Dalai, China News

Chinese authorities were on Sunday investigating claims that unidentified North Koreans hijacked a Chinese fishing boat, kidnapping 16 sailors and demanding a ransom, local media and an official said.

Chateau de Pic in the Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux, Chateau l'Enclos in Sainte Foy la Grande and Chateau Patarabet in Saint Emilion are the latest Bordeaux estates to reportedly pass into the hands of Asian investors.

Wilmar International downplayed the threat of bird flu to Chinese feed demand, despite the dent to the poultry industry from the disease, at a time when traders are warning of lower soybean crush margins ahead too.

The small park fronting the Friendship Villa of the International Education Center of Shenyang Aerospace University used to have a tent where foreign students spent their evenings downing bottles of Snow brew, the inexpensive brand in this part of the realm.

Residents of China's southwestern Kunming city took to the streets on May 4, 2013 to protest against the potential production of a toxic chemical at a nearby factory.

Cars, planes made out of recycled materials, helicopters with wooden blades and rickshaws pulled by a robot are some of the amazing inventions from China.

BEIJING: Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Chinese city of Kunming on Saturday to protest against the planned production of a chemical at a refinery, in the latest show of concern over the effects of rapid growth on the environment.

China has stepped up checks on shipments to and from North Korea almost two months after agreeing to new U.N. sanctions that demand greater scrutiny of trade, but the flow of goods in and out of the reclusive state appears largely unaffected.

North Korea says an American detained for nearly six months is being tried on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, a crime that could draw the death penalty if he is convicted.

SINGAPORE: Malaysian palm oil futures edged lower on Monday after four straight sessions of gains, although traders remained cautious ahead of export data that could provide further trading cues.

Tugs move the damaged the Vale Beijing at Ponta da Madeira Port near the northern Brazilian city of Sao Luis in December 2011.

China is planning a second and larger aircraft carrier, state media Wednesday quoted a senior naval officer as saying, after commissioning its first such ship last year.