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Myanmar hosts biggest cast of world leaders since reforms
Nov 12, 2014 (AFP)
Myanmar kicked off Wednesday its biggest gathering of world leaders since shedding junta rule but concerns over the pace of democratic reforms are expected to s...
China to punish Tibet officials who support Dalai Lama
Nov 05, 2014 (AFP)
China will severely punish officials in Tibet who support the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader and Nobel laureate, the region's top Communist leader said...
Spanish gallery showcases Chinese dissident Ai Wei Wei's works
Nov 03, 2014 (AFP)
A Spanish gallery on Tuesday inaugurates a retrospective of works from the past three decades of dissident artist Ai Wei Wei, who has been banned from leaving C...
Bodysnatching China officials dead serious about cremation quota
Nov 03, 2014 (AFP)
Two Chinese officials bought corpses from grave robbers to meet government cremation quotas, local media reported, as Beijing pushes to enforce its controversia...
Hong Kong activists mull taking protest to Beijing
Oct 31, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong's democracy protesters are considering travelling to Beijing to directly petition Communist authorities as the Chinese capital hosts US President Bara...
Fewer Chinese couples want second child than expected: media
Oct 30, 2014 (AFP)
Far fewer Chinese couples applied to have a second child than expected after a relaxation of the country's "one child" policy, state-run media reported Thursday...
China plans to scrap death penalty for 9 crimes: Xinhua
Oct 27, 2014 (AFP)
China's legislature is considering cutting nine crimes from the list of 55 punishable by death, state media said Monday, including illegal fundraising which has...
Cultural Revolution evoked with China mass sentencing
Oct 23, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese officials sentenced eight criminals and paraded another 16 suspects in front of 5,000 spectators, prompting criticism by domestic media Thursday, which ...
UN rights chief says in talks with China on Tibet visit
Oct 16, 2014 (AFP)
The UN's new human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Thursday said he was in talks with China over a planned visit to Tibet. Zeid told reporters that Beijin...
China's Xi echoes Mao on the arts: state media
Oct 16, 2014 (AFP)
China's President Xi Jinping has told artists not to chase popularity with "vulgar" works but promote socialism instead, with state media on Thursday comparing ...
China crab industry feels pinch from graft crackdown
Oct 15, 2014 (AFP)
China's gourmet crab industry has become the latest victim of Communist authorities' two-year corruption crackdown after high-end spirits and luxury cars, as go...
China 'cult' members sentenced to death for McDonald's killing
Oct 11, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese court has sentenced to death two members of a fringe religious group for beating a woman to death at a McDonald's restaurant, reportedly after she reb...
China arrests 25 in media coverage extortion case
Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)
China formally arrested 25 staff at the website of a prominent business newspaper and a linked publication on bribery charges Friday, as Beijing asserts greater...
China's 'mass line' campaign a success: Xi
Oct 09, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping has declared victory after a 15-month-long austerity campaign that cut $8.6 billion in public spending, state media said, as he ple...
A new vision for Hong Kong? Protest site becomes traffic-free oasis
Oct 09, 2014 (AFP)
Pedestrianised streets, al fresco art, urban picnic zones and recycling points have become part of the landscape in central Hong Kong as a result of mass protes...
Chinese rockers turn to tradition in quest for modern
Oct 09, 2014 (AFP)
The heavy bass and drums set the rhythm for a Western rock song, but a Chinese suona horn pierces above the guitars as a warbling voice sings in a villager's pa...
Anarchy in the People's Republic, say Chinese punks
Oct 08, 2014 (AFP)
A marigold and magenta mohawk adorning his shaven skull, Chinese punk rocker Shan Lin has a subversive message in a country that suppresses dissent -- a rebel w...
Parents protest in China after school stampede kills 6
Sep 28, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese parents staged a protest on Sunday after six pupils were killed in a stampede at a primary school, as concerns over child safety mount. AFP photos show ...
Man stabs four school kids to death in southern China: Xinhua
Sep 26, 2014 (AFP)
A knife-wielding man stabbed to death four primary school children in southern China on Friday, state media reported, the latest in a series of such attacks in ...
Six Nobel laureates boycott summit over Dalai Lama visa
Sep 25, 2014 (AFP)
Six Nobel peace laureates will boycott a global summit in South Africa next month after the government refused to grant the Dalai Lama a visa, a spokeswoman sai...
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