A bird flu outbreak in northern China that sparked the culling of about 370,000 birds lies along a migration route that spans from East Asia to Australia, it was reported today, as officials continued killing thousands of birds east of Beijing.

The three final candidates vying to be China’s first astronaut in space have arrived at the spacecraft's desert launch pad, the Chinese government said today.

An unmanned Chinese space capsule today landed safely after orbiting the Earth for a week in what officials said was a step towards a manned flight later this year.

An exhausted driver sent an overcrowded bus plunging into a river in northwestern China, killing 34 passengers.