Appeal of ‘Iron Rice Bowl’ may be waning as lure of private sector grows

Data analysts are developing tools to help combat the spread of terrorism online

Online critics see strong similarities between the two power ballads

US giant has overtaken domestic producer Xiaomi in terms of market share

Infant was born with cleft lip and buried in cardboard box two days later

China’s crackdown on internet censorship rules is bad for business

Country’s lack of current stars highlighted as it looks to Winter Olympics and soccer

Confusion about interpretation of zodiac ahead of the country’s biggest annual holiday

Initiative will offer subway passengers the chance to read classic books for free

Scantily clad models banished in crackdown on prurience

Drama was pulled for ‘technical reasons’ believed to be related to its racy costumes

Yuletide emerging as a part of the retail calendar

While toxins belch from power plants, children in nearby Beijing compare brands of mask

Case caused outcry after victim’s mother sent to labour camp for seeking tougher sentence

Nationwide campaign has closed down 110 websites and 3,300 social network accounts

Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu and Sina on shopping spree

Climate change adviser describes smog in the capital as unbearable

Retail giant rides the wave of huge e-commerce expansion in China

Zhang denies rumours he fathered seven children with several women

Assault near Tiananmen Square was ‘carefully planned and premeditated’

CCTV News deletes tweet about special unit to probe corruption accusations

Local media report cooking gases cause up to 20% of particulate matter in Beijing air

Chinese government steps up campaign to tackle online dissent

Authorities reported to have called death an accident and to have detained those responsible

Li Tianyi (17) is one of five accused of assaulting a woman in a Beijing hotel

Charles Xue detention happens amid crackdown on bloggers posting on sensitive subjects

Disgraced politician denies charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power in startlingly forthright terms

Survivors say all exits in plant except one were locked

The case of the single mother who gave birth in a toilet highlights China’s ambivalent attitude to sex

Latest report of child abandonment came after neighbours heard crying in Jinhua

State has shut or frozen microblogs written by prominent liberals on Weibo as war declared on ‘spread of rumours’

More than 5,500 injured in southwestern Sichuan province

Booming Chinese industry lures Hollywood