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China rattled by Sun King attack

An elite dissident has split Communist party leaders with criticism of their ‘sham’ economic reforms

China's basketball players admit 'age shaving'

Details of 35 players handed over to basketball governing body after dates of birth faked to qualify for youth tournaments

Pearl farming in China losing its lustre

Nine out of ten pearl necklaces originate in a fertile region of southeastern China, but the good times have gone

Beijing condemns EU award to dissident

The highly regarded Sakharov Prize was given to 35-year-old prisoner Hu Jia despite intense lobbying by Chinese government

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

Fire dies under China’s once booming factories

PMI survey from Hong Kong broker CLSA shows economy close to recession, factories closing and output contracting

Chinese manufacturing on brink of recession

Factories go silent after order books run dry as output contracts at record pace and unemployment continues to rise

China's share index ends year down 65%

Chinese stocks are the world's worst performers, losing $3 trillion, while other Asian markets suffer record falls

Car production faces global fall until 2010

PricewaterhouseCoopers is forecasting a 17% drop in the US to 10.8m cars and a 12% fall in the EU to 15.5m vehicles

A night in the world's highest hotel

Tom Chesshyre takes in the view from the 1,300ft-high Park Hyatt Shanghai

Tropical beaches near Hong Kong

Jeremy Pritchard is searching for a touch of beach paradise near the bustling metropolis

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