Beijing - An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit a remote area of the Tibetan plateau in China's Qinghai province Thursday, the State Seismological Bureau said.

Beijing - China on Thursday reported another slight fall in monthly inflation to 7.1 per cent year-on-year in June, as it recorded estimated economic growth of 10.4 per cent in the first half of th

Beijing  - In a pre-Olympic purge in Beijing around 1,500 petitioners were taken into custody, during which a 54-year-old woman lost her life, a Hong Kong-based human rights group said Wednesday.

Beijing  - The opening of Olympic security checkpoints on major roads leading into Beijing has caused long traffic jams and forced some drivers to sit in stationary vehicles for up to two hours, st

London, July 16: A NASA administrator has said that if it wishes, China is capable of sending a manned mission to the Moon by 2020.

Wellington - A takeover bid for the Wellington electricity network by Hong Kong's Cheung Kong group was formally approved Wednesday by the New Zealand government.