Recently freed from a prison in China, Australian Carl Mather says China's justice system is governed more by political connections than rule of law.

The Pacific's major aid donor nations, are being called on to stop looking at China as a strategic adversary in the fight for military dominance in the region.

China is reportedly planning a major summit of Pacific leaders in Guangzhou in November.

China's Ministry of Land Resources has once again issued an emergency notice calling for an end to forced, illegal land requisitions.

As the melting of the Arctic ice opens up new shipping routes and new opportunities for oil and gas exploration, the world is suddenly paying more attention to the North Pole.

Taiwan has imposed sanctions on the Philippines, rejecting as unacceptable an apology from Manila over the killing of a fisherman from Taiwan last week.

China's Ministry of Land Resources has once again issued an emergency notice calling for an end to forced, illegal land requisitions.

On Sunday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will make his first foreign trip since taking up the role and has chosen to go to India.

Chinese women in the sex industry in China are often treated as if they have given up their rights entirely, and are subject to harassment, beatings and torture from police, arbitrary detention and a lack of health services, says a new report.

Famed Chinese Director Zhang Yimou is in the spotlight for possibly violating the country's one child policy.

Chinese women in the sex industry in China are often treated as if they have given up their rights entirely, and are subject to harassment, beatings and torture from police, arbitrary detention and a lack of health services, says a new report.