A video of a child being crushed by a minibus and ignored by passers-by has ignited a new bout of soul-searching in China with web users asking whether ethics are slipping amid rapid change.

Christian Bale has signed up to star in Zhang Yimou's 'Nanjing Heroes'.

WHEN Anchee Min wrote Red Azalea, she realised that it was not just her own story “but also the story of China, its yesterday, today and tomorrow”.

Police say a young bride killed in a car crash on the way home from her wedding reception was a Chinese national living in New Zealand.

TOP-RANKED Roger Federer showed no lasting effects from a nasty stomach bug, routing Diego Hartfield of Argentina 6-0, 6-3, 6-0 yesterday to open his quest of a third consecutive Australian Open title.

Barry Hills used an informative afternoon at Newmarket to unleash a useful sort in Yankadi, who shrugged off negative market vibes to capture the Renault Master EBF Maiden Stakes.

China today executed the former head of its food and drug watchdog who had become a symbol of the country’s wide-ranging problems on product safety.

Zi Yan and Jie Zheng saved two championship points as they claimed the Australian Open women's doubles title over Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.

MIDDLE-AGED people who are overweight but have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels are kidding themselves if they think their health is just fine, scientists have warned.

Police have detained a man accused of slashing as many as nine boys to death as they slept in their high school dormitory in central China, state media reported today.