Authorities in Beijing have formally charged detained AIDS activist Hu Jia with "incitement to subversion" after he wrote articles online critical of China's hosting of the Olympics, as his wife calls for his release from house arrest at the couple's

Two Tibetan Buddhist monks are in critical condition after stabbing their wrists and chests amid mounting anti-Chinese protests in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, according to authoritative sources in the region.

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong are holding 14 people in custody, as a strike continues at a Taiwan-owned factory in Boluo county. More than 1,000 striking workers clashed with police Monday, and a woman is reported to