China's finance minister sacked

The China Post-Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday sacked his finance minister amid a major political shake-up ahead of the ruling Communist Party's crucial five-yearly gathering. Full Story

Taiwan approves visit by NBA star Yao Ming

The China Post-The Houston Rockets' basketball star Yao Ming was given the green light Thursday to visit Taiwan next month, an official said. Full Story

China military 'not a threat': defense chiefmilitary 'not a threat': defense chief

The China Post-Chinese military growth is not aimed at threatening any state, China's defense chief said in Tokyo on Thursday, as he stressed that Beijing was working to become more transparent about defense matters. Full Story

China frees priests jailed over Vatican trip

The China Post-China has freed two underground Catholic priests jailed for flying to the Vatican on false passports, a Hong Kong-based group said on Thursday. Shao Zhumin and Jiang Sunian, from Wenzhou in the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang, were arrested shortly after returning from a September 2006 trip to Europe during which they met Vatican officials in Rome. Full Story

China beefs up vaccination law amid rabies surge

The China Post-China's top legislature beefed up its animal vaccination law on Thursday, making it clear that even urban pets need to be vaccinated amid a surge in deadly rabies cases nationwide, state media reported. Dog ownership is rising quickly among China's urban residents, and lawmakers said they were causing "a string of social problems," including attacks on humans, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Full Story

Rising sea threatens China's south: report

The China Post-Over 1,100 square kilometers (440 square miles) of land in economically booming southern China will be inundated by rising sea-levels by 2050 due to global warming, state press said Thursday. Full Story

Heroin-addict elephant to rejoin herd

The China Post-A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin laced bananas by illegal traders will soon return to the wild after being weaned off his addiction through methadone and round-the-clock care. Full Story

Philippine court grants former first lady permission to travel

The China Post-Philippine courts granted former first lady Imelda Marcos permission on Thursday to leave the country for 15 days to travel to Hong Kong and China for medical treatment and to attend a trade show. Full Story

Don't take mooncakes to Oz, Chinese told

The China Post-China told its people on Thursday not to take mooncakes containing egg yolk or meat to Australia because of the threat of bird flu and other diseases. Full Story

Top mainland designer blends East and West

The China Post-One can probably be forgiven for failing to recognize a celebrity from mainland China, the other side of the Taiwan Strait. Full Story

China defense chief visits Japan amid thaw in ties

The China Post - China's defense minister kicked off a five-day visit to Japan on Wednesday, the first such visit in nearly a decade and a sign of thawing relations despite concerns in Tokyo over rising Chinese military spending. Full Story

China 'twins' split by 21-year-old bungle

The China Post - Chinese "twins" have sued a hospital over an apparent mix up of babies 21 years ago until they were reunited by chance and neighbors' complaints. Full Story

China reports sighting of 'extinct' dolphin

The China Post - A Chinese man has videotaped a large white animal swimming in the Yangtze river, which experts say is a dolphin species unique to China and feared extinct, the official Xinhua agency reported on Wednesday. Full Story

Foreign tourists stabbed near Tiananmen Square

The China Post -Two foreign tourists were stabbed on Sunday in front of a hotel near Beijing's Tiananmen Square, China's Xinhua news agency reported. The two, both women, were from Germany and Poland. Full Story

China denies hacking, spying German government

The China Post -China rejected on Sunday a German magazine report that computer hackers believed to be linked to the Chinese army had infected German government ministries with spying programs. Full Story

Villagers in northeastern China clash with police in land row

The China Post - At least two people were injured and two detained when villagers and police clashed over a land dispute in northeastern China Sunday. Farmers in Yutian, a village in Heilongjiang province, set up roadblocks Saturday to protest a new commercial housing project requiring the razing of their homes, said a villager reached by telephone. Full Story

Chinese managers held in Carrefour graft probe

The China Post -Police have detained eight Chinese managers at French retail giant Carrefour following an internal graft probe at the company, state media reported Sunday. Seven of the eight managers ran fresh food sections in Beijing stores and demanded kickbacks from suppliers, the Beijing News reported. Full Story

Storm leaves 13 dead in Sichuan province, southwest China

The China Post - Thirteen people died and another person was missing after torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in southwest China, state media said Sunday. Bridges, roads and homes were swept away by floodwaters following heavy rain in Sichuan province since Wednesday, the official Xinhua news agency said. Full Story

North Korea building fence along China border

The China Post - North Korea has started building a fence along parts of its border with China, a news report said Sunday, in an apparent move to prevent North Koreans from fleeing the impoverished communist country. Full Story