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China accused of 'enforced disappearance' of Liu Xiaobo's widow
Aug 03, 2017 (AFP)
Beijing faced a global backlash for its treatment of Liu Xiaobo when he died of liver cancer last month, making him the first Nobel Peace Prize laureate to die ...
Hong Kong bishop says church could be 'bridge' with China
Aug 02, 2017 (AFP)
There are an estimated 12 million Catholics in China, but the Vatican has not had diplomatic relations with Beijing since 1951, two years after the founding of ...
Chinese man pays $10,000 for whisky shot at Swiss bar
Aug 02, 2017 (AFP)
A young Chinese man paid 9,999 Swiss francs ($10,000, 8,733 euros) last week at a Swiss hotel for a glass of whisky made in 1878 by the revered Scotch maker Mac...
China police arrest 230 over pyramid scheme
Jul 31, 2017 (AFP)
The scheme, known as Shanxinhui or "philanthropic exchange", is under investigation and the group's founder Zhang Tianming, along with several employees, was ar...
Chinese police detain suspected pyramid scheme protesters
Jul 27, 2017 (AFP)
Photos and videos circulating on social media showed hundreds of protesters in central Beijing on Monday, chanting slogans and holding red banners urging Presid...
Botswana confirms Dalai Lama visit despite China anger
Jul 25, 2017 (AFP)
Beijing views the Dalai Lama as a dangerous separatist campaigning for Tibetan independence and consistently condemns foreign governments who welcome him. Botsw...
China anti-graft watchdog probes Politburo member
Jul 24, 2017 (AFP)
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection is investigating Sun Zhengcai, who some 10 days ago was ousted as party chief in the major city of Chongqing, f...
Tibetan student dies after setting himself alight in India
Jul 23, 2017 (AFP)
Tenzin Choeying, 19, succumbed to critical burn injuries in New Delhi a week after shouting "Victory to Tibet" and setting fire to himself at a university campu...
Chinese police guard late dissident's home, empty or not
Jul 22, 2017 (AFP)
More than a week after the Nobel Peace Prize winner succumbed to liver cancer in custody, four agents stood watch on the stoop of the apartment where his widow,...
Chinese city leadership shake-up signals Xi power play
Jul 20, 2017 (AFP)
Former Xi aide Chen Miner was named Communist Party chief in Chongqing last weekend, abruptly replacing a politician who was once widely regarded as a contender...
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's ashes buried at sea
Jul 15, 2017 (AFP)
Officials showed a video in which his wife, Liu Xia, and relatives lowered a white round urn into the water off the northeastern coastal city of Dalian, two day...
China under pressure to free dissident's widow
Jul 14, 2017 (AFP)
The United States and the European Union urged President Xi Jinping's government to let Liu's widow, the poet Liu Xia, who has been under house arrest since 201...
Anti-Beijing Hong Kong lawmakers disqualified from parliament
Jul 14, 2017 (AFP)
The High Court judgement is a massive blow for the democracy movement as it means the balance of power in the partially elected legislature swings further to th...
China hits back at criticism over Nobel laureate's death
Jul 14, 2017 (AFP)
Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Beijing lodged official protests with the United States, France, Germany and the United Nations human rights office ...
China's ailing Nobel laureate in 'critical condition'
Jul 10, 2017 (AFP)
The First Hospital of China Medical University in the northeastern city of Shenyang said Liu's tumour has grown, his liver is bleeding and he has kidney problem...
Chinese Nobel laureate too sick to travel abroad: hospital
Jul 08, 2017 (AFP)
The foreign doctors visited Liu, China's most prominent democracy advocate, at the hospital in the northeastern city of Shenyang following international pressur...
Chinese court jails author of Tiananmen report: lawyer
Jul 07, 2017 (AFP)
Liu Shaoming, a former factory worker, was detained in southern Guangdong province in May 2015 after describing his involvement in the pro-democracy movement on...
Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's health deteriorates
Jul 06, 2017 (AFP)
Friends voiced concerns that Liu, 61, is now near death after it emerged last month that he had been transferred from prison to a hospital under medical parole ...
With demolitions, China squeezes Buddhist academy
Jul 06, 2017 (AFP)
Today the landscape is riven with scars, with many houses destroyed and some neighbourhoods torn apart after demolition crews were sent in by authorities, who h...
Coming to a Chinese cinema near you: 'Core Socialist Values'
Jul 04, 2017 (AFP)
Authorities enlisted action star Jackie Chan and domestic film idols as part of the public-service adverts, which have been ordered shown at cinemas in China si...
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