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China’s elite eat pure food as babies die

China's children may be dying from tainted milk but the new communist elite are dining on pure organic ingredients

Federation demands further proof of age

China will need to supply more evidence to prove that their five gold medal-winning gymnasts were old enough to compete

Anger turns to uprising along the Silk Road

Trial intended to crush resistance seems to have ignited an armed struggle against Chinese rule that has smouldered for 60 years

China’s iron Olympic grip starts to slip

Internet critics, made bold by their uncensored criticism of the Games’ opening ceremony, are seeking new targets

Auspicious date to get married in China

Registry offices and birth units are braced for 08.08.08, considered one of the luckiest days in the Chinese calendar

Obama’s brother pushes Chinese imports on US

Half-brother of US presidential candidate has gone to extraordinary lengths to avoid public attention

China buys the silence of grieving parents

Free ‘life insurance’ has been offered to families of children who were killed when schools collapsed

Islamist bombers target Olympics

A militant group has threatened to attack with suicide bombers and biological weapons

China jails monks to silence Olympic protests

Several hundred Tibetan monks are believed to be in prisons as authorities clamp down on non-residents studying in Lhasa

Hundreds arrested in Chinese crackdown

Video: paramilitary police swarm southwestern town after protests against alleged cover-up of teenage girl's death

The hunt for the 27cm long endangered animal

China sack officials for publishing fake photos of a South China tiger

China braced for more flooding misery

Officials warn of 'black June' as forecasts show no let-up in torrential rains which have so far killed 171 people

90 per cent of pandas in jeopardy after quake

The 1,590 animals living in the wild are facing their most severe crisis in decades, Chinese officials announce

Beijing ignored quake warnings

Chinese officials ignored warnings from five seismologists that a strong earthquake would strike Sichuan this year

Picture this: a lost Tibet

Soco shares defy market after bid rumours

Suspicion of interest from Chinese state-controlled oil and petrochemicals group pushes stock 40 per cent higher

China won't save the world

The miracle cure that western governments might hope for will not come from Beijing while Chinese consumers continue to save

Asian stocks rebound on Australian rate cut

Investors across Asia take heart after Australia makes biggest reduction to interest rates in 16 years. Watch video

London plunges as banks pump in billions

Leading shares in London and Asia plummet, euro and pound fall and bank rescues in Europe continue, despite US bailout

A first look inside the Beijing Aman hotel

Jane Knight is the first into the luxury hotel chain's China outpost, and finds a mini-Forbidden City, free from the crowds

Our Woman in: Hong Kong

Resident Octavia Orchard on where to eat, sleep, shop, and what to see

Where to dine in Hong Kong

Paul Cartwright wants a special restaurant with nice views

Our Man in - Qingdao