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Chinese official's wife jailed in new vaccine scandal

Dec 15, 2016 (AFP)

The wife of a Chinese official has been jailed for taking bribes from vaccine manufacturers, a court said Thursday, in a case with echoes of a major scandal tha...

'Iron lady' Ip runs for Hong Kong leader

Dec 15, 2016 (AFP)

A former Hong Kong security chief who stepped down after mass protests and is loathed by the city's pro-democracy camp said Thursday she will run for leader, as...

Dec 14, 2016 (AFP)

One of China's most popular online communities for Muslims has been shuttered after posting a petition asking Chinese President Xi Jinping to stop his "brutal s...

Hong Kong finance chief resigns, tipped for leadership race

Dec 12, 2016 (AFP)

Hong Kong's finance chief resigned Monday ahead of what is widely expected to be a tilt at the city leadership. John Tsang -- nicknamed "Mr Pringles" by local m...

Anti-China protesters rally in Hong Kong as vote looms

Dec 10, 2016 (AFP)

Around a thousand protesters rallied in Hong Kong Saturday against a crackdown on pro-democracy lawmakers and an electoral system skewed towards Beijing ahead o...

Tibetan self-immolates in China: rights group

Dec 10, 2016 (AFP)

A man has self-immolated in protest against China's presence in Tibet while calling for the return of the Dalai Lama, a rights group said Saturday, the first Ti...

Hong Kong's unpopular leader says will not run again

Dec 09, 2016 (AFP)

Hong Kong's unpopular leader Leung Chun-ying, who has been vilified by critics as a puppet of Beijing, said Friday he would not run again for office after a ter...

Chinese man who wrote online post given one-year prison sentence

Dec 08, 2016 (AFP)

A man who wrote a social media post critical of China's decades-old land reform policies was sentenced to a year in prison, reports said Tuesday, amid a tighten...

UN experts urge China to investigate case of missing rights lawyer

Dec 07, 2016 (AFP)

UN human rights experts have urged China immediately to investigate the fate of a prominent Chinese rights lawyer missing for over two weeks, the latest example...

Torture rampant in China's 'shuanggui' system: HRW

Dec 06, 2016 (AFP)

China's parallel justice system for Communist Party members relies heavily on torture and is "abusive and illegal", Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday, calli...

Nude selfies used as collateral for Chinese loans

Dec 06, 2016 (AFP)

Hundreds of photos and videos of naked women used as collateral for loans on a Chinese online lending service have leaked onto the web, highlighting regulatory ...

Cheeky Chinese artist critiques society with nudity

Dec 05, 2016 (AFP)

Setting up a camera in a public place, Ou Zhihang hastily removes his clothes, then with just one bottom-exposing press-up -- his work is done. The artist has t...

Hong Kong launches legal bid against four pro-democracy lawmakers

Dec 02, 2016 (AFP)

The Hong Kong government launched a legal bid to unseat four elected pro-democracy lawmakers Friday sparking accusations from the opposition camp that they are ...

'One app, two systems' for China app censorship: researchers

Dec 01, 2016 (AFP)

China's hugely popular social media app WeChat operates different censorship systems for Chinese- and overseas-based users, a research group found, applying the...

Hong Kong's anti-China lawmakers lose appeal over ban

Nov 30, 2016 (AFP)

Two pro-independence Hong Kong lawmakers lost their appeal Wednesday against a ban preventing them from taking up their seats in parliament as Beijing faces acc...

The young Taiwan fraudsters targeted by Beijing

Nov 29, 2016 (AFP)

Taiwanese fraud rings based all over the world have for years swindled billions of dollars from members of the public through phone scams -- now they are the ta...

Fat lady sings for Chinese rural opera

Nov 24, 2016 (AFP)

When he dons his flowing robes and vivid makeup, Wu Yunhong is transformed from a labourer who toils on Chinese mountains under a beating sun into an evil gener...

China to control public smoking nationwide by year-end

Nov 22, 2016 (AFP)

China, the world's biggest cigarette producer and consumer, aims to impose national smoking-control regulations by the end of this year, authorities said Tuesda...

Eight dead in fighting in Myanmar town on China border

Nov 20, 2016 (AFP)

Eight people were killed Sunday when fighting broke out in a northern Myanmar town on the border with China, a region long plagued by ethnic rebel insurgencies....

Dalai Lama visits Mongolia over China's objections

Nov 19, 2016 (AFP)

The Dalai Lama met with Buddhist worshippers Saturday during a four-day visit to Mongolia, despite Beijing's strident demand that he be barred from entering the...