As Washington’s debt burden sets records, worries grow over the viability of US dollar assets - reflected in China’s Treasuries holdings.

Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technologies , a semiconductor equipment firm backed by Beijing's government, on Wednesday said it has sued U.S. chip equipment supplier Applied Materials over alleged trade secrets infringement.

The recent flooding that killed 31 in a single nursing home exposed flaws in emergency planning as China braces for more extreme and unpredictable weather.

2008 — At the Summer Olympics in Beijing, Michael Phelps and three teammates win the 400-meter medley relay for Phelps’ eighth gold medal, eclipsing Mark Spitz’s seven-gold performance at the 1972 Munich Games. Of his five individual races and three relays, Phelps sets world records in seven and an Olympic record in the eighth.

The Chinese economy lost some momentum in July, backing the case for policymakers to snap out of wait-and-see mode and stimulate growth.

China’s government declared this week that it has “indisputable” authority over the selection of the next Dalai Lama, directly challenging the current spiritual leader’s authority and setting up a major succession dispute.

A Chinese diplomat, who Reuters reported had been taken for questioning by Chinese authorities, appeared at a diplomatic event in Beijing on Friday (Aug 15) evening. Sun Haiyan, a senior Chinese diplomat and former ambassador to Singapore,

Beijing has accused Australia of fabricating the threat of espionage – after a Chinese woman was charged with foreign interference in Canberra. In a statement, China's Ministry of State Security labelled itself as an innocent victim being accused of “unfounded claims” about foreign spying.