CANADA: A Canadian man who repeatedly entered Michigan to buy and ship thousands of turtles to his native China only to be caught with 51 of them strapped to his legs was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for smuggling.

China’s economy isn’t headed for a hard landing and isn’t dragging on the global economy, China’s top economic planner said, but uncertainty and instability in the global economy do pose a risk to its growth.

A Chinese local government official has killed himself a week after a landslide from a pile-up of construction waste in his city left scores missing and presumed dead.

China has again rejected an attempt by the Philippines to challenge its territorial claims over the South China Sea through international arbitration, a week before a deadline for Beijing to respond to the case.

POLICE: MAN REFUSED TO MOVE FOR HELICOPTER LANDING

A former top general in China has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party to face bribery charges, becoming the most senior figure ensnared in an anti-corruption crackdown.

A former top general in China has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party to face bribery charges, becoming the most senior figure ensnared in an anti-corruption crackdown.

Australia’s prime minister has said he is hopeful a clue will emerge soon to narrow the hunt for Flight MH370, as more objects were pulled from the Indian Ocean and checked to see if they were part of the missing plane.

A Tibetan mastiff puppy has been sold in China for almost €1.4m, a report said, in what could be the most expensive dog sale ever.

The founder of a grassroots movement to boost accountability for China’s officials has gone trial on charges of disrupting public order but stayed silent during the closed-door proceedings in protest, his lawyer said.

Greed and betrayal in one of China’s elite families went on display today when prosecutors in the corruption trial of disgraced politician Bo Xilai released testimony from his wife on a businessman’s gifts to the family, including a French villa and plane tickets to three continents.

One of China’s most well-known civil rights advocates has been formally arrested on charges of disrupting public order, as Beijing cracks down on grassroots efforts to build a civil society that may challenge its rule.

A woman who became a symbol for the groundswell of opposition to China’s labour camp system scored a rare victory in an appeal for compensation in a case that generated a huge public outcry.

Archaeologists say they have discovered some of the world’s oldest known primitive writing, dating back 5,000 years, in eastern China.

The yawning gulf between China’s rich and poor has been officially revealed as the Government says it urgently needs to narrow the politically explosive gap.

Annalise Murphy has just missed out on an Olympic medal in today’s Medal Race in the Laser Radial Class.

Annalise Murphy is in for a tense medal race in the Women's Laser Radial class on Monday as she finished in seventh in the second race of the day at Weymouth.

China made badminton headlines for the right reasons as Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei produced a world-class performance to claim Olympic gold at Wembley Arena.

Dublin's Annalise Murphy has lost top spot in the women's Laser Radial sailing event after her two races today at Weymouth.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is giving China’s health minister an award for tackling smoking.

A Chinese woman with no legs has brought up more than 130 orphaned children.

CHINESE authorities executed a man who attacked a kindergarten, slashing 29 children and three teachers with a knife.

A Chinese court sentenced a man to death today for an attack on a school that left 29 children and three kindergarten teachers hurt last month.

A farmer attacked and injured five primary school children with a hammer in eastern China today before burning himself to death in the latest in a string of horrific assaults on young students, state media reported.

More than 30 pandas at a reserve in south-western China face an uncertain future after a chunk of their habitat was destroyed by last year’s powerful earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people, a report out today said.

Lawyers for more than 200 families who claim their children fell ill or died after drinking tainted infant formula said today that they were turning to China’s highest court to sue the dairy firms responsible in a bid to receive higher compensation and lifelong treatment.

CHINESE surgeons yesterday said they successfully operated on a man with a 33lb tumour that hung down from his face, obscuring his features and warping his backbone.

Chinese surgeons today said they successfully operated on a man with a 33lb tumour that hung down from his face, obscuring his features and warping his backbone.

The remains of a giant, bird-like dinosaur as tall as the formidable tyrannosaur have been found in China, scientists said today.

A Chinese dissident has been jailed for 12 years for organising anti-Japanese protests on the mainland, it was reported today.

China reported its second confirmed human death from bird flu as it prepared to test a vaccine on people amid increasingly drastic measures to contain outbreaks of the disease in poultry, state media said today.

China today reported its second confirmed human fatality from bird flu.

Vietnam executed a woman convicted of circulating counterfeit Vietnamese currency, an official said Wednesday.

A SCHOOL employee with a history of schizophrenia slashed 15 students and three teachers with a kitchen knife yesterday at a Beijing kindergarten, killing one child and leaving terrified classmates covered in blood.

A gatekeeper at a Beijing nursery slashed 15 students and three teachers with a kitchen knife today, killing one child and leaving others terrified and “covered in blood”.

The human toll in Asia’s bird flu crisis rose today to 18 with two more deaths in Vietnam, and a UN official said pigs tested positive for the virus that has infected tens of millions of poultry across the region.

Brazil v China teams

Brazil v China teams

China face Costa Rica in their opening games of the World Cup today.