VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued his first appeal directed at Catholics in China, long the source of concern for his predecessor

BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from a massive blast at an explosives plant in eastern China has risen to 23 with 10 people still missing.

BEIJING (AP) — A mentally ill man attacked six primary school students and a woman with a cleaver in the latest of a string of attacks on Chinese s