A leader of the 2011 Wukan protests in China that grabbed worldwide attention has fled to the US to seek asylum, media reports and an associate said on Wednesday.
North Korea has threatened to demonstrate its nuclear deterrence in a move analysts say could indicate the regime is preparing to carry out a fourth atomic test amid long-stalled disarmament talks.
When the Dalai Lama came to Washington in 2009 on one of his frequent lecture tours, Barack Obama didn't invite him to the White House as the new president sought to start on the right foot with China.
China summoned a senior US embassy official to express "strong indignation and firm opposition" to President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama at the White House, state media reported Saturday.
China and Taiwan on Tuesday will hold their highest-level talks since their acrimonious split 65 years ago -- a symbolic yet historic move that marks the first official contact between the former bitter rivals.
China has accused Japan of heightening regional tensions with "rumours" that Beijing planned to declare a new air defence zone over the South China Sea.
South Korea called in the Japanese ambassador to Seoul on Tuesday to lodge a formal protest over school teaching manual revisions bolstering Tokyo's claim to a set of disputed tiny islets.
Japanese education chiefs will instruct schools to teach children that islands at the centre of disputes with China and South Korea belong unequivocally to Tokyo, the government said Tuesday.
Six Uyghur women were among 16 people killed in a clash in China's restive Xinjiang region last week, campaign groups said, contradicting Beijing's version of events.
A US warship that was forced to manoeuvre to avoid a collision with a Chinese naval vessel had "posed a threat", state-run media said Monday, after Washington accused China of being the aggressor.
South Korea on Sunday declared an expanded air defence zone that overlaps with one recently announced by China that has sharply increased regional tensions.
US Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday China's air zone had caused "significant apprehension" and Beijing needed to reduce Asia-Pacific tensions to protect its growing stake in regional peace and stability.
Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich begins a four-day visit to China Tuesday. Its itinerary includes talks with President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang.
Vice President Joe Biden held talks in Tokyo Tuesday as Japan expressed confidence of winning fulsome US backing for its opposition to an "extremely dangerous" new Chinese air zone.
The latest detailed monthly report of Iranian Customs Administration, published on Dec.1 says the country's gas condensate export reached 5,582 thousand tons during the eight months of Iranian calendar year, which began on March 20.
US military chiefs insist they will not change their operations despite a move by China to scramble fighter jets to monitor American and Japanese aircraft in Beijing's newly declared air defence zone.