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Zhang Yuchen reports on the grim plight that faces 'left-behind seniors'. Cheng Deguang often spends half his day sitting on the banks of the river that connects his village to the city of Jinan in Shandong province.

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The discovery of dangerous levels of toxic cadmium in rice sold in the southern city of Guangzhou, the latest in a series of food scandals, has piled more pressure on China to clean up its food chain - possibly at the expense of Mao Zedong's cherished goal of self-sufficiency. The ruling Communist Party has long staked its legitimacy on its ability ... (more)

Chinese authorities charged six people with blackmail for allegedly extorting two officials by secretly filming their sexual encounters, People's Daily reported on its website today.

Gaining confidence as he nailed questions about obscure island chains, bodies of water, global trade and culture, 12-year-old Sathwik Karnik cruised to victory Wednesday in the 2013 National Geographic Bee.

In front of a van plastered with pictures of about 100 children's faces, Xiao Zhaohua and Wu Xinghu pleaded with passersby for help.

Being obese is never seen as being advantageous. Aside from putting one at risk for many illnesses, another disadvantage of being big-bodied is, wellexperiencing a failed suicide attempt.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor.

Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck.

Beijing, May 22 : Six people have been prosecuted for allegedly working together to blackmail government officials in the Chinese city of Chongqing with secretly recorded sex videos.

Artist Ai Weiwei poses for photos at a door of his studio in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

It was, at first glance, a rather modest initial public offering by a small Chinese company seeking to expand production of the key ingredient used in traditional remedies said to shrink gallstones, reduce fevers and sooth the aftereffects of excessive drinking.

Mobile QQ, an instant messaging app developed by Tencent Holdings Ltd , has become the most downloaded app at Apple Inc's AppStore in China, followed by Tencent's WeChat and QQ Music, according to Deutsche Bank's latest China TMT Daily report.

Sohu Reportedly Plans to Co-Found a Mobile Video App Developer Sohu.com Inc , a Chinese web portal, is considering working with a venture capital investor to spend a total of 80 million building a company to develop mobile apps of short videos, Bianews.com reported, without giving details.

Bank Lending to Rebound to 900 Billion in May Renminbi-denominated lending at China's top four state-owned banks totaled 233 billion in the first 21 days in May, and lending at all banks is estimated to hit 900 billion in the month, the 21st Century Business Herald reported, citing a person with knowledge of the matter.

Authorities in southern China say a mentally ill man stabbed six primary school students and an adult in the latest of several attacks on Chinese schoolchildren.

A court in the city of Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having sex, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.

As a jury deliberates whether Jodi Arias should live or die for killing her one-time boyfriend, the convicted murderer says she deserves a chance at freedom someday.

Patrick Boehler has written for Time, Bloomberg, Le Monde Diplomatique and the Chinese weekly Shidai Zhoubao.

China is on track to achieve its Millennium Development Goals by 2015, and to establish a moderately prosperous society by 2020, Shi Guohui, the Vice-Governor of Binxian County, in central China told a Pacific Islands delegation on May 10.