Zhejiang, China News

Zhafir Plastics Machinery Ltd., a subsidiary of Chinese press maker Haitian International Holdings, will open its first regional office worldwide in India, reflecting what the company said is the importance it places on the Indian market.

Broadway already operates a newly-opened Imax theater in Hangzhou, China, with another venue set to open by the end of 2012 in Puxi, Shanghai.

A new Chinese high-speed train will cut the travel time between Shanghai and Hangzhou by more than half, officials said.

A Chinese court has sentenced a dissident writer to seven years in prison over a poem he wrote urging his countrymen to gather at a public square, a human rights group said Friday.

A Chinese rights group says a court has sentenced a dissident writer to seven years' jail for a poem he wrote urging his countrymen to go to a public square and make a stand.

A Chinese court sentenced a veteran dissident to seven years in jail on Friday, his son said, in the latest strike against challengers to the Communist Party's rule before its next leader, Xi Jinping, visits Washington.

Wu Fenghua stretches her leg before going on stage at a night show in Shengzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan.

People visit the third art work exhibition of college students at China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb.

A dragon parade in Zhejiang province this week. The year of the dragon may mark the moment when China's rise as a leading global superpower is punctured.

Yiwu is in the middle part of Zhejiang Province whose geographical center is in the southwestern Yiwu.

Drivers of Englon TX4 cabs wait at the Hangzhou Foreign Tourism Taxi Company on Jan 31 to suspend their contracts in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.

Two elevator malfunctions in the same residential community in Hangzhou within four days have residents worried.

The Camel Saloon today announces the creation of an on-line petition urging the People's Republic of China to immediately and unconditionally free Zhu Yufu from custody.

Ji Guomiao has been busily recruiting factory workers for the past week, hoping to run ranks of textile machines at full blast as soon as possible.

Savor the flavor of China at Creative Discovery Museum on Feb. 11 from noon-1 p.m. Formosa Chinese Restaurant's Mitchell Linn will give museum guests the opportunity to prepare Chinese fried rice, a dish enjoyed by many in China and the United States alike.

In a small conference room in a building in Beijing, dozens of slips of paper in various colors, each adorned with one, two or three Chinese characters, hang on the walls.

MATTHEW NG, the Australian entrepreneur sentenced to 13 years in a Chinese jail, has won a second chance at freedom after a Guangdong court granted him the right to an appeal.

A father allegedly fed his 10-year-old girl with feces from a public toilet in a market in Hangzhou, eastern Zhejiang Province in a rage over her disobedience.

Chinese sailors rescued 29 people off Papua New Guinea's east coast after a ferry sank on Thursday with about 350 people on board, China Maritime Search and Rescue Center said.

Boutique boss Li Hin, 48, showed he was no dummy after he put these surplus to requirements clothing models outside his store to reserve his parking spaces at Jiaxing city, in eastern China's Zhejiang province.