A verdict showing China is still made of steel

The Hu sentence exposes the risks of dealing with Beijing.

Rudd's attitude to China gets the balance just about right

According to Queensland mining executive Clive Palmer, a long-time supporter of the National Party, Kevin Rudd and his colleagues are too tough on China. In an address to the Queensland Media Club last week, Palmer threw the switch to hyperbole and alleged that the Rudd Government's policies towards China were motivated by racism. He maintained this was resented by the Chinese who ��don't like the idea of being discriminated against because of the colour of their skin��.

Fine China

It was hot and humid for the Olympians in Beijing but you can create authentic steamy scenes in your own kitchen.

Hard Slog But Li Returns In Fine Style

CHINA'S Na Li made a successful return to the professional tour with a gripping three-set victory over Belarusian teenager Victoria Azarenka in the Australian Women's Hardcourt final yesterday.

China's Slave Families Struggle To Expose Dirty Little Secret

HU JIYONG should be celebrating his epic escape from China's "black" brick kilns, where he and hundreds of other kidnapped children were forced to work up to 20 hours a day in sub-human conditions.

Commsec Says Sorry For China Syndrome

REMEMBER the meltdown of the China market about five weeks ago?

China Visit Brings Healthy Agreement

WARILLA business Healthy Earth has continued to make inroads into China.

New Health Chief Set To Walk A Fine Line

THE election of Margaret Chan to head the World Health Organisation is a coup for China, which aggressively promoted the former Hong Kong director of health for the top position at the United Nations' health agency.

Riches Can't Rival A Royal Barbie

Forget the fine china and pass the cooler, David Whitley writes. A few chips and dips wouldn't go amiss

Getting The Picture, China Bans Portrait Auction

MAO Zedong's reputation may have been thoroughly trashed in the West, most recently by Wild Swans author Jung Chang's controversial biography, which portrayed him as a mass murderer. But in China, an outcry over the sale of a painting of the late leader shows he is still widely respected, despite being officially "30 per cent" wrong.

Blue

The colours of melancholy, fine china and sunshiny days are the same. There's got to be something in that. Selection and styling by Holly Evans.

Dig This: The Secrets Of What Lay Beneath

FOR more than a century the secrets held in the soil beneath Cumberland Street in the Rocks have lain untouched. But the stories revealed by the bones, ornaments and fragments of fine china found on the site will soon be told.