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A 30-year-old male student enrolled in the United States has been confirmed as China's second H1N1, or swine flu, case, and its first on the mainland, according to the information office of the Chinese Health Ministry.

A rescue team combing a tourist hotspot in northern China failed to find a missing visitor but instead made a ghastly discovery, Reuters reported — seven dead bodies.

GM is in talks about turning its Saturn division over to Renault. Separately, China's Geely Automobile has submitted a bid to acquire GM's Saab unit.

Bank of America needs $34 billion in extra cash, a source familiar with U.S. government stress tests on leading banks told Reuters, unsettling markets and stoking talk of a possible asset sale in China.

Chinese health authorities have quarantined 164 of the 189 passengers and crew members aboard a flight from Mexico to Shanghai that carried a man now ill with the A/H1N1 flu virus.

Beijing could have used the crisis as an excuse to slow market reform. Instead, it's all systems go.

Academic reputation of colleges spurs increase in undergrads, who also seek chance to go abroad.

China has reopened its land border to tourists traveling to North Korea after a three-year break, with a group of 71 tourists ...

Taiwan and China signed agreements on financial cooperation, expanding air links across the Taiwan Strait and jointly fighting crime, in a move to improve further trade and economic relations.

Overseas aid and loans are one way Beijing is wielding its new role as a global financial leader.