BEIJING - With the test of a stealth fighter jet Tuesday, just hours before U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, the Chinese military provided a blunt demonstration of its willingness to challenge both the United States and its own president.
Primed with Beijing test-taking experience, they each soon tested into New York City's academic public schools — where they have had tests aplenty and (probably not surprisingly) a high proportion of Asian classmates.
BEIJING — In a rare, public test of the nation's law prohibiting discrimination against people with H.I.V., a Chinese court on Friday ruled against a man who said he was wrongly denied a teaching job after his prospective employer learned he had the virus that causes AIDS.
BEIJING — China's military conducted a test flight of a new stealth fighter jet on Tuesday, overshadowing an important visit to Beijing by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates aimed at improving defense ties — and apparently catching China's civilian leadership off guard.
BEIJING — Chinese health officials will abolish mandatory testing for hepatitis B during physical exams given to prospective college students, factory workers and government employees, according to Xinhua, the state news agency.
BEIJING — China's biggest Internet companies are testing new controls on some local alternatives to Twitter to prevent them from becoming channels for the proliferation of content the authorities dislike.
BEIJING — In the aftermath of Tuesday's nuclear test by North Korea, China will almost certainly join the United States in supporting tougher sanctions at the United Nations, accompanied by sterner reprimands from Beijing against its recalcitrant ally in Pyongyang.
BEIJING — China said late Monday that it had successfully tested the nation's first land-based missile defense system, announcing the news in a brief dispatch by Xinhua, the official news agency.
BEIJING ― By now, North Korea has successfully conducted its sixth nuclear test ― along with a series of intercontinental ballistic missile tests.
BEIJING — China has begun paying military personnel involved in nuclear tests, as part of its effort to improve benefits for veterans, the state news media reported over the weekend.
