The corruption investigation into Liu Zhihua, a former Beijing vice mayor who oversaw much of the $40bn (€31bn) being spent on Olympics projects, is still on-going, an Olympic planning official said today.

China is considering building a dam to reduce the impact of a river-borne toxic spill expected to arrive in a Russian city early next week, a government newspaper said today.

Authorities were today investigating the death of a Chinese deputy mayor who had told reporters there was no pollution from a chemical plant blast that poisoned a river.

As US technicians prepared to inspect a grounded Navy spy plane, an American military spokesman said today that Washington still hopes to fly home the aircraft damaged in a collision with a Chinese fighter jet.

China's military has honoured the pilot missing and presumed dead after a collision with a US spy plane.

China was preparing a hero’s farewell today for a fighter pilot missing after a mid-air collision with a US spy plane.

China has accused US officials of making irresponsible comments about the spy plane air crash.

Chinese people have reacted angrily to the decision to release the crew of the US spy plane that collided with a Chinese jet fighter.

The letter written by the White House from US Ambassador Joseph W. Prueher to Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Tang has been released in full.

US diplomats are awaiting a third meeting with members of the spy plane's crew stranded on Hainan island.

One of the Chinese pilots involved in the spy plane dispute has blamed the US aircraft for the crash.