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China's mountain hermits seek a highway to heaven
Dec 16, 2014 (AFP)
His unheated hut is half way up a mountain with no electricity, and his diet consists mostly of cabbage. But Master Hou says he has found a recipe for joy. "The...
Executed Chinese teenager found innocent 18 years on
Dec 15, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese teenager executed after being convicted of murder and rape 18 years ago was declared innocent by a court Monday, in a rare overturning of a wrongful c...
Multi-vehicle highway collision kills 12 in China: Xinhua
Dec 13, 2014 (AFP)
A multi-vehicle collision and subsequent fire on a southern Chinese expressway killed 12 people early Saturday, state media reported, the latest fatal road acci...
China to send first anti-graft investigators to parliament
Dec 12, 2014 (AFP)
The anti-corruption watchdog of China's ruling Communist Party said on Friday it would send investigators to the country's parliament for the first time ever, i...
US 'slings mud' over human rights, China says
Dec 11, 2014 (AFP)
China on Thursday blasted the United States over human rights, accusing Washington of mudslinging, hypocrisy and double standards after John Kerry and the US am...
China says veteran Mongol activist released
Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)
An ethnic Mongol dissident who spent almost 20 years behind bars in China has been freed, Beijing said Wednesday, as he reportedly accused authorities of tortur...
Top Chinese official gets life for $6m bribery: court
Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)
A former top Chinese economic planning official was convicted of bribery Wednesday and sentenced to life in prison after a former lover went public with a litan...
China defends human rights record as one favouring development
Dec 08, 2014 (AFP)
A senior Chinese official on Monday defended his country's human rights record against European criticism, saying Beijing favoured the "right to development and...
Another 'House Uncle' with 132 homes found in China
Dec 05, 2014 (AFP)
A former Chinese village head accumulated 132 Shanghai residential properties, reports said, the latest "House Uncle" -- a nickname coined by netizens for male ...
China renews pledge to stop using executed prisoner organs
Dec 04, 2014 (AFP)
China will stop its controversial practice of using executed prisoners as a source of transplant organs from next month, a Chinese newspaper reported Thursday, ...
On first 'Constitution Day', China blocks protests
Dec 04, 2014 (AFP)
China marked its first national Constitution Day on Thursday with readings at schools across the country, activities promoting the rule of law, and the blocking...
Backlash against Chinese plan to film professors
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese province's plans to install CCTV cameras in university classrooms have come under fire from lawyers who say the move will curb academic freedom, state...
China media watchdog to send artists to countryside
Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)
China will send artists, film-makers and TV personnel to live among the masses in rural areas in order to "form a correct view of art", according to a state med...
China to send artists to countryside: report
Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)
China will send artists, film-makers, and TV personnel to live among the masses in rural areas in order to "form a correct view of art", state media said Tuesda...
China jails Tibetan singer for political lyrics: reports
Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)
China has sentenced a popular Tibetan singer to four years in prison for calling on Tibetans to unify and speak their language, reports said, highlighting tight...
Teachers' pay strike spreads in China
Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)
Strikes by thousands of teachers over salary and pension disputes have spread to half a dozen cities and counties in a Chinese province, state media reported Mo...
Movie brings China's blind masseurs out of the shadows
Nov 28, 2014 (AFP)
"Blind Massage", the award-winning new film by the enfant terrible of Chinese cinema Lou Ye, throws a rare spotlight on those who cannot see for themselves in a...
China activists stand trial in dissent crackdown: lawyer
Nov 28, 2014 (AFP)
Two prominent Chinese political activists went on trial Friday for helping to organise small-scale protests against censorship, their lawyer said, the latest pr...
China drafts first domestic violence law
Nov 26, 2014 (AFP)
China has drafted its first national law against domestic violence, with activists hailing it Wednesday as a step forward in a country where abuse has long been...
China rejects Uighur scholar's appeal against life sentence
Nov 21, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese court on Friday rejected an appeal against a life sentence handed to a prominent scholar from the mostly-Muslim Uighur minority, as a 70-year-old jour...
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