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China New Year stampede kills 35 in Shanghai
Jan 01, 2015 (AFP)
A New Year's stampede on Shanghai's historic waterfront killed at least 35 people and injured dozens more, with witnesses saying revellers had scrambled for fak...
China to give parents of wrongfully executed man $330,000
Dec 31, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese court will give the parents of a teenager wrongfully executed for murder and rape 18 years ago more than two million yuan ($330,000) compensation, it ...
China businessman jailed for 13 years over tiger feast
Dec 30, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese businessman who bought and ate three tigers has been sentenced to 13 years in prison, state media reported Tuesday. The wealthy real estate developer,...
Police 'killing' triggers online uproar in China
Dec 29, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese police officer has been arrested after a female migrant worker was allegedly beaten to death in a case which sparked anger over the authorities' lates...
No season of goodwill for China's underground Christians
Dec 29, 2014 (AFP)
A group of Christians gathered in an apartment above a Beijing dental surgery, the atmosphere jubilant as a choir belted out carols on Christmas Eve -- but the ...
China jails six 'cult' members in continuing crackdown
Dec 27, 2014 (AFP)
China has jailed six members of a fringe religious group known as "Almighty God" for up to five years for promoting their faith, state-media reported Saturday. ...
Chinese city makes 'socalist values' mandatory: report
Dec 26, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese city is attempting to force its eight million residents to memorise and recite a series of "socialist values," state-media reported Friday, with spot-...
China man seeking $2.4mn for wrongful death sentence
Dec 26, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese man who was freed after six years on death row following a wrongful murder conviction is seeking $2.4 million in compensation, state-media said Friday...
China city bans Christmas in schools, warns over 'Western' culture
Dec 25, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese city has banned schools from holding Christmas events, state media reported on Thursday, highlighting official suspicions about the increasingly popul...
Tibetan woman burns herself to death in China: reports
Dec 23, 2014 (AFP)
A Tibetan woman died Tuesday after setting herself on fire in protest at China's rule of the Himalayan region, rights groups and media said. Tsepe Kyi set herse...
Hong Kong tycoon and ex-deputy leader jailed for graft
Dec 23, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong property tycoon Thomas Kwok and the government's former deputy leader Rafael Hui were found guilty of corruption Friday in a blockbuster trial that sh...
China's high-speed rail traffic to grow within 20 years: World Bank
Dec 23, 2014 (XNA)
By focusing on passenger needs, and efficient operations, China's high-speed rail (HSR) traffic is expected to continue rapid growth over the coming two decades...
Hong Kong tycoon and former senior official face jail for graft
Dec 22, 2014 (AFP)
Lawyers for Hong Kong property tycoon Thomas Kwok and the government's former deputy leader Rafael Hui pressed for leniency Monday as their clients faced seven ...
Chinese court re-opens case of possible wrongful execution
Dec 22, 2014 (AFP)
The mother of a man executed 20 years ago for a murder to which another person later confessed appeared in a Chinese court Monday, as pressure builds to correct...
Christmas in China, with saxophones, Smurfs and steam trains
Dec 21, 2014 (AFP)
Christmas -- once banned in China -- has exploded in the atheist nation in recent years, with marketeers using everything from saxophones and Smurfs to steam tr...
Wife makes plea for jailed China rights lawyer to Xi
Dec 19, 2014 (AFP)
The wife of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer arrested in June has written an open letter to President Xi Jinping pleading for his release, voicing concer...
Hong Kong tycoon, former official guilty of corruption
Dec 19, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong property tycoon Thomas Kwok and the government's former deputy leader Rafael Hui were found guilty of corruption Friday in a blockbuster trial that sh...
Billionaire brothers at heart of Hong Kong corruption trial
Dec 19, 2014 (AFP)
Thomas and Raymond Kwok, billionaire brothers and prominent Christians, count among Asia's wealthiest tycoons and run a property empire that dominates the city'...
Chinese leader held back by hardliners over Tibet: Dalai Lama
Dec 17, 2014 (AFP)
The Dalai Lama said Wednesday he believed China's president may be ready to re-launch talks over greater autonomy for the Tibetan region but was being held back...
Forced confessions 'not rare' in China: state media
Dec 16, 2014 (AFP)
Forced confessions through torture are not rare in China, state-run media said Tuesday, a rare admission of deep-seated flaws in the justice system after a teen...
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