The death toll from floods in northern China's Hebei province has risen to 29, state media reported Friday, after record-breaking rains pummelled the region in recent weeks.

Two people died and seven others were being treated in hospital after sustaining injuries in a knife attack yesterday in China’s Yunnan province, authorities said.

A shallow 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern China in the early hours of Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with state media reporting at least 21 people injured and dozens of buildings collapsed

Users aged 16 to 18 would be allowed two hours a day, children aged eight to 16 would get one hour while children under eight would be allowed just eight minutes

Chinese children and teens will be cut off from accessing the internet at night and have their smartphone use curbed under new rules unveiled yesterday aimed at fighting internet addiction.

A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would have “disastrous results” for the world, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told AFP in an interview yesterday, citing the island’s strategic importance for the semiconductor industry and global shipping lanes. Wu’s warning

Deadly rains that pummelled China's capital in recent days were the heaviest since records began 140 years ago, Beijing's weather service said on Wednesday, as a massive cleanup operation began

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also the military’s commander-in-chief, on Monday appointed a new head of the armed force overseeing the nation’s conventional - and nuclear - missiles, one day before the anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army.

At least 11 people are dead and 27 missing after heavy rains lashed Beijing, Chinese state media said Tuesday

Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from flood-prone areas of Beijing as Typhoon Doksuri lashed China’s capital with heavy rain yesterday and residents were urged to stay indoors.

Doksuri regained super typhoon strength yesterday in its final approach to southeastern China after pummelling Taiwan and the northern Philippines with rain and strong winds that led to the capsize of a ferry in which at least 25 people died.

China refused to disclose yesterday why Qin Gang had been sacked as foreign minister, insisting it was releasing information “normally” despite him having not been seen publicly for more than a month.

China refused to disclose on Wednesday why Qin Gang had been sacked as foreign minister, insisting it was releasing information "normally" despite him having not been seen publicly for more than a month

China named veteran diplomat Wang Yi its new foreign minister yesterday, removing former rising star Qin Gang after a mysterious one-month absence from duties barely half a year into the job.

A Chinese court has sentenced a former Communist Party secretary of eastern Hangzhou to life in prison, with state media saying he had been found guilty of taking more than 182 million yuan ($25.48 million) in bribes.

China's foreign minister Qin Gang was removed from office on Tuesday, state media reported, after not being seen in the public eye for a month.."China's top legislature voted to appoint Wang Yi as foreign minister... as it convened a session on Tuesday," state media outlet Xinhua said..

Eleven people died after the roof of a school gym collapsed in northeastern China, state media reported yesterday.

Ten people have died and one remained trapped after the roof of a school gym collapsed in northeastern China, state media reported Monday

China sent dozens of warplanes towards Taiwan, said the island’s defense ministry yesterday.

It is China’s “priority” to stop Taiwan’s vice president and presidential frontrunner William Lai from visiting the United States next month, the country’s ambassador in Washington said on Wednesday, as Beijing steps up its warnings against the trip.