Dr. Qian Xuesen passed away in a hospital in Beijing this past Saturday, October 31st. He was 98, and considered the father of China's space program.

The U.S. and China signed earlier this year an agreement to stem the flow of illegal trade in cultural artifacts. The agreement is part of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, a U.S. law that implements the 1970 UNESCO Convention.

A study by researchers at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, has determined that high blood pressure plays a part in millions of premature deaths each year in China. It is estimated that around 2.3 million cardiovascular deaths each year in China are attributed to high blood pressure, also known as hypertension.

On a day when a runaway balloon with a six-year-old in it is the biggest story in the world, comes another tragic ballooning story. Four Dutch tourists and the pilot have been killed in a hot air balloon accident in China.

Since 1979 China has enforced the one child policy for population control. Earlier this week, the head of family planning in Shanghai said young couples should have more babies because the city was growing old. Government officials are considering revising the ban because current trends show that China’s population will start to decline by the middle of the century.

It's like a science fiction story. Harvesting organs from prisoners? Yet China has admitted to doing so.

The number of China's Internet users increased by 40 million to 338 million in January-June 2009, exceeding the total U.S. population, official news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.

The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century has begun across a huge swathe of Asia, and is visible to huge numbers of people in India and China.

The total solar eclipse which will occur on July 22th, 2009 promises to be one of the best ever. It will pass over some of the most densely populated sections of the planet.

The World Uyghur Congress appeals to the people and governments in the free world as well as human rights organizations around the world to take urgent action to stop the ethnic massacre in East Turkistan!