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Let go of your Lego, says China's Ai Weiwei
Oct 26, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will set up collection points to receive Lego block donations, he said Monday, after he set off a social media storm by accusing the Da...
UK police raid Tiananmen survivor's home over Xi protest
Oct 23, 2015 (AFP)
British police arrested a survivor of the Tiananmen Square crackdown and raided his home after he stepped out in front of Chinese President Xi Jinping's motorca...
Exiled Tibetans vote for new political leader
Oct 18, 2015 (AFP)
Thousands of exiled Tibetans worldwide voted Sunday in an election for a political leader to sustain their struggle for greater freedom in China and head their ...
Hong Kong police, 'beaten' protester, all face charges
Oct 15, 2015 (AFP)
Seven Hong Kong police officers were charged Thursday with assaulting a pro-democracy protester in a beating captured on video -- but the victim was also charge...
Tibetan writer released by China after 10 years in jail: group
Oct 14, 2015 (AFP)
A Tibetan author jailed by China for writing a book about the Himalayan region has been released after a decade in prison, a US-based rights group said. Dolma K...
Two allies of China ex-security chief jailed for graft
Oct 12, 2015 (AFP)
Two former senior Chinese politicians were convicted of corruption and given lengthy prison terms on Monday, courts said, the latest figures to be jailed in Pre...
China pledges veteran pension funding after protests
Oct 09, 2015 (AFP)
China has pledged to improve benefits for army veterans, following widespread protests by former soldiers over unpaid pensions and a pledge to slash troop numbe...
China probing provincial governor for graft: state media
Oct 07, 2015 (AFP)
The governor of the eastern Chinese province of Fujian and former chief of state-owned energy giant Sinopec is being investigated for suspected corruption, stat...
Hong Kong former leader charged over corruption
Oct 05, 2015 (AFP)
Hong Kong's former leader Donald Tsang, who ended his term in disgrace after accepting favours from tycoons, appeared in court Monday charged with misconduct in...
Dalai Lama brushes off health fears after cancelling US tour
Oct 03, 2015 (AFP)
The Dalai Lama said he was in "excellent" health Saturday after doctors told him to scrap a tour of the United States as he returned to his home in northern Ind...
China puts two democracy activists on trial amid crackdown
Sep 30, 2015 (AFP)
China has put two veteran democracy activists on trial for "subversion of state power", one of their lawyers said Wednesday, the latest prosecution in a sweepin...
China to increase Communist presence in charities, trade unions
Sep 29, 2015 (AFP)
China's ruling Communist Party will set up more cells in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) such as charities and trade unions, state-media said Tuesday, as ...
China champions women at UN but record criticized
Sep 27, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping pressed Sunday for the world to step up efforts to improve women's rights, but his push was clouded by his own country's detention ...
China party mouthpiece lashes out at Asia's richest man
Sep 21, 2015 (AFP)
The mouthpiece newspaper of China's Communist Party has blasted Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing after he sold assets on the mainland with the world's second-larges...
Divided Mongols find unity in common ancestor Kublai
Sep 21, 2015 (AFP)
Eight centuries after the ruler of the greatest land empire in history was born, descendants of the mighty Mongol Kublai Khan are a people divided between his h...
Diplomacy is child's play for China's underage welcome party
Sep 17, 2015 (AFP)
She is only 10, but Dai Jingya has already come face to face with more heads of state than most people will in their lifetimes. She has rubbed shoulders with Ch...
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei opens major London show
Sep 16, 2015 (AFP)
A major retrospective of the work of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei opens at London's Royal Academy of Arts on Saturday, exploring his subversive exploratio...
China frees intellectual held for 11 months: group
Sep 15, 2015 (AFP)
China has released a scholar and human rights advocate detained for almost a year, a rights group said on Tuesday, though his lawyer continues to be held. Polic...
Russia draws in hordes of Chinese with 'red tourism'
Sep 13, 2015 (AFP)
Drawn by its Communist past and a visa-free regime, Chinese tourists are flocking to Russia in droves as it develops new routes touting "red tourism". Nearly 41...
You give music a bad name: Bon Jovi China gigs cancelled
Sep 08, 2015 (AFP)
Two upcoming concerts in China by American rock group Bon Jovi -- who have previously included imagery of the Dalai Lama in a show -- have been suddenly cancell...
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