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Chinese demolitions at Buddhist institute draw fire
Jul 26, 2016 (AFP)
Rights groups on Tuesday called for Chinese authorities to stop forced demolitions at one of the world's biggest Tibetan Buddhist institutes, saying the move wa...
Top Chinese military leader gets life sentence for corruption
Jul 25, 2016 (AFP)
Former top Chinese military leader Guo Boxiong was sentenced Monday to life in prison for accepting bribes, the official Xinhua news agency said -- the latest h...
'Rebel' Chinese village chief charged over bribes
Jul 22, 2016 (AFP)
The chief of a village that became a symbol of resistance against corruption has been charged for allegedly accepting bribes, Chinese authorities said, over a m...
Works by purged Chinese leader published in Hong Kong
Jul 21, 2016 (AFP)
A trove of newly published documents belonging to a purged Chinese leader has been launched at Hong Kong's book fair, despite fears Beijing is tightening freedo...
Chinese liberal magazine in limbo after forced reshuffle
Jul 19, 2016 (AFP)
An influential Chinese magazine which challenged official accounts of Communist history has suspended publication after its chief editor was purged in a battle ...
China charges lawyer, activists in sweeping crackdown
Jul 15, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese prosecutors on Friday said they had formally charged a prominent human rights lawyer and three activists with "subverting state power" a year after deta...
Hong Kong tycoon Kwok freed on bail
Jul 12, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong property tycoon Thomas Kwok was granted bail Tuesday, clearing the path to appeal his graft conviction over a high-profile cash for favours scandal. K...
Beetle named Xi is a pest, say China censors
Jul 12, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese censors have stepped in to crush underfoot talk of a newfound beetle species named after President Xi Jinping, reports said Tuesday -- to the dismay of ...
Tibet 'consensus' slammed by rights group
Jul 12, 2016 (AFP)
A rights group on Tuesday slammed foreign representatives for attending a Chinese government-organised forum in Tibet that claimed international support for a "...
China probes top air force official for graft
Jul 11, 2016 (AFP)
China is probing a retired top air force general on suspicion of graft, media said, the latest high-ranking official brought low by the country's much-publicise...
Church and China Communists vie over French missionary
Jul 10, 2016 (AFP)
To the Catholic Church, French missionary Auguste Chapdelaine is a saint, martyred for his faith 160 years ago in China. To Communist Party officials, he is a d...
Families of detained China lawyers 'harassed': statement
Jul 09, 2016 (AFP)
Families of lawyers and rights activists detained by China's Communist authorities exactly a year ago urged authorities to stop harassing them on Saturday, as t...
Man in China 'digs dead mother from demolished house'
Jul 08, 2016 (AFP)
A man dug his dead mother from the ruins of her house in China after it was forcibly demolished, media said Friday, in apparently the country's latest deadly la...
China ex-security czar's friend jailed for seven years
Jul 08, 2016 (AFP)
A fortune teller and close friend of China's disgraced former security czar Zhou Yongkang has been sentenced to seven years in prison for bribery and illegal la...
Wives of China's detained lawyers fight on
Jul 07, 2016 (AFP)
Monitored, scared, and made to feel like criminals, the women's only offence is to be married to lawyers and activists detained by China's Communist authorities...
HK offers protection to bookseller after China warning
Jul 06, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong police offered protection on Wednesday to a bookseller who was detained in China for eight months without access to a lawyer, as Beijing warned that h...
China must free US woman held for 'spying': rights group
Jul 06, 2016 (AFP)
A human rights group Wednesday demanded the release of a US businesswoman held by China for alleged espionage since last year, after a UN committee said she had...
Aide to former Chinese president Hu Jintao jailed for life: media
Jul 04, 2016 (AFP)
An ex-aide of former Chinese president Hu Jintao has been jailed for life for corruption, illegally obtaining state secrets and abuse of power, official media r...
Hong Kong officials to visit Beijing for talks over bookseller
Jul 04, 2016 (AFP)
A senior Hong Kong delegation will head to Beijing for talks following explosive revelations by a bookseller who said he was detained for eight months on the ma...
Protesters rally in Hong Kong on handover anniversary
Jul 01, 2016 (AFP)
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong Friday to mark the anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China, with pro-independence grou...
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