China could use oceanographic research to support its military by gathering critical data about the world's oceans.

China has accused Japan—a United States treaty ally in Northeast Asia—of sending spy planes to its so-called Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the contested East China Sea. The remarks from ...

SHANGHAI/BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) - Sweltering heat enveloped China's eastern seaboard on Friday, as a high-pressure system settled over the country's most populous region, baking key agricultural ...