Rare rice stages a comeback in North China

Breast cancer on the rise in China

US debt ceiling crisis continues

Far horizons beckon as agencies eye Chinese

Premier seeks talks over dispute

17 accused of making and selling fake drugs

Beijing-Tokyo ties 'unlikely to recover soon'

Hopes high on income reform

Museums look to innovation for future

He follows his heart with his feet

Xi offers support to overseas Chinese

Questions linger over gouged eyes incident

China, Russia reach big oil deal

Women's congress aims to close income gap, lift status

Europe monitors phones, Internet

Ancient Chinese built Forbidden City with stones dragged on ice

Yili looks to Italy for better milk

India launches exploratory spacecraft to red planet

European satellite plunges to Earth

London mayor hails free trade, subway system during visit

Women, lean in

Giant duck to exit after drawing crowds

Xi calls for targeted policies to fight poverty

Terror at sea as Thai tourist ferry sinks

Hospital denies reports linking cancer case to pollution

Human Library gets people talking

Spain seeks time zone change

New road links remote Tibet county to rest of the country

Tickets for 9 yuan offered on new Hebei air route

Obama informed of Merkel surveillance