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A Chinese police officer poses with Chinese tourists in front of Milan's cathedral on May 3. Chinese policemen are on patrol with Italian officers to help make Chinese visitors feel safer.

World News

Chinese Cops In Italy? Joint Patrols Aim To Ease Chinese Tourists' Jitters

6:28pm May 11, 2016

by Sylvia Poggioli

The hope is that Chinese tourists will feel safer after recent terrorist attacks. In the long run, greater cooperation could help break up illegal activities by Chinese and Italian organized crime.

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Trombonist and composer Reginald Cyntje was born in Dominica and raised in the U.S. Virgin Islands on a diet of reggae, calypso, classical and jazz.

It's No Jive: Every Day Is International Jazz Day

3:43pm May 05, 2016

by Jackson Sinnenberg

Jazz may have been born in America but it has grown into a global form. We've got a playlist that ranges from a Pakistani version of "Take Five" to a love song with scatting in Mandarin.

Baidu, China's largest search engine, is under investigation after college student with a rare form of cancer said it promoted a fraudulent treatment center.

China Investigates Search Engine Baidu After Student Dies Of Cancer

10:19pm May 03, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

A college student accused China's largest search engine, Baidu, of misleading him to a fraudulent cancer treatment. He died in April.

A worker leaves the Baosteel Group Corporation plant in Shanghai in March 2016.

Starbucks And Steel: The Divergent Directions Of China's Economy

6:49pm May 02, 2016

by Frank Langfitt

China is now home to two economies — one fading and industrial, and the other, a more thriving service sector. A steelworker, a Starbucks executive and a former banker explain.

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U.S. Steel Says China Is Using Cyber Stealth To Steal Its Secrets

3:38pm April 29, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

The steelmaker is asking a U.S. agency to investigate its claims that the Chinese government not only dumps steel at unfair prices, but also uses computer hackers to steal intellectual property.

Chinese officials answer questions about a new law regulating overseas nongovernmental organizations during a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday. The new law subjects NGOs to close police supervision.

China Passes Law Putting Foreign NGOs Under Stricter Police Control

6:36pm April 28, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

China's legislature has passed a controversial law giving police sweeping powers to monitor and control foreign nongovernmental organizations that operate in China.

PHOTOS: Chinese Buddhist Monk Is Mummified And Covered In Gold

4:23pm April 28, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Fu Hou died in 2012 and his body spent more than three years in a pottery jar before it was sterilized, painted and gilded. The process honors his dedication to the religion.

Investors in Zhongjin, a wealth-management company that collapsed this month, demonstrate outside a police office in Shanghai's Hongkou district, demanding repayment of their funds. Police later detained one of the demonstrators for distributing protest T

Chinese Investors Reeling After Wealth Management Firm's Collapse

11:53am April 28, 2016

by Frank Langfitt

The $5 billion Shanghai company was the third financial firm to collapse in China since December. "Every time I take a bite of food," says an investor who lost everything, "I feel I am wasting money."

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A woman holds her child to receive rabies vaccines at Hangzhou Hospital for the Prevention and Treatment of Occupational Disease as the child got scratched by a cat on March 22, 2016 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. A case of illegal vaccines that

Health & Safety

A Criminal Ring In China Sold Expired Vaccines

7:39pm April 25, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

Public anger in China is simmering over a nationwide criminal ring that sold expired vaccines. Despite success in vaccinating China's population, lax oversight has often led to tragedies like this.

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Apple's online movie and book services have been closed down in China — reportedly on the orders of Chinese censors. Here, an Apple Store in Shenyang is decorated for Earth Day this week.

Apple's Movies And Books Services Are Closed In China

2:08pm April 22, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The closure was reportedly ordered by censors last week. According to local media, it comes just as a controversial — and banned — film is being released on Apple's Hong Kong iTunes service.