Amy Hawkins

Americans Lauren and Harrison Smith met in China as students, and discussed their desire to adopt from the country early on in their relationship.

Revealed: a small but growing number of Chinese people are travelling to the Balkans with the hope of getting into the EU

Chinese stocks have suffered their worst fall in 27 years after efforts by Beijing to stimulate the world's second-largest economy disappointed investors.

Exclusive: photos of burnt belongings – including documents needed to apply for asylum – are the latest alleged evidence of brutality on EU borders

Fan, who disappeared after tax scandal, stars in thriller – but experts say she is unlikely to regain previous fame in increasingly authoritarian nation

Beijing does not see there being much difference between a Democratic- or Republican-controlled White House

Exclusive: Lee Hsien Yang says Singapore is no ‘paradise’ after fleeing authoritarian regime that his older brother inherited and still holds sway over through their revered father’s legacy

Various measures designed to encourage people to have more children have had limited success

Yuan Yang Private Revolutions , by the former journalist and newly elected Labour MP Yuan Yang, tells the story of four women who have

Xu is protesting against what he describes as inhumane treatment in prison, including lack of contact with his family