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Germany urges treatment for China's cancer-stricken Liu
Jul 03, 2017 (AFP)
Liu, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009 for "subversion" after calling for democratic reforms, was released on medical parole after being diagnosed...
China's Xi draws 'red line' in Hong Kong as protesters march
Jul 01, 2017 (AFP)
Xi spoke in a televised address after swearing in new Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, who is already being cast by critics as a China stooge in a city where many a...
Profile: Hong Kong's new leader Carrie Lam
Jul 01, 2017 (AFP)
Lam, 59, was widely seen as Beijing's preferred candidate when she was elected in March by a mainly pro-China committee representing special interest groups, fr...
China bans 'time-bomb' toothpick crossbows
Jun 30, 2017 (AFP)
So-called toothpick crossbows were designed to shoot just that -- toothpicks -- and in recent weeks became the must-have "toy" for young children in Chinese sch...
US warns China over Hong Kong freedoms
Jun 29, 2017 (AFP)
The State Department said the success of Hong Kong, which was given a large degree of autonomy when British colonial rule ended in 1997, was due to its unique s...
China's president Xi arrives in Hong Kong for landmark visit
Jun 29, 2017 (AFP)
The three-day visit is Xi's first since becoming leader in 2013 and comes at a time when there are growing fears that Beijing is threatening semi-autonomous Hon...
Nobel winner Liu wants cancer treatment abroad, friends say
Jun 29, 2017 (AFP)
Prominent Chinese dissident writer Liao Yiwu told AFP that Liu's wife sent a formal request to China's state security ministry for permission for the couple and...
Hong Kong's allure fading in mainland China
Jun 28, 2017 (AFP)
But the 23-year-old computer programmer, who lives across the border in Shenzhen, now shuns a city that two decades after the handover from Britain has lost its...
New US ambassador keen to see Chinese dissident go abroad
Jun 28, 2017 (AFP)
Ambassador Terry Branstad arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, one day after Liu's lawyer revealed that prison authorities granted the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate...
China donates arms to Philippines for raging Islamist fight
Jun 28, 2017 (AFP)
The small shipment of assault and sniper rifles and ammunition is the first example of Chinese military aid since Duterte threatened to move away from Manila's ...
Chinese woman avoids jail after tossing coins at plane
Jun 28, 2017 (AFP)
The superstitious 80-year-old woman delayed the China Southern Airlines flight on Tuesday for nearly six hours after she tossed nine coins at the engine from th...
Stories of Hong Kong: Hopes and fears on landmark anniversary
Jun 27, 2017 (AFP)
The semi-autonomous city still enjoys freedoms unseen on the mainland, but in recent years there has been increasing unrest. There have been rallies for democra...
Hong Kong's history: From backwater to metropolis
Jun 27, 2017 (AFP)
But the territory was once a quiet backwater of rural hamlets and fishing communities, where mountainous terrain dominated sparse human settlement. Twenty years...
China rejects 'interference' as Vatican raises bishop case
Jun 27, 2017 (AFP)
It was the latest dispute in an decades-long argument over who in the Communist country has the authority to appoint bishops. The Vatican on Monday expressed "g...
Wonderland Villas: A tale of Hong Kong's property rollercoaster
Jun 27, 2017 (AFP)
Built in 1984, the year colonial power Britain signed an agreement to hand Hong Kong back to China, the complex was one of the pioneering designs of its time, a...
China rejects US criticism over Nobel laureate's treatment
Jun 27, 2017 (AFP)
The US embassy in Beijing joined a growing chorus of Chinese and foreign human rights lawyers and activists demanding the unconditional release of the democracy...
China's treatment of sick activist raises fears for others
Jun 27, 2017 (AFP)
Liu, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 while serving an 11-year sentence for subversion, has been transferred from prison to a hospital on medical p...
China bans use of torture, forced confessions -- again
Jun 27, 2017 (AFP)
Confessions obtained through torture, threats and illegal detention are inadmissable in court, the Supreme Court said on its website. The aim is to "accurately ...
Hong Kong in Beijing's shadow 20 years after handover
Jun 27, 2017 (AFP)
The visit marks 20 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China by Britain and comes at a time when many fear the semi-autonomous city's freedoms are being lo...
China releases Nobel laureate Liu with terminal cancer: lawyer
Jun 26, 2017 (AFP)
Liu, who had about three years of his 11-year sentence to serve, was diagnosed on May 23 and was released days later, said lawyer Mo Shaoping. The 61-year-old d...
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