China's market regulator said it will allow more types of financial institutions to invest yuan funds held offshore in domestic capital markets, in a long-awaited move to boost the stock market.

China on Wednesday denied U.S. accusations that the yuan was “significantly undervalued,” after the Treasury said the unit's rise so far was “insufficient” but stopped short of labeling Beijing a currency manipulator.

A company that featured bikini-clad child models as young as 5 years old at a Chinese car show sought Wednesday to defuse the controversy but also defended its actions.

Few in China have heard of Zhang Huishan. But the designer from the eastern city of Qingdao has already created a dress worn by actress Gwyneth Paltrow and seen his autumn/winter collection this year sell out within a month in London.

The death toll from the worst rains to hit Beijing in more than 60 years has risen to 77, China's official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday, more than doubling previous figures.

Beijing's propaganda chief has ordered Chinese media to stick to good-news about weekend floods, according to a report, after the death of at least 37 people sparked fierce criticism of the government.

Maggie Wang recalls how she almost gave birth in a crowded corridor of a public hospital in Beijing two years ago.

A 62-year-old American man was stabbed to death in downtown Beijing and a suspect has been caught, city police said.

China called on Sudan on Tuesday to seek urgently the release of 29 Chinese workers held by rebels in the border state of South Kordofan and said it had sent a team of officials to help win their freedom.

The general manager of China's 1.2-million circulation Beijing Times newspaper has been sacked for allegedly blackmailing a scandal-hit luxury furniture company, official media reported Saturday.