Chinese authorities have seized about 8,000 rolls of toilet paper printed with the image of Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing chief executive Leung Chun-ying, according to the territory’s Democratic Party.

Is This the End of China’s Economic Miracle?

A trade mission to China was not a waste of time, Martin McGuinness insisted today.

The visit to Ireland of China’s pro-business vice-president Xi Jinping could mark the start of a significant increase in trade between the countries, but we must be ready to grab this golden opportunity with two hands, writes Dan Buckley

Taoiseach Brian Cowen today claimed he was more convinced than ever of Ireland’s huge potential in Asia after he held informal talks with China’s premier at the Asia-Europe Summit.

China said today it was willing to help Taiwan boost its economy if it required assistance to weather the world economic slowdown.

MARY HARNEY often ponders whether Ireland is closer to Boston or Berlin, but Bertie Ahern is now looking to Beijing.

The man expected to be China’s next leader became the only top politician re-elected to the Communist Party’s inner sanctum today, the most solid sign yet of Hu Jintao’s ascent to the acme of Asia’s largest, fastest-growing country.