Li Xia

Former Chinese security tsar Zhou Yongkang has been accused of leaking secrets, and China experts are speculating what that privileged information might be.

Thousands in Lishui City in eastern China protested on Aug. 21 what they referred to as a “man-made disaster,” demanding compensation. So far, the authorities have suppressed the protests and not responded to the demands for compensation.

Chinese authorities are resorting to confiscating passports to prevent provincial officials from defecting.

Several influenza viruses, including bird flu and swine flu, that have rapidly spread to eight Chinese provinces, including the two municipalities Beijing and Shanghai, are steadily gaining pace from day to day and causing national panic.

Beijing has a water shortage worse than North Africa, and no remedy is in sight.

16 infants are dead after receiving vaccines in China over the last month, but because of ties with authorities the vaccine companies needn’t worry about repercussions.

A major fire burned 59 wooden houses, causing 258 villagers to be without shelter, in an ethnic minority village located in Dong Autonomous County in central China’s Hunan Province.

Shanghai residents are concerned that the large number of people being diagnosed with pneumonia may actually be infected with the new bird flu strain H7N9.