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Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui (Photo: Retuers)

China and N.Korea to hold talks this week

China's Foreign Ministry will hold a strategic dialogue with North Korea this week following Pyongyang's surprise offer of new talks with the US, a ministry spokeswoman has said.

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The 'alien' was made of ordinary Earth materials

Man jailed for out-of-this-world lies video

Police in eastern China have detained a farmer for making up and spreading a story about killing an extra-terrestrial.

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A Chinese spacecraft blasted off to begin the country's fifth and longest manned space mission

Chinese craft blasts into space video

A Chinese spacecraft blasted off to begin the country's fifth and longest manned space mission, taking three astronauts to an orbiting space lab.

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Tiangong 1 ready for launch in 2011 (Reuters)

China marks decade of spaceflight

China is turning its attention to sending a rover to the moon.

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U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk the grounds at The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage (Reuters)

Obama, Xi in second day of talks

With a stroll under the California desert sun, President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping opened a second day of talks at a "get to know you" summit featuring a high-stakes agenda.

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An employee dries newly made solar panels at a factory of a photovoltaic company in Jiaxing (Reuters)

Trade war between China, EU feared video

There are fears of a possible trade war between the EU and China after a tit-for-tat dispute involving wine and solar panels.

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The fire at the plant, owned by Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Co., may have originated in a locker room. (Photo: File)

Many still trapped in China poultry plant fire

Survivors described panic as workers, mostly women, struggled through smoke and flames to reach doors that turned out to be locked or blocked.

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The fire appeared to have been sparked by three early-morning explosions. (File)

Fire kills 113 at poultry farm in China

A massive fire at a poultry plant in China trapped workers and killed at least 113 people, reports and officials said.

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The baby was rescued from a sewer pipe earlier this week (Reu1ters)

Chinese sewer baby returned to family video

A Chinese newborn who was rescued from a sewer pipe has been released to his family and his mother is unlikely to face criminal charges.

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Firefighters and doctors work to free the baby from the sewer pipe (NZN)

No charges for 'pipe baby's' mother

Authorities have concluded that a newborn rescued from a sewer pipe in eastern China became trapped because of an accident.

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Firefighters and doctors work to free the baby from the sewer pipe (Reuters)

Baby fell into toilet by accident - mum

The woman says she secretly delivered the child in the toilet, and tried to catch the baby but he slipped into the sewer line.

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The teen scratched 'Ding Jinhao visited here' in Chinese on a temple wall in the ancient city Luxor (Reuters)

Chinese teen defaces Egypt temple

A Chinese teenager who defaced an ancient temple in Egypt with graffiti has come under fire at home.

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gilalrd (Reuters)

China's Aussie spy base hacking confirmed

Chinese hackers stole the blueprints of Australia's new spy agency headquarters years ago and the breach has been dealt with since then.

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A camera captured the infant's rescue

Newborn rescued from toilet pipe video

A newborn's cries from a public restroom in a residential building in eastern China led a tenant to a startling discovery.

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Sir Henry van der Heyden

Van der Heyden says sorry for China words

The former chairman of New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has apologised for reportedly telling business people not to trust the Chinese.

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Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy (AAP)

Calls for Guy to step down video

Meat blocked at the Chinese border is finally about to start moving, but calls are growing for the minister in charge to step down.

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NZ meat shipments get clearance in China

Shipments of New Zealand meat exports have finally received clearance from Chinese authorities, after being stuck at the border for weeks.

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The meat is still sitting on Chinese wharves (file)

NZ meat still waiting to enter China

New Zealand meat is still sitting on Chinese wharves with no indication of when it will be allowed into the country.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (Reuters)

North Korea envoy offers talks

A North Korean envoy has heeded Beijing's wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament talks.

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Minister of Primary Industries Nathan Guy

Minister 'must take responsibility' for meat saga

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy must take responsibility for the meat exports held up in China, the Opposition says.

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