The Yuanming Yuan is now a park visited by thousands of Chinese each year.
TB claims two million lives a year;'resistant strains are now circulating in the general population,' warns director of World Health Or
Well-known artist, government critic Ai Weiwei detained in effort to keep him, others from testifying at trial of person who investigat
Retired professor teaches literacy, carries constitution in pocket, advises citizens
Chinese envoy meeting with leaders in region; China throwing its support to Egyptian-brokered cease-fire
Pacific island nation has offered to take 17 Uighur detainees released from American facility at Guantanamo
Report on 2008 economic performance, indicates country's slowest growth rate in seven years, but government remains optimistic
Meanwhile, a chartered plane from Mexico began collecting 70 Mexican citizens being held in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Guangzhou
US secretary of state arrives in Beijing Friday