China&India
Obama-Xi summit ‘golden opportunity’ to strengthen trust
BEIJING — The coming summit between United States President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping next month was praised by China’s state media yesterday, with the China...
Officials seek to calm fears of tainted rice in Guangzhou
HONG KONG — Government officials in southern China yesterday sought to calm public ire about toxic substances menacing the region’s main food staple, rice, after the city of...
N Korea sends special envoy to China
PYONGYANG (North Korea) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China today (May 22) as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its...
Tests show tainted rice sold in Guangzhou
HONG KONG — A government test indicated that nearly half the rice sold in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou was contaminated with cadmium, triggering anger from consumers...
Obama, Xi move up talks to next month
WASHINGTON — China’s new leader Xi Jinping will confer with United States President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than expected, as both sides seek to...
Sinkhole in Shenzhen
Rescue workers carrying out the body of a victim in a road cave-in accident in this picture taken through a security window in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, yesterday.
Sinkhole in Shenzhen
Rescue workers carrying out the body of a victim in a road cave-in accident in this picture taken through a security window in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, yesterday.
New rice contamination reported in China
BEIJING — Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country’s largest cities was...



