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Five Tibetans die after China police shooting: group
Aug 20, 2014 (AFP)
Five Tibetans have died in China after police opened fire on unarmed protesters, a rights group said on Wednesday, the latest report of unrest linked to ethnic ...
China arrests nearly 1,000 'cult' members: Xinhua
Aug 19, 2014 (AFP)
China has since June arrested nearly 1,000 members of a Christian sect which Beijing refers to as a "cult", state media said on Tuesday. Those arrested are memb...
The East is wed: China seeks brides for richer, for poorer
Aug 18, 2014 (AFP)
Their marriages were arranged for cash, but some of the Vietnamese women who have found unlikely Prince Charmings in remote Chinese villages say they are living...
HK pro-government activists rally against Occupy protest
Aug 17, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands protested in Hong Kong Sunday against plans by pro-democracy activists to paralyse the city centre with a mass sit-in unless China grants acceptable e...
China fishes for growth with world's largest aquarium
Aug 17, 2014 (AFP)
A giant 63-metre blue whale shark statue towers over the world's largest aquarium, on a Chinese island being promoted as a testing ground for reforms aimed at e...
China issues draft property registration rules
Aug 15, 2014 (AFP)
China on Friday published a draft of long-awaited property registration rules, a move expected to stabilise the real-estate market and help crack down on corrup...
China orders 'patriotic' anti-fascist series on TV
Aug 14, 2014 (AFP)
China has ordered the country's television broadcasters to air "patriotic" or anti-fascist series for two months from September, reports said, stepping up its p...
China rights lawyer malnourished after prison: family
Aug 13, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng suffered malnutrition and psychological abuse in prison, his wife said Wednesday as she called for Beijing to let him seek tr...
China upholds jail terms for anti-corruption activists
Aug 11, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese court on Monday upheld lengthy jail sentences given to three anti-corruption activists, their lawyer said, cementing a crackdown on a burgeoning civil...
High-end 'micro-flats' latest trend for Hong Kong home buyers
Aug 10, 2014 (AFP)
At a glitzy show stall for a new residential development in Hong Kong, property agents with loudspeakers are promoting the latest trend in the overcrowded city ...
Arrests as China cracks down on Internet rumours
Aug 09, 2014 (AFP)
Police in China have arrested four people and detained or warned another 81 as authorities crack down on alleged Internet rumour-mongering, state media reported...
China releases rights lawyer jailed for years: relative
Aug 07, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese human rights lawyer whose secret detention and alleged torture by Communist authorities prompted an international outcry was released Thursday after a...
China Internet backlash after televised 'mistress' confession
Aug 05, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese Internet users rose up in anger Tuesday after the televised prostitution and gambling "confession" of a woman who embroiled the China Red Cross in scand...
Chinese broadcaster 'displays anti-Communist messages'
Aug 02, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese cable television service broadcast censored Tiananmen crackdown pictures and messages condemning the ruling Communist party, locals said, in what appe...
China promises to remove urban-rural registration divide
Jul 31, 2014 (AFP)
China is to scrap the distinction between its urban and rural household registration systems, it said, promising migrant workers greater social benefits as it p...
Horseplay a rich man's game in China
Jul 31, 2014 (AFP)
Gripping his mallet, Peng Zhichun gallops towards goal on a Chinese polo field, one of a growing number of the country's wealthy elite discovering the joys of t...
Tibetan monk cremated in Nepal despite China controversy
Jul 31, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of mourners, many in tears, gathered in Kathmandu to pay tribute to a senior Tibetan Buddhist monk whose cremation was initially blocked by Nepal, spa...
Nepal allows Tibetan monk cremation after China controversy
Jul 29, 2014 (AFP)
Nepal said Tuesday it had agreed to allow a senior Tibetan Buddhist monk to be cremated in Kathmandu, overturning an earlier ban which had sparked claims that i...
Retired China military told to 'return houses' in crackdown
Jul 26, 2014 (AFP)
China has told retired military officers to return non-essential public housing after an investigation found "irregularities", state media said Sunday, as Beiji...
Chinese blogger given 6.5 years for 'rumour-mongering'
Jul 23, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese blogger known for criticising the ruling Communist Party was sentenced Wednesday to six-and-a-half years in jail, state media said, as authorities pur...
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