Christopher Bodeen

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Volunteers deliver bottles of water transported by a helicopter to the earthquake hit Longtoushan town in Ludian county in southwest China's Yunnan province Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. Some 10,000 troops and hundreds of volunteers have rushed to Ludian to clear roads and dig out possible survivors from the debris, but landslides and bouts of heavy rains have complicated rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Volunteers step up in China’s response to quake

Christopher Bodeen · August 7, 2014 2:16 am

A toy bike lies on the rubble of destroyed houses following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. Some 10,000 troops and hundreds of volunteers have rushed to Ludian to clear roads and dig out possible survivors from the debris, but landslides and bouts of heavy rains have complicated rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Death toll in southern China quake rises to 589

Christopher Bodeen · August 6, 2014 7:03 am

This aerial photo shows buildings toppled down by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake at the quake's epicenter in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County of Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Rescuers dug through shattered homes Monday looking for survivors of the strong earthquake in southern China as the death toll rose to hundreds of people, with more than 1,800 injured. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xue Yubin) NO SALES

Lakes formed by quake in China threaten flooding

Christopher Bodeen · August 5, 2014 5:27 am

China says pro-government imam murdered in NW

Christopher Bodeen · July 31, 2014 4:39 pm

China lets 1st foreigners into army news briefing

Christopher Bodeen · July 31, 2014 11:18 am

Chinese minority scholar indicted for separatism

Christopher Bodeen · July 31, 2014 3:29 am

China reports deadly attack in northwest

Christopher Bodeen · July 30, 2014 1:26 am

China says moving 2nd oil rig closer to Vietnam

Christopher Bodeen · June 19, 2014 8:42 am

FILE - In this Monday, June 9, 2014 file photo, visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, sits with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right during their meeting in New Delhi, India. Amid fierce disputes with Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines, China is reaching out in a friendly way to India in a warming trend that could help ramp up economic exchanges and dissipate decades of distrust between the two giant neighbors. (AP Photo, File)

China cultivates India amid tension with neighbors

Christopher Bodeen · June 11, 2014 12:28 pm

In this Monday, June 9, 2014 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese naval soldiers stand on China's missile destroyer Haikou at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. The Chinese naval squadron has left port to take part for the first time in the world's largest naval exercises hosted by the U.S. in waters near Hawaii, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. China's participation in the Rim of the Pacific exercises is seen as an opportunity to build mutual trust amid tensions at sea with neighbors ranging from Vietnam and the Philippines to the south, to Japan in the east. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Hu Kaibing) NO SALES

National Security

China ships depart for naval drill with US, others

Christopher Bodeen · June 10, 2014 4:50 am

China pins Xinjiang attacks on terrorists groups

Christopher Bodeen · June 6, 2014 3:59 am

A woman and child pass by uniformed and plainclothes security personnel with umbrellas and security cameras near a portrait of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Beijing put additional police on the street and detained government critics Tuesday as part of a security crackdown on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the crushing of pro-democracy protests centered on the capital's Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Security tight on eve of Tiananmen anniversary

Christopher Bodeen · June 3, 2014 5:20 pm