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China's Tianhe-2 supercomputer, built by the state-owned National University of Defense Technology in a project sponsored by the government's 863 High Technology program, has been named the world's fastest computer.

France's interior minister condemned Sunday an attack on six Chinese students near Bordeaux, which he said was motivated by xenophobia and prompted condemnation in China. One student was seriously injured when a glass bottle hit her face.

China's Internet censors have taken exception to an eagle-eyed Chinese blogger noting an uncanny resemblance between the physique and walking strides of Winnie the Pooh and Tiggers, President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama respectively.

In what has been China's fifth, longest manned launch into outer space, three astronauts have been sent to the Tiangong-1 Chinese space 'station', to transport materials to the lab, as well as enhance docking and manned space operations.

Chengdu - Fortune's choice reflects how China remains a magnet for global businesses amid economic transition. As the curtain rose on the 2013 Fortune Global Forum (FGF) in Chengdu Thursday, China is once again in the spotlight.

Chen Shuizong started a fire on a packed commuter bus in south-eastern China, 47 people were reported killed including him. The bus was destroyed within 10 minutes by the fire and some heard a series of explosions

Tokyo - French president Francois Hollande was left embarrassed and red-faced after referring to the Japanese people as “Chinese” at a press conference held in Tokyo early on Friday.

Beijing - China's state media are reporting that the country is set to launch its next manned space mission with three astronauts aboard Shenzhou 10 on a mission to dock to the country's experimental space module, the Tiangong 1 in orbit.

One-hundred and thirteen people have died in a fire at a slaughter house near Dehui in Jilin province, northeast China, with others are still unaccounted for today.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping are meeting at a retreat in Southern California this coming weekend, and the pressing matter before them is the one they will not tackle: population management.