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China slammed at UN over crackdown on activists, lawyers
Mar 10, 2016 (AFP)
The United States and 11 other countries took China to task at the United Nations on Thursday over its human rights record and demanded it immediately release a...
China aims to increase giving with first charity law
Mar 09, 2016 (AFP)
China is set to pass its first charity law as it seeks to increase public confidence in charitable organisations battered by years of scandal, while at the same...
Rights groups warn KFC over Tibet opening
Mar 09, 2016 (AFP)
Campaign groups warned US fast food giant KFC Wednesday over the opening of its first restaurant in Tibet, more than a decade after the chain's first attempt to...
Detained Chinese lawyer arrives in US: NGO
Mar 08, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese lawyer held after advocating the country adopt a jury system has arrived in the United States after he was detained for several weeks and put under su...
China Communist party punished nearly 300,000 for graft in 2015
Mar 07, 2016 (AFP)
China's ruling Communist Party punished nearly 300,000 of its members last year for corruption, its graft watchdog said amid a wide-ranging crackdown by Preside...
Another 'missing' bookseller back in Hong Kong: police
Mar 06, 2016 (AFP)
The second of five "missing" Hong Kong booksellers who was detained on the mainland returned to the city on Sunday, authorities said, in a case that has trigger...
China's population to grow 45 million by 2020: plan
Mar 05, 2016 (AFP)
China expects its population to rise by around 45 million -- almost the number of people in Spain -- in the next five years, it said Saturday, as it confronts a...
Hong Kong activists say pro-democracy protests peaceful
Mar 03, 2016 (AFP)
Two pro-democracy activists took the stand in Hong Kong Thursday over charges relating to mass pro-democracy rallies in 2014, defending the movement as "peacefu...
Top China lawyer calls for end to televised confessions
Mar 03, 2016 (AFP)
A high-ranking member of China's largest legal organisation has called for an end to the country's controversial televised confessions, with state-run media on ...
One Chinese dead, three wounded in Laos attack: report
Mar 02, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese national was killed and three others wounded in an attack in Laos, state media reported Wednesday, the second time this year workers from China have b...
Two Tibetans set themselves on fire: reports
Mar 02, 2016 (AFP)
Two Tibetans -- a monk in China and a teenager in India -- set themselves on fire on the same day to protest Beijing's ironclad control of the Himalayan region,...
China to bail three booksellers held on mainland: H.K. police
Mar 02, 2016 (AFP)
China is planning to bail three Hong Kong booksellers being held on the mainland, police said Wednesday, in a case that heightened fears over freedom of speech ...
Chinese mogul to be punished for online criticisms: report
Mar 01, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese Communist officials will impose "severe" penalties on a property tycoon who criticised overbearing state control of the media to his tens of millions of...
China jails Christian pastor for 14 years: official
Feb 29, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese court has sentenced a Christian pastor to 14 years in jail for embezzlement and other charges, a court official confirmed Monday, after the preacher o...
Missing Hong Kong bookseller says on TV he was 'not abducted'
Feb 29, 2016 (AFP)
Missing Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo appeared on television Monday insisting he had not been abducted by mainland authorities, in a case that has sparked a backl...
'Localists' gain foothold as democracy camp wins key Hong Kong vote
Feb 29, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp won a key by-election Monday, with one young activist who advocates independence from China also taking tens of thousands of vote...
Pro-democracy candidate wins key Hong Kong election
Feb 28, 2016 (AFP)
A pro-democracy candidate won a Hong Kong by-election Monday in a closely-watched vote that highlighted the city's political faultlines. Alvin Yeung of the esta...
China muzzles 'The Cannon' for criticising media controls
Feb 28, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese authorities on Sunday shut down the social media accounts of a tycoon nicknamed "The Cannon" after he criticised the ruling Communist Party's tightening...
Hong Kong anti-China activist facing riot charge stands in poll
Feb 28, 2016 (AFP)
A Hong Kong activist who seeks independence from China and has been charged over recent street battles with police stood for office Sunday in a by-election that...
Chinese rights lawyer masterminded illegal religious gatherings: report
Feb 25, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese human rights lawyer was accused by state media of being the "mastermind" behind a series of "illegal religious gatherings" Thursday, in the latest in ...
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