North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles off its east coast in a show of force timed to coincide with the G20 summit in China, Seoul has said.

A tornado has killed 51 people and destroyed a large number of buildings in the eastern province of Jiangsu, according to Chinese state media.

Shares in Carlsberg fell by over 3% yesterday as the Danish brewing giant said sales fell more than expected in the first quarter due to decline in the Chinese market and foreign exchange fluctuation. 

Rescuers are moving slowly towards four workers who have been trapped underground in a wrecked gypsum mine in eastern China for 10 days, media reports have said.

The death toll from a landslide that buried homes in eastern China has risen to 25 people with 12 others still missing.

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An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China has killed one person and injured nine others, a state news agency reported.

Business is roaring at Qiu Bangsheng’s factory in eastern China, where whizzing machines churn out long, white strips of polypropylene that are rolled into cylinders and turned into nappies and other hygiene products.

Twenty-two people have died after a tugboat on a test voyage capsized in eastern China with an international crew on board, officials said.

A hospital in eastern China is offering fathers-to-be a chance to experience the pain of childbirth after several new moms complained they got little sympathy from their partners.

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce powerhouse named after a fabled, poor woodsman who discovers a thieves’ den full of treasures, is ready to strike it rich on Wall Street.

A newborn baby girl became wedged inside the pipe of a university toilet after her student mother gave birth and then fled the scene.

An explosion in a coal mine in eastern China trapped 29 workers underground, state media reported.

68 people were killed and nearly 200 others injured, most with severe burns, after an explosion today at a car parts factory in eastern China that supplies General Motors.

ENGLAND: A tractor has been seized by police after drivers spotted it being driven along one of the country’s busiest motorways-

A funeral home discovered a baby was alive two days after he was pronounced dead at a hospital in eastern China.

A teenage victim of the Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco was killed when she was struck by a vehicle at the scene, a coroner said today.

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

A Chinese city plans to fine mothers who have a child out of wedlock, sparking criticism that the policy is discriminatory and could lead to an increase in abandoned babies.

The mother of the Chinese baby trapped in a sewer pipe in an ordeal caught on video raised the initial alarm and was present for the entire two-hour rescue but did not admit giving birth until confronted by police.

A newborn boy is recovering in hospital after being dumped in a sewer pipe below a Chinese public toilet.

A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory in eastern China today, killing five people and leaving another 20 missing, according to state media.

Chinese police have broken a crime ring that passed off over $1m (€762,380) in rat and small mammal meat as mutton, authorities said, in a food safety crackdown that coincides with a bird flu outbreak and other environmental pressures.

Chinese health authorities have reported another bird flu death and two new cases of infection.

European aviation stocks declined, following a drop among Asian carriers, on concern an outbreak of the bird-flu virus in China will clip travel and hurt demand already unsettled by rising military tensions with North Korea.

Extremely high pollution levels shrouded eastern China for the second time in two weeks today, forcing airlines in Beijing and elsewhere to cancel flights because of poor visibility and prompting government warnings for residents to stay indoors.

A minivan carrying 15 children to kindergarten plunged into a roadside pond in a rural area of eastern China, killing 11 children, state media and an official said.

A van carrying 15 nursery students plunged into a roadside pond in a rural area of eastern China today, killing 11 children, state media and an official said.

Two women, believed to be the world’s oldest and tallest, have died.

A coal mine explosion in eastern China has killed at least 14 people just days after a blast in the country’s south-west left 44 dead.

China's premier says the country should be able to meet its economic targets this year, despite a slowdown in July growth.

Widespread flooding that killed at least 11 people and paralysed the Philippine capital began to ease today as rescue efforts focused on a large number of distressed residents, some still marooned on their roofs.

A Chinese luxury cruise liner accidentally crashed into a bridge.

A blind legal activist who fled house arrest in rural China is under the protection of American officials and top-level talks are taking place between the countries about his fate, a human rights group said today.

Asian stock markets rose today after Greece’s parliament approved a new set of austerity measures that were required by international lenders in exchange for an emergency bailout.

The University of Ulster is to team up with a Chinese counterpart to promote the teaching of Mandarin in schools in the North, it has emerged.

Christian Bale should feel embarrassed for trying to visit an activist while he was in the country to promote a film which China has submitted for an Oscar, a Chinese government spokesman said today.

Oscar winner Christian Bale has clashed with guards in China while trying to visit a blind activist living under house arrest.

A bus taking primary school pupils home has slipped off a country road into an irrigation ditch in eastern China, killing 15 children and highlighting continuing safety problems in the country’s school transport system.

Police in eastern China have broken up a human trafficking ring involving poor migrant couples who were selling their babies, a state-run newspaper reported.

A mentally disturbed man armed with an axe attacked children and parents in a city street in central China today, killing six people, local officials said.

More than 200,000 coastal residents in eastern China have been evacuated and thousands of ships called back to shore today as Typhoon Muifa bears down on the country after battering the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan.

A bullet train crashed into another high-speed train in eastern China, killing at least 35 people, injuring 191 others and once again raising safety concerns about the country’s fast-expanding rail network.

A coal mine fire has trapped 28 workers underground in eastern China as rescuers elsewhere tried to reach 42 miners not seen since heavy rains flooded two other mines over the weekend.