Amy Hawkins

Amid growing censorship at home under the rule of Xi Jinping, efforts to document the massacre of 4 June, 1989, are intensifying abroad

Weather models project a potentially strong El Niño this year, which could spell disaster for heatwave-hit India, drench China and hurt agriculture across south-east Asia

The UN has warned that the world must prepare for the imminent return of El Niño and the raised global temperatures and weather extremes it brings.

Class started at 9am. Assignments were doled out, ideas were pitched and scripts written, followed by a long day of shooting and editing.

Xi Jinping visits North Korea on Monday for a two-day trip, his first in nearly seven years, as China's president looks to revitalise ties with his junior ally.

Datacentre off Shanghai coast uses less power and water than land-based equivalent

The socially relaxed city sees a cautious feminist revival in the face of growing alarm by authorities towards women who shun traditional roles

The US added Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, internet search provider Baidu and carmaker BYD to a list of companies it believes are aiding Beijing's military, in a move that could inflame tensions between the countries.

Ever since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, women's bodies have been the business of the state.

More women are rejecting state pressure over their reproductive choices, amid the devastating legacy of the one-child policy