The Chinese military said Tuesday that it had begun training 40 officers from Iraq and Afghanistan to clear and defuse land mines. China has trained 300 mine specialists from 15 countries over the past decade, its Foreign Ministry said in a statement....

Chinese President Hu Jintao called for strengthened cooperation with the United States as the two countries marked the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties on New Year’s Day.Thousands of peace doves were released in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square...

A virus outbreak in an eastern Chinese city has killed 19 children and left hundreds ill, state media reported on Sunday nearly two months after the outbreak started. The intestinal virus called “enterovirus 71″ or EV71, one trigger of what...