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Chinese-born professor returns to Australia

Apr 02, 2017 (AFP)

An Australian-based Chinese professor who has been critical of Beijing flew back to Sydney Sunday, a week after he was blocked from leaving China at the end of ...

What's in a Chinese name? Ancient rites and growing business

Apr 02, 2017 (AFP)

In a one-room shop tucked inside a Beijing alley, a bearded 74-year-old fortune-teller in crimson tunic offers what Chinese parents have sought for centuries: a...

Warhol Mao portrait fetches $12.7m in Hong Kong auction

Apr 02, 2017 (AFP)

A classic Andy Warhol portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong fetched US$12.7 million at auction in Hong Kong on Sunday, Sotheby's said -- well short of th...

Tibetan fashion hits the Beijing runway

Mar 30, 2017 (AFP)

Face painted yellow and white with long braids draping her shoulders, a model in voluminous grey robes walks down the runway -- an image of Tibetan grace in the...

Top Tibetan lama abandons monkhood to marry old friend

Mar 30, 2017 (AFP)

A senior Tibetan lama at the centre of a long-running row over one of Buddhism's most important titles has abandoned the monkhood altogether after marrying a ch...

Stylish dogs rule the catwalks of Shanghai's streets

Mar 30, 2017 (AFP)

Poodles in pink dresses, Pekinese wearing blouses, a Pomeranian in sneakers and a raincoat -- Shanghai's sidewalks can sometimes seem like fashion catwalks gone...

Hong Kong activist jailed over Umbrella Movement protest

Mar 30, 2017 (AFP)

A Hong Kong democracy activist was jailed Thursday over Umbrella Movement mass protests while nine more campaigners face charges, as fears grow that freedoms ar...

The illegal deliveryman who became one of China's richest men

Mar 29, 2017 (AFP)

From making illegal cross-border deliveries to China in a minivan to buying a fleet of Boeing aircraft, the boss of SF Express has ridden a wave of online shopp...

Australia-based professor blocked from leaving China

Mar 27, 2017 (AFP)

A prominent Chinese-born academic at a Sydney university was stuck in southern China on Monday after being prevented from flying home to Australia, according to...

Hong Kong targets activists day after vote

Mar 27, 2017 (AFP)

Police cracked down on Hong Kong democracy activists Monday charging them over the Umbrella Movement mass protests, a day after a pro-Beijing candidate was chos...

China's favourite Lam wins Hong Kong leadership, vows to heal rifts

Mar 26, 2017 (AFP)

Hong Kong's new leader Carrie Lam pledged Sunday to mend political rifts after winning a vote dismissed as a sham by democracy activists who fear the loss of th...

Beijing favourite Lam wins Hong Kong leadership

Mar 26, 2017 (AFP)

Beijing favourite Carrie Lam was selected as Hong Kong's new leader on Sunday by a mainly pro-China committee, in an election dismissed as a sham by democracy a...

Dead dictators draw Hong Kong art crowds

Mar 24, 2017 (AFP)

A "breathing" Fidel Castro is among several ex-communist leaders gathered in Hong Kong this week -- one of the world's centres of capitalism -- as part of a che...

Young Chinese jet set shop at Hong Kong's Art Basel

Mar 23, 2017 (AFP)

Huang Xiaoshuai and his wife last year splashed out $70,000 for a large painting of fish by Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody -- part of a growing clique of youn...

Chinese police detain care centre head after 21 deaths

Mar 23, 2017 (AFP)

A care centre director in southern China, where 21 people including a 15-year-old autistic boy died over winter, is now in police custody, local media reported ...

China watches Hong Kong vote as protests threatened

Mar 23, 2017 (AFP)

Hong Kong will select a new leader on Sunday in a vote skewed towards Beijing that has once more opened up the city's political divisions. Pro-democracy campaig...

Hong Kong leader must cooperate with China: Li Ka-shing

Mar 22, 2017 (AFP)

Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing said Wednesday he would vote for the candidate who is willing to cooperate with Chinese authorities in the city's upcoming l...

Art for art's sake: Calls for Hong Kong to get more creative

Mar 21, 2017 (AFP)

Hong Kong will see a creative surge as Art Basel comes to town, but there's a push for a more permanent change to the visual landscape of the city better known ...

Distraught Hong Kong villagers battle to save their homes

Mar 21, 2017 (AFP)

Ko Oi-sum's simple village home on the northwestern edge of Hong Kong is surrounded by trees planted by her mother -- she dries the leaves to make tea, espousin...

Chinese police 'admit torture' of dead suspect

Mar 21, 2017 (AFP)

Police in central China's Henan province have issued a rare statement admitting that some officers may have tortured a suspect who died under detention, local m...