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Veteran casino tycoon 'optimistic' over Macau growth
Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)
Macau casino big-hitter Lui Che-woo says he sees light at the end of the tunnel for the embattled gambling enclave, although the days of high rollers are gone. ...
Chinese outrage over 'ugly' restoration of Great Wall
Sep 23, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese social media users were in an uproar Friday over restoration of a 700-year-old section of the Great Wall that has been covered in cement, turning it int...
In Tibet, religious freedom with Chinese characteristics
Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)
The sun has yet to rise over Lhasa, but dozens of colourfully dressed pilgrims are already gathered and reciting prayers at the entrance to Jokhang, the most sa...
Chinese rights lawyer jailed for 12 years
Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese court has sentenced defence lawyer Xia Lin to 12 years in prison, his attorney said Thursday, the latest blow in a broad crackdown on human rights def...
Hong Kong protest leaders avoid jail after failed court bid
Sep 21, 2016 (AFP)
Three young Hong Kong activists who led the city's massive "Umbrella Revolution" pro-democracy protests walked free from court Wednesday after a renewed bid by ...
China slams EU over Dalai Lama visit
Sep 19, 2016 (AFP)
China slammed the European Union's parliament Monday for receiving the Dalai Lama, saying the move could damage relations between the EU and the world's second ...
China pushes Tibetan tourism while critics fear impact
Sep 18, 2016 (AFP)
China has unveiled a sparkling new hotel as part of its drive to get tens of millions more tourists to visit Tibet, even as critics say the push is slowly erodi...
Hong Kong lights candles to support 'rebel' Chinese village
Sep 17, 2016 (AFP)
More than 100 people attended a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong Saturday to protest a violent crackdown on protestors during tense clashes this week in the rebel...
Hong Kong journalists 'detained and beaten' in China
Sep 15, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong journalists covering violent protests in the rebel Chinese village of Wukan said they were detained and beaten by police as state press slammed "forei...
Debate on China poverty after mother kills her 4 children
Sep 13, 2016 (AFP)
The killing of four children by their poverty-stricken mother -- who then committed suicide, followed by her husband -- sparked online outrage and debate in Chi...
China detains 13 in 'rebel' village over protests
Sep 13, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese authorities detained 13 residents of the rebel village of Wukan Tuesday, police said, after jailing its chief -- who was elected after leading protests ...
World's highest bridge nears completion in China
Sep 12, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese engineers have completed the structure of what is expected to become the world's highest bridge, local authorities said. The Beipanjiang Bridge, in moun...
Hundreds in Shanghai demand action on alleged Ponzi scheme
Sep 12, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of protestors gathered in Shanghai Monday demanding that the government investigate an investment company that has failed to pay them since last year. ...
China's cargo carriers crumble in courier cavalry contest
Sep 12, 2016 (AFP)
When Li Ming left the Chinese countryside and moved to the city to look for work more than 30 years ago, gruelling manual jobs were plentiful. Three decades lat...
Live long and endure: how China's Mao was preserved
Sep 11, 2016 (AFP)
Days after Communist China's founding father Mao Zedong died 40 years ago the problem of what to do with his corpse was becoming increasingly heated -- literall...
Mao's long shadow: a difficult discussion for China
Sep 08, 2016 (AFP)
Forty years after his death, Mao Zedong's presence remains impossible to escape in China, yet difficult to discuss. His corpse still lies in state in the centre...
Licence to split: China's mistress hunters on a mission
Sep 08, 2016 (AFP)
Don't get mad, get your opponent to surrender voluntarily: when Mrs Wang discovered her husband had been cheating on her for several years, she called in an eli...
China jails anti-corruption protest leader for bribery
Sep 08, 2016 (AFP)
A protest leader from a Chinese village which became a symbol of resistance against corruption was sentenced to three years in prison for bribery Thursday, stat...
No tears for Mao: 1976 death an imperial fall
Sep 07, 2016 (AFP)
The death of Communist China's founding father Mao Zedong 40 years ago this week was akin to the demise of an emperor and helped pave the way for the modern nat...
Hong Kong anti-China activists celebrate vote victory
Sep 05, 2016 (AFP)
A new generation of young Hong Kong politicians advocating a break from Beijing became lawmakers for the first time Monday in a result likely to rattle China. I...
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