BEIJING, May 28 (Reuters) - China's courts have been ordered to increase the severity of punishments for food safety crimes, including capital punishment for cases that lead to fatalities, Xinhua news ...

A Taiwanese sailor aboard a Taiwan Navy vessel looks towards a Chinese warship while navigating on waters off Taiwan's western coast BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Friday threatened to impose the death ...

New guidelines on supervision, approval and execution of ‘residential surveillance at a designated location’ leaked online.

China arbitrarily detained thousands and convicted 1,545 “prisoners of conscience” in the last six years in what could constitute "crimes against humanity", a rights group alleged. The prisoners were ...

BEIJING (AP) — China has executed two men who committed deadly attacks that killed dozens in November, raising concerns about a surge in what are called “revenge on society crimes.” State media ...

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators have proposed caning as a punishment for online scammers. As many as 92 percent of respondents in a poll said fraud in Taiwan is severe, and more than 70 ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Friday threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for "diehard" Taiwan independence separatists, a ratcheting up of pressure even though Chinese courts have no ...