(1998 est. pop. 26 million). In many ways, Jilin Province represents a very good example of "new" China in transition. Jilin is located in northeast China and has a short border with Russia and a long border with North Korea. It is the...

Coordinates: 43°40′N, 126°10′E For the city, see Jilin City. Jilin (help·info) (Chinese: 吉林; pinyin: Jílín; Wade-Giles: Chi-lin; Postal map spelling: Kirin; Manchu: Girin ula), is a province of the People's Republic of China located in...

China said Monday it was investigating the sale of fake blood protein, a potentially dangerous and widespread practice that underscores the country's problems with product safety.State media reported one death from use of the counterfeits, but authorities have not said whether anyone has fallen ill.A...

Trials have begun in a wide-ranging pension fund scandal in China's business hub of Shanghai that brought down the city's top official, a magazine reported.Seven people have been indicted in Shanghai, with the trial of Wang Guoxiong, a manager with a city government investment arm,...

The former chairman of one of Shanghai's biggest industrial groups has been given a suspended death sentence for corruption, state media said Friday, in a corruption case that has ensnared the city's top communist boss.Wang Chengming, former board chairman of Shanghai Electric Group Co. Ltd....

A former assistant of the head of China's pharmaceutical regulator, who was sentenced to death in late May, went on trial Thursday for alleged bribery, a Beijing court official said.No judgment was made Thursday and reporters were not allowed to enter the Beijing No. 1...