As Beijing celebrates the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the People’s Republic of China with a massive military parade through the city centre, we discuss the country's spectacular progress to the rank of global superpower.
Security is tight in the Chinese capital of Beijing Thursday as China celebrates 60 years of Communist rule with a massive military parade and an elaborate fireworks display.
China's capital Beijing will bid for the 2015 Athletics World Championships, Chinese media reported on Thursday. The 2011 event will be taking place in Daegu, South Korea and the 2013 event in Moscow.
Two months after violent riots that left 197 people dead and more than 1,600 wounded in the north-western Chinese province of Xinjiang, tensions are still running high between the Han and Uighur communities.
After a difficult year during which Jessica Hardy was banned from competing, the American swimmer has come back in style to set a world record of 1:4:45 in the 100m breaststroke on Friday at the US Open Championship.
The International Olympic Committee has announced that six out of 948 samples re-tested for a new doping drug have come out positive, implicating six athletes. Italian cycling silver medallist Davide Rebellin is the only name known yet.
Before returning home from her Asian tour, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a gesture to Chinese civil society by receiving two dozen women's rights activists at the US embassy in Beijing and visiting a state-approved church.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton briefly met Chinese President Hu Jintao (pictured) after pledging US-Chinese co-operation in a press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in preparation for a G20 summit in London in April.
The global economic crisis is expected to dominate the agenda during Hillary Clinton’s visit to China as the US secretary of state vowed not to let human rights and the environment block bilateral discussions between the two nations.
The Chinese community across the world has welcomed the Year of the Ox with fireworks, prayers and family gatherings. In China, hundreds of millions of people packed air, rail and road transportation to get home for the holidays.
