Chinese and US negotiators have adjourned trade talks in Beijing with US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin saying they were "constructive".

Chinese police have accused GlaxoSmithKline of channelling bribes to Chinese officials and doctors through travel agencies to boost sales illegally and raise the price of its medicines.

Four people held responsible in the sinking of a Chinese ferry that killed 282 people have been sentenced to prison terms of five or six years, the Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily said today.