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Chinese woman summits Everest, helped by chopper lift
May 24, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese woman became the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest this season, officials said Saturday, but the climb was clouded by controversy beca...
Vietnamese woman self-immolates in anti-China protest: media
May 23, 2014 (AFP)
A Vietnamese woman committed suicide by setting herself on fire in an apparent protest against China's placement of an oil rig in contested waters that has arou...
China sentences mining tycoon to death
May 23, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese court on Friday convicted a mining billionaire said to have links with former security tsar Zhou Yongkang of murder and sentenced him to death. Liu Ha...
Practice tai chi? Then you can handle China censors: Jia Zhangke
May 20, 2014 (AFP)
Dealing with Beijing's censors is much like practising tai chi martial arts, renowned Chinese director Jia Zhangke said as he revealed his latest movie project ...
'Thin Ice' director sees China's art-house scene breaking through
May 17, 2014 (AFP)
Director Diao Yinan is enjoying unprecedented domestic success with his gritty thriller "Black Coal, Thin Ice", but says he could achieve more if it were not fo...
China detains rights lawyer ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
May 16, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese police on Friday detained a prominent rights lawyer, his wife said, the latest of around 20 activists held on criminal charges ahead of the 25th anniver...
China official had cash stash of $16 million: report
May 15, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese official was found to have kept more than 100 million yuan ($16 million) in cash at his home, in the country's latest apparent corruption scandal, a r...
China youth suicides blamed on education system: study
May 14, 2014 (AFP)
China's high-pressure, exam-driven education system is responsible for the vast majority of suicides by schoolchildren in the country, state media said Wednesda...
China releases 'social harmony index'
May 13, 2014 (AFP)
China has released its first-ever "rural social harmony index", state media reported Tuesday, with Communist authorities apparently able to measure happiness do...
China detains man in online 'rumour' crackdown
May 13, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese man apologised on state television Tuesday after being detained for "publishing false stories" on an overseas news portal alleging gross rights abuses...
Beijing launches armed police patrol force
May 12, 2014 (AFP)
Beijing launched armed police patrols Monday to handle violent incidents in the capital, city authorities said, three weeks ahead of the 25th anniversary of the...
Art Basel puts spotlight on Hong Kong
May 11, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong's tallest building will transform into a glowing art installation this week, a beacon showing off the city's ambition to be recognised as a major cult...
House of Cadres: China cracks down on US TV
May 09, 2014 (AFP)
Six hours into the back-to-back "24" marathon, Jack Bauer was foiling Russian assassins, trying to save the world from nuclear catastrophe -- and holding a Chin...
China detains journalist over 'state secrets' leak: police
May 08, 2014 (AFP)
China has detained a prominent former journalist for leaking "state secrets", police said Thursday, the latest move to silence critics of the ruling Communist P...
US urges China to free activists
May 07, 2014 (AFP)
Washington on Wednesday demanded the release of one of China's most celebrated human rights lawyers and other activists detained during a round-up ahead of the ...
Jack Ma: English teacher turned Internet visionary
May 07, 2014 (AFP)
After being knocked back by US venture capitalists in 1999, cash-strapped Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma persuaded friends to give him $60,000 to start an e-comme...
China lawyer held ahead of Tiananmen anniversary: associate
May 06, 2014 (AFP)
One of China's most celebrated human rights lawyers was detained Tuesday, an associate told AFP, a month before the highly sensitive 25th anniversary of the 198...
Migration steals the magic from China's mountain shamans
May 05, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese shaman resplendent in a dark suit and green cloth hat thumbed yellowing pages said to predict the future -- but mass migration to cities means the pro...
Church demolition illuminates China's religious tensions
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
The destruction of a towering church by Chinese authorities has sown fear in a thriving Christian community and highlighted tensions between a rapidly growing n...
US lawmaker urges China to expand religious freedoms
Apr 27, 2014 (AFP)
China should act to ensure religious freedoms, a top US opposition lawmaker said at the close of an Asia trip held as President Barack Obama also visits the reg...
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