Life's A Picnic

Federation demands further proof of age

China will need to supply more evidence to prove that their five gold medal-winning gymnasts were old enough to compete

Anger turns to uprising along the Silk Road

Trial intended to crush resistance seems to have ignited an armed struggle against Chinese rule that has smouldered for 60 years

China’s iron Olympic grip starts to slip

Internet critics, made bold by their uncensored criticism of the Games’ opening ceremony, are seeking new targets

Auspicious date to get married in China

Registry offices and birth units are braced for 08.08.08, considered one of the luckiest days in the Chinese calendar

Obama’s brother pushes Chinese imports on US

Half-brother of US presidential candidate has gone to extraordinary lengths to avoid public attention

China buys the silence of grieving parents

Free ‘life insurance’ has been offered to families of children who were killed when schools collapsed

Islamist bombers target Olympics

A militant group has threatened to attack with suicide bombers and biological weapons

China jails monks to silence Olympic protests

Several hundred Tibetan monks are believed to be in prisons as authorities clamp down on non-residents studying in Lhasa

Hundreds arrested in Chinese crackdown

Video: paramilitary police swarm southwestern town after protests against alleged cover-up of teenage girl's death

The hunt for the 27cm long endangered animal

China sack officials for publishing fake photos of a South China tiger

China braced for more flooding misery

Officials warn of 'black June' as forecasts show no let-up in torrential rains which have so far killed 171 people

90 per cent of pandas in jeopardy after quake

The 1,590 animals living in the wild are facing their most severe crisis in decades, Chinese officials announce

Beijing ignored quake warnings

Chinese officials ignored warnings from five seismologists that a strong earthquake would strike Sichuan this year

Picture this: a lost Tibet

Can the new China outlive the relief effort?

The unprecedented access allowed to foreign aid workers could signal a shift in policy by the Communist rulers

Indian protesters bring Nano factory to a halt

Tens of thousands vent anger over claims that 400 acres were illegally taken from small farmers and then sold to Tata

Chinese disease stalks Florida oranges

The Sunshine State is one of the foreclosure capitals of America and now its citrus industry is fighting for survival

ONGC pips Sinopec in race for Imperial

London-listed oil explorer has recommended acceptance of the Indians' £1.4 billion takeover bid, worth £12.50 a share

Rio Tinto expects post-Olympic Chinese boom

The world's second-largest mining group expects China's growth to remain strong despite a hiatus over the past month

Our Man in - Qingdao

Sightseeing on an Olympic Beijing trip

Adrian McPherson wants to see the Great Wall while he's in China for the games

Shanghai shopping with Lucia van der Post

From one-stop bazaars to warehouses full of modern art - the hunt for Lucia's favourite outlets

Holidays from Hong Kong

Derrick Mitra is moving to the city and wants to know where he should visit from there