...country's vast population, but stopped that practice two years after engaging in a high-profile showdown with China's government. Google now routes its Chinese search results through Hong Kong, where the censorship rules are less restrictive...

SAN FRANCISCO --- Google won permission Friday to maintain its Web site in China and keep its toehold in the world's most populous nation.

BEIJING --- Hurdler Liu Xiang's painful withdrawal and a ho-hum performance by basketball star Yao Ming were low points for China at the Beijing Olympics.

...a similar yeti-like creature have been reported in Tibet, though its existence hasn't been proven either. China's government has previously urged tourist agencies to cut down on creature-hunting safaris in Shennongjia, saying they were...

...manufacturing overseas, there might be other drawbacks, officials say. Economists can't predict what will happen to China's government and economy in the next decade, Dr. Leightner said. "Who knows what the current leadership of China is going...

...58 percent, the first increase in more than nine years. The adjustment, which takes effect Friday, comes as China's government struggles to curb investment growth that continues to keep economic growth at an annual rate of more than 9 percent...

...reports that researchers in northern China had found bird flu in pigs, which are genetically similar to humans. China's government said its scientists had found the virus in two pigs last year. But it insisted that blood tests on 1.1 million...

...need a system that can quickly detect cases if they occur, and again there have been some weaknesses there." China's government said it was cooperating with the WHO investigation of its lab practices.

...government's control of its currency gives its exporters an advantage estimated at between 15 percent and 50 percent. China's government says its exchange rate policy is determined by the nation's needs. Textiles' shift to China continues a long-established...

...death. "We want people to know that China is doing the wrong thing and killing their own people," Ms. Xu said. China's government contends that Falun Gong is a cult that has led more than 1,600 people to their deaths, mostly by encouraging...