At least 21 people were killed and five others were injured, three seriously, after a pipeline explosion hit a power plant in central China's Hubei Province Thursday afternoon, local authorities said.

The dissenting voices have been increasing ever since Seoul and Washington announced their decision about THAAD deployment.

China emphasized its opposition on Wednesday to Vietnam's military deployments on islands that the country has illegally occupied in the South China Sea.

Public outcry to lower the age of criminal responsibility in China has surfaced after a 13-year-old boy in Sichuan province set a woman ablaze in order to rob her of her iPhone.

7 News broadcaster Amanda Abate recently called Chinese Olympic swimmer Sun Yang "one of China's cheats" during a live broadcast.

A Brazilian company has finished production of new Chinese national flags, which will be soon dispatched to Rio Olympic venues to replace the inaccurate ones.