North Korea has stopped some Chinese boats with 29 fishermen on board and now wants a large sum of money to release them. This is a rare confrontation with China, the only nation to support even the follies of Pyongyang. No comment from Beijing.

The industrial tycoon was considered a protégé of former president and member of the "Shanghai clique", the power group linked to Jiang. His sentence (for corruption and embezzlement of state assets) is seen as a preparatory move for the next Party Congress, when China will change its leadership.

The blind dissident speaks to the US Congress for a second time since his escape, complaining about Communist authorities in Shandong who have arbitrarily arrested his relatives and friends. US State Department confirms that a visa is waiting for him and his family, "when he and his government are ...

According to Wang Yang, Party secretary of Guangdong, a liberal, each individual must seek his or her happiness, the State and the Party must serve the person. Break with traditional rhetoric which from Mao to now gave all thanks to the Party. Religious conversions among high ranking officials.

A week after the US and China informally agreed to allow Chen and his family to leave for the US, the blind activist remains de facto under house arrest in the hospital where he is being tread. The entire family cannot leave, and friends, diplomats and journalists cannot visit. Police "advises" ...

The decision to travel to the U.S., still unconfirmed, has several implications that complicate life for two governments. The communist regime forced to persecute dissidents, his family and friends to keep intact the iron control on rural society, the Obama administration risks losing its ...

A Chinese diplomat, inspired by Christian teachings, defied his superiors to give visas to Jews who otherwise would have been exterminated.

Fetuses, and babies left to die, are used to make a macabre 'stamina' drug.

Both sectors were almost exclusively in Chinese hands. US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue ends today in Beijing with the Americans gaining some ground. However, China will not budge on the yuan. Meanwhile, the Chen Guangcheng affair waits for its denouncement.

The blind activist cannot receive visitors, is threatened by China's Foreign Ministry. His house is now occupied by police with CCTV cameras and electrified wire placed around the building. Obama and China remain silent. Part of US public opinion wants the United States to accept Chen as a ...

Payments in yuans by European enterprises now account for 47 per cent of global market. Europe has become the second-biggest area using the yuan for cross-border transaction settlements. Within 10 to 20 years, the yuan will replace the US dollar as the main currency to settle trade transactions. ...

Hillary Clinton is in Beijing for high-level talks with Chinese officials. Meanwhile, the fate of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has become a foreign policy nightmare and a partisan political football.

The blind human rights campaigner, Chen Guangcheng, is seeking asylum in the U.S. after having been talked out of the U.S. embassy. Now in hospital, he fears for his family and his life.

Chen Guancheng is now in a hospital and fearful for his safety. His nephew, Chen Kegui, was taken by police who now claim not to know his whereabouts.

In an open letter, Women's Rights Without Frontiers president Reggie Littlejohn asks US leaders not to abandon this "hero" who has been fighting for years at his own peril for Chinese women. He represents the best of humanity.

The United States does not want to put their economic interests at risk, whilst China does not want to lose face. However, Chen and his family need protection. The activist does not want to go into exile.

The dissident who allegedly found refuge in the US Embassy in Beijing is causing problems for the two countries on the eve of their annual bilateral summit. No one wants to undermine trade and investments over human rights.

Blind activist calls on Chinese leaders to protect his family.

Chen Guangcheng at the American embassy in Beijing. The dissident, known for his fight against forced abortions, sends a video message to Wen Jiabao in which he names his persecutors, and brings to light the corruption and violence prevailing in the Party. He is also seeking justice for his country ...

When coupled with Chinese military modernization, the regional balance of power on the Asian mainland seems to be moving steadily against Moscow.

Hackers around the world strike the U.S. via the Internet to steal national and industrial secrets.

Protests against Lady Gaga have emerged in Korea, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Nonetheless, she is welcomed in Japan, Australia, and elsewhere on her Asian tour 'Born this way'.

India and the U.S. may never become allies, but the rivalry between India and China may serve U.S. interests.

It is all about oil, says a Catholic archbishop about the current fighting between Sudan and South Sudan.

Sudanese are killing each other over oil, as investors in China, Malaysia and India look on.

China's holdings in US sovereign debt reach US$ 1178.9 billion. After dropping in 2011, they are up again this year. Foreign direct investment in China falls by 6.1 per cent because of a stronger yuan and competition from other countries like Vietnam and Indonesia.

A likely result of the coup is a reduction in Angolan economic interests in Guinea-Bissau.