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Dissidents say China relatives released in letter probe

Mar 30, 2016 (AFP)

Two overseas dissidents said on Wednesday that Chinese police had released family members they claimed were detained as part of an official probe into a letter ...

New Hong Kong independence party slammed by Chinese media

Mar 30, 2016 (AFP)

Young Hong Kongers who set up a party calling for independence from the mainland were labelled "political hooligans" by Chinese media on Wednesday, which questi...

Not in my name: China editor quits over Communist clampdown

Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)

An editor at one of China's more intrepid newspapers published a resignation letter denouncing increased controls on media under Xi Jinping, according to a cach...

Chinese police accuse overseas dissident's family of arson

Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)

The detained relatives of an outspoken Chinese dissident living abroad committed arson, according to police, after being held in what is widely seen as a crackd...

China 'rounds up overseas dissidents' relatives' over letter

Mar 28, 2016 (AFP)

Chinese authorities have detained the relatives of several dissidents living abroad, they said, as part of a widening crackdown following the publication of a l...

'Nothing has changed' says abused Hong Kong maid Erwiana

Mar 27, 2016 (AFP)

It is just over a year since Erwiana Sulistyaningsih's Hong Kong employer was jailed for horrific abuse of her maid in a case that made headlines around the wor...

Miyajima's LED numbers tell tale of life in Hong Kong

Mar 26, 2016 (AFP)

Japanese artist Tatsuo Miyajima's new work "Time Waterfall" has been shrouded in dense fog for most of the week, his trademark numbers partly hidden as they cas...

Amnesty condemns 'detentions' linked to Xi letter

Mar 25, 2016 (AFP)

Amnesty International on Friday condemned reported Chinese detentions linked to a letter calling on President Xi Jinping to resign, after a US-based dissident s...

'Missing' bookseller Lee Bo on way back to China: reports

Mar 25, 2016 (AFP)

Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo, who went missing three months ago and surfaced in China, is already on his way back over the border after a brief return home, loca...

China media staff detained after Xi 'resign' call: source

Mar 24, 2016 (AFP)

Four staff of a Chinese media outlet that carried an anonymous letter calling on President Xi Jinping to resign have been missing for over a week, a colleague s...

'Missing' bookseller Lee Bo returned to Hong Kong: officials

Mar 24, 2016 (AFP)

Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo who disappeared from the city and surfaced in mainland China has returned, police said Thursday, the latest twist in a case that has...

Waisting time: paper-thin campaign raises questions in China

Mar 22, 2016 (AFP)

Chinese women are competing online to see who can be most paper-thin. Literally. The country's social media sphere has in recent years been swept by numerous se...

Self-destruction and harsh realities at Art Basel Hong Kong

Mar 22, 2016 (AFP)

Giant gold cubes designed to be defaced and a large-scale tribute to Hong Kong's lowly cardboard sellers took centre stage as Art Basel opened its doors in the ...

Missing Chinese journalist has been detained: lawyer

Mar 20, 2016 (AFP)

A Chinese journalist who has been missing for several days has been detained because he is "implicated in a case", his lawyer Sunday cited authorities as saying...

Rights groups slam China over missing journalist

Mar 19, 2016 (AFP)

Rights groups have condemned China after a Beijing-based journalist went missing, linking his disappearance to an unusual open letter calling for President Xi J...

Facebook CEO enjoys smoggy Beijing run ahead of forum

Mar 18, 2016 (AFP)

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a mask-free jog through Beijing's Tiananmen Square Friday, smiling through thick smog as he sought greater access for his comp...

Sky high prices for Beijing low rises, with school rights

Mar 15, 2016 (AFP)

Down a ramshackle alleyway, with no running water or toilet, and filled with rubbish, lies a cramped, 13-square-metre room few wealthy Chinese would deign to oc...

China buys soft power with hard cash in Hollywood

Mar 15, 2016 (AFP)

With cash flowing faster than the Yangtze river, Hollywood is awash with ever-expanding volumes of Chinese funding, but analysts are warning the film industry t...

Beijing defends itself on rights 'with Chinese characteristics'

Mar 11, 2016 (AFP)

Beijing defended itself Friday against criticism at the UN of its human rights record, saying it had made "remarkable progress" by following "a path with Chines...

Equal rites: Tibetan nuns seek matching status

Mar 10, 2016 (AFP)

With a shaved head, flowing burgundy robes and religious devotion, Xinde Shijiamouni has all the trappings of a Tibetan Buddhist monk. But her serenity is troub...