Beijing - China has placed in criminal detention 100 people charged with offences linked to rioting last month in the south-western province of Guizhou, including 39 members of local gangs, state m

Beijing - China has executed two Uighurs and sentenced 15 others to prison in its Central Asian region of Xinjiang after a court convicted them of terrorism, US-based Radio Free Asia reported on S

Beijing - China and Mexico announced Friday that they would establish a strategic dialogue as Mexican President Felipe Calderon visited Beijing, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported.

Beijing - China has sentenced 12 more participants in unrest in Tibet to prison, bringing the number jailed so far to 42, the official Xinhua news agency reported Friday.

Beijing- Next month's Olympic opening ceremony will pay tribute to the victims of the Sichuan earthquake, which killed at least 70,000 people, state media said on Friday.

Beijing - Dog meat will be banned from restaurants designated to serve Olympic visitors and its use discouraged at all other Beijing restaurants until September, a Chinese tourism official said Fri