Beijing has begun an anti-dumping probe into European wine, the commerce ministry said Wednesday after the EU imposed tariffs on solar panel imports from China, in a dramatic broadening of the trade dispute.

Chinese pro-democracy dissidents Wei Jinsheng, Wu'er Kaixi and hundreds of other people gathered in front of China's consulate in New York in remembrance of China's June 4, 1989 bloody crackdown on student protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

A former Beijing mayor, instrumental in the government crackdown on student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in 1989 and later jailed for corruption, has died of cancer, state media reported on Wednesday. He was 83.

A popular Chinese microblogging service banned searches for “yellow duck” after users circulated a mocked-up image of a famous 1989 Tiananmen square tank protest with the military vehicles replaced by plastic ducks, results on Wednesday showed.

After years of quiet and largely unsuccessful diplomacy, the U.S. has brought its persistent computer-hacking problems with China into the open, delivering a steady drumbeat of reports accusing Beijing's government and military of computer-based attacks against America.

China's top Internet security official says he has "mountains of data" pointing to extensive U.S. hacking aimed at China, but it would be irresponsible to blame Washington for such attacks, and called for greater cooperation to fight hacking.

Every year, Hong Kong residents gather in droves for the annual vigil to commemorate the Tiananmen democracy protests. More than marking the brutal crackdown in Beijing 24 years ago, the event here increasingly symbolizes disaffection with rule by China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping led a major trade foray into Costa Rica Monday with agreements on projects worth nearly US$2 billion, including upgrades of an oil refinery, a key highway and public transport.

Wang Dan, an exiled leader of the 1989 Chinese pro democracy protest, said yesterday that Taiwan's next ruling party should list China's democratization as a condition for possible political talks with Beijing.

Three of the world's nuclear powers — China, India and Pakistan — have increased their nuclear arsenals over the past year, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said Monday.