Hong Kong fathers will be given three days' paternity leave for the first time despite objections from employers after officials agreed to start drafting new laws Monday.

Chinese says a strong earthquake has damaged buildings in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.

A 72-year-old Chinese man who became an Internet sensation after his granddaughter used him as a cross-dressing model to promote her clothing store was delighted at his new-found fame, she said.

China sacked on Friday a district Communist Party official after images of him having sex with his mistress were splashed across microblog websites.

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.

Thousands of residents protested in a southeastern Chinese city after a traffic accident, smashing police cars and overturning three police vans, police and residents said.

A driver in the CTM Macau Touring Car Cup was killed on Friday in the second fatality to mar the Macau Grand Prix in two days, officials said.

Police dispersed more than 1,000 protesters in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo on Saturday who were demonstrating against plans to expand a petrochemical plant.

Hong Kong's de facto central bank intervened in the currency market Tuesday for the second time in a week as the local dollar hit its upper trading limit against the greenback.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University confirmed a media report yesterday that it will collaborate with Boeing Co. in setting up an aircraft maintenance and service center in Hong Kong.