When iPhone photos become works of art

In the hands of skilled photographers, smartphones are capable of producing works of art - as these stunning images show. Now in its twelfth year, the iPhone Photography Awards competition aims to......

Hardliners will dominate China's Tibet policy

Statements emanating from the recent Chinese Communist party congress suggest potentially increasing pressure on India with regard to the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration in......

China ushers in the year of the sheep

China is celebrating its lunar new year on Thursday, marking the beginning of the Year of the Sheep. For much of the week, hundreds of millions of people will dispense with their regular routines......

Gu Kailai's fate to be decided on Monday

The fate of Gu Kailai, the high profile wife of disgraced Chinese Communist Party leader Bo Xilai who has confessed to murdering a British businessman, will be announced on Monday. Regarded as the......

New tool to pinpoint oil reserves developed

Scientists have developed a new tool that can precisely pinpoint where petroleum and gas reserves have accumulated. The tool is a new index that provides a better understanding of how oil......

Badminton: India's challenge ends at Hong Kong Open

IMAGE: Gayatri Gopichand Pullela and Treesa Jolly lost in straight sets in their round of 16 match at the Hong Kong Open. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images from the Rediff Archives ......

Asian Rowing: Arjun Lal-Ravi win gold; Parminder bags silver

IMAGE: Indian rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Ravi with their gold medals at the Asian Rowing Championships in Bangkok on Saturday. Photograph: Rowing Federation of India/Twitter Indian rowers Arjun Lal......

Axelsen dethrones Chen Long for men's singles badminton gold

With Chen's silver, China has swept six badminton medals at Tokyo, more than any other country: gold and silver in mixed doubles, gold in women's singles, silver in men's doubles, silver in women's......

Olympics Badminton: Indonesia win women's doubles gold

IMAGE: Greysia Polii, left, and Apriyani Rahayu of Indonesia celebrate winning the badminton women's doubles gold medal after beating Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan of China in the final on day ten......

China picks young gun over Wang in badminton team

China has omitted Asian Games singles champion Wang Shixian from their Olympic badminton team and picked 21-year-old talent Li Xuerui as the third and final entrant in the women's singles at the......