijing Olympics Blog was launched in [...]