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Mao or never: In Xi's China, a village clings to past

Oct 13, 2017 (AFP)

Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to the hamlet in central Henan province which has become an attraction with its idealised vision of village ...

Model village shows cracks in Xi's fight to end China poverty

Oct 12, 2017 (AFP)

Three years later, the hardscrabble area has undergone a Cinderella-like transformation, waltzing across the national poverty line just in time for the Communis...

Jailed Hong Kong activist Wong back in court on 21st birthday

Oct 12, 2017 (AFP)

Wong and two other student leaders were jailed in August for six to eight months for their roles in the initial protest that sparked the months-long Umbrella Mo...

British human rights activist barred from entering Hong Kong

Oct 11, 2017 (AFP)

Benedict Rogers, who is deputy chairman of the Conservative Party's human rights commission, arrived from Bangkok in the morning but was turned away by immigrat...

Hong Kongers must stand up for China, says leader Lam

Oct 11, 2017 (AFP)

Lam, making her first policy address since she came to power earlier this year, skirted the subject of political reform as the city's pro-democracy forces conte...

More security, less soccer, for China Communist Congress

Oct 11, 2017 (AFP)

The police and censorship organs have kicked into high gear to prevent anything overshadowing the week-long, twice-a-decade congress which opens on October 18. ...

Former Hong Kong leader appears in court over sandwich 'attack'

Oct 04, 2017 (AFP)

The sandwich was aimed at Leung, the city's then leader, as he was on his way to vote in the September 2016 legislative election -- but it missed and hit a poli...

The making of Hong Kong's famous 'fire dragon'

Oct 04, 2017 (AFP)

The 67-metre (220-foot) long dragon snakes around the network of narrow paths in the village of Tai Hang each year to the sound of roaring drums, and is one of ...

Hong Kong democracy activist in court for throwing 'smelly' sandwich

Oct 03, 2017 (AFP)

The sandwich had been aimed at the city's then leader, Leung Chun-ying, who was on his way to vote in the September 2016 legislative election, but it missed and...

Hong Kong migrant mothers sing for their distant children

Oct 01, 2017 (AFP)

Known as the "Unsung Heroes", these initially shy performers now regularly take the stage around Hong Kong and feature in a new documentary about the lives of t...

China's Communist Party expels top member ahead of congress

Sep 29, 2017 (AFP)

Politburo member Sun Zhengcai was also dismissed from public office after the Political Bureau of the party's central committee approved an investigative report...

Hundreds mark third anniversary of Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement

Sep 28, 2017 (AFP)

Tens of thousands blocked major thoroughfares in the city for 79 days starting September 28, 2014 to call for fully free leadership elections in the city, in a ...

Interpol meets in Beijing as China hunts for fugitives

Sep 26, 2017 (AFP)

Nearly 1,000 public security officials and political leaders from 156 countries will discuss terrorism, organised crime and cybercrime at the four-day gathering...

'Sing! China' concert in Taiwan halted amid protests

Sep 25, 2017 (AFP)

The incident comes amid heightened tensions between the self-ruled island and the mainland since Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen took office in May last year, ...

China gives Tianjin ex-mayor 12 years for graft

Sep 25, 2017 (AFP)

Huang Xingguo, 62, headed the response committee after the explosion rocked Tianjin in August 2015 and devastated a huge swathe of the port city. He was also ac...

Universities battleground for latest row over Hong Kong freedoms

Sep 23, 2017 (AFP)

As term kicked off earlier this month, posters and banners calling for semi-autonomous Hong Kong to split from the mainland were plastered on walls and bulletin...

An ancient Chinese fishing community washes ashore

Sep 21, 2017 (AFP)

Wooden fishing boats, wispy nets and bamboo steering poles are typical of the traditions of the "Tanka" -- the term for generations of rural Chinese who have ek...

Patten on egg tarts and the future of Hong Kong

Sep 21, 2017 (AFP)

Having lost weight recently he needs new suits and running them up in the city, famous for its speedy and affordable couture, was preferable to taking them for ...

China lifts 10-year travel ban on feminist activist

Sep 21, 2017 (AFP)

Wu Rongrong plans to fly to Hong Kong on Sunday to pursue a master's degree in law in the semi-autonomous city, which has a separate legal system and border con...

The last days of a 'village' in China's Silicon Valley

Sep 19, 2017 (AFP)

But their community's days are numbered. Demolition crews will soon arrive to flatten its alleys packed with dilapidated, one-room dwellings as part of a city-w...