The world’s deepest known blue hole has been discovered near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.   Chinese locals have dubbed it the Dragon Hole, and at a depth of 987 feet (300.89 meters),...

Since 2013, 1,500 Protestant and Catholic churches in China have had their crosses removed from the sacred dwellings. The Chinese government officials say Christian symbols have crossed the line. In...

Air pollution is killing millions of people every year, making it a global public health concern. Research released on Feb. 12 suggests that over 5.5 million people die every year as a result of breathing...

Three of the main leaders of the Umbrella Revolution are Christians living in Hong Kong: Joshua Wong, a Christian high school student; Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, former Catholic bishop of Hong Kong;...

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake that struck China’s rural southwest Sichuan province left at least 179 dead and more than 6,700 injured, the Huffington Post reports. The earthquake struck shortly before 8...

After a number of implicit claims and rumors, China’s environmental authority has finally acknowledged the existence of “cancer villages.” The cancer villages have a significantly higher cancer rate...

China’s top government forensic scientist has publicly questioned the conviction of Gu Kailai for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. Wang Xuemei, who is also an official of the Supreme...

Located in the East China Sea between Okinawa and Taiwan lies a group of islands creating economic and nationalistic disputes between China and Japan. With yearly trade between the two Asian superpowers...

In Hong Kong, a former British colony which was returned to China in 1997, the government has decided to cancel plans to instill a mandatory Chinese civic education subject. The Beijing-backed curriculum,...