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Promised work, Myanmar women instead forced to marry in China
Jul 01, 2016 (AFP)
Enticed by work in China, hundreds of poor young Myanmar women are instead being duped into marriage, and left to scramble to get back across remote borders bef...
Award-winning Tibetan film director held by police
Jun 29, 2016 (AFP)
An award-winning Tibetan film director was detained by police in China and ended up in hospital, officials and fellow cinematographers said Wednesday. Pema Tsed...
China court tells writer to apologise for challenging propaganda
Jun 28, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese court has ordered the former chief editor of an influential magazine to apologise for challenging an official account of history, as Beijing further t...
Last words: language of China's emperors in peril
Jun 28, 2016 (AFP)
It was the language of China's last imperial dynasty which ruled a vast kingdom for nearly three centuries. But 71 year old Ji Jinlu is among only a handful of ...
China agrees to talks with Hong Kong over case
Jun 27, 2016 (AFP)
China agreed Monday to talks with Hong Kong in the wake of explosive revelations by a city bookseller who said he was detained for eight months on the mainland,...
Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker charged with corruption
Jun 23, 2016 (AFP)
A veteran pro-democracy lawmaker was charged Thursday by Hong Kong's corruption bureau over a payment from one of the city's best-known anti-China media tycoons...
Hong Kong leader raises concerns with Beijing on bookseller detention
Jun 21, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday he has raised concerns with China about the case of a bookseller who reported being detained for eight months on the mainland, a...
Rebel Chinese village chief 'confesses' in official video
Jun 21, 2016 (AFP)
The chief of a Chinese village that became a symbol of resistance against corruption confessed to taking bribes in a video released Tuesday, state media said, a...
Defiant Hong Kong bookseller likens China detention to 'Cultural Revolution'
Jun 19, 2016 (AFP)
The Hong Kong bookseller who broke silence earlier this week about being blindfolded and interrogated in detention in China likened his ordeal to Cultural Revol...
'Rebel' China village chief arrested for corruption
Jun 18, 2016 (AFP)
The chief of a village that became a symbol of resistance against corruption has been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes, Chinese authorities said Saturday...
Hong Kong bookseller defies Beijing by leading protest
Jun 18, 2016 (AFP)
A Hong Kong bookseller who said he was blindfolded, interrogated and detained in China led a protest march Saturday defying Beijing as pressure grows for author...
China rights lawyer and family 'threatened' after new book
Jun 17, 2016 (AFP)
A leading Chinese dissident lawyer and his relatives have been "threatened" since his daughter spoke about his controversial new book in Hong Kong this week, th...
Hong Kong bookseller 'blindfolded, interrogated' during China detention
Jun 16, 2016 (AFP)
A Hong Kong bookseller known for selling titles critical of Beijing told Thursday how he was blindfolded, kept in a cell and interrogated by Chinese authorities...
Foreign protesters' bark unleashes Chinese dog eaters' bite
Jun 16, 2016 (AFP)
International groups and celebrities, backed by millions of foreign petitioners, have rallied against an annual dog meat festival in the Chinese city of Yulin: ...
China jails wife and son of former security czar: reports
Jun 15, 2016 (AFP)
China has jailed the son of its former security chief for 18 years and his wife for nine, a court and state media said Wednesday, just over a year after the off...
China rights lawyer ready for consequences over new book: daughter
Jun 14, 2016 (AFP)
A leading dissident lawyer in China is prepared to face the consequences over his new book predicting the possible collapse of the ruling Communist Party, his t...
'Missing' bookseller returns to Hong Kong, seeks end to probe
Jun 14, 2016 (AFP)
A Hong Kong bookseller who went missing in mainland China and re-emerged under detention returned to his home city Tuesday and asked police to drop their invest...
Disney works its magic on new Shanghai theme park
Jun 14, 2016 (AFP)
The Magic Kingdom comes to the Middle Kingdom this week when Disney opens its first theme park in mainland China, betting the growing middle class will spend bi...
'Hooligan Sparrow': the film China doesn't want you to see
Jun 08, 2016 (AFP)
Pursued by shadowy security men in plain clothes, New York filmmaker Nanfu Wang mounts the staircase of a decrepit, gloomy apartment block in China, gasping for...
Hong Kong pro-democracy protester tells court of police 'assault'
Jun 08, 2016 (AFP)
A Hong Kong protester told Wednesday how he was kicked and punched during pro-democracy rallies in 2014 as seven police officers stood trial over the attack, wh...
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