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Outspoken Chinese scholar joins US think tank
Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)
Xia Yeliang, an outspoken professor dismissed from Beijing's top university, has joined the Cato Institute in Washington where he will work for a "freer China,"...
Execution with no farewell spotlights China death penalty
Feb 10, 2014 (AFP)
In letters to his daughter from death row, Zeng Chengjie assured her he would be reprieved, like others convicted of economic crimes in China. Instead he was ex...
Top China filmmaker pays $1.2 million fine over children
Feb 07, 2014 (AFP)
China's best-known film director Zhang Yimou has paid 7.5 million yuan ($1.2 million) for violating the one-child policy, officials said Friday, closing a case ...
The agony and ecstasy of Hong Kong's extreme runners
Feb 06, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong is known for its long working hours and rat-race lifestyle, but on the rugged trails of the surrounding hills extreme runners are driven by a differen...
Chinese girl's 'cruel' New Year gala dance sparks controversy
Feb 05, 2014 (AFP)
A 15-year-old dancer who twirled for four hours onstage as part of China's televised New Year gala has ignited controversy online, with some criticising her per...
China dissident's father dies in disputed suicide: rights group
Feb 04, 2014 (AFP)
The apparent suicide of the father of a Chinese dissident is being disputed by his loved ones, after authorities reported he jumped from a building after being ...
China horses fight in Lunar New Year battles
Feb 03, 2014 (AFP)
Hooves clash in mid-air, a stallion bites his opponent while delighted spectators cheer wildly -- in southern China some saw in the Year of the Horse by watchin...
Domestic workers come out of the closet in Hong Kong
Feb 02, 2014 (AFP)
Working long hours away from home for low pay and little time off, life is tough for foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong, but for some the city has brought se...
No easy ride for homeward bound China bikers
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
The thrum of motorcycles echoes over a Chinese mountain road, where hundreds of thousands are shunning public transport to take the highway home during the worl...
Chinese Communist Party expels Nanjing mayor
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
The former mayor of the Chinese city of Nanjing has been expelled from the Communist Party, its main disciplinary organ said Thursday. Ji Jianye was found to ha...
Money and pride keep families apart at China New Year
Jan 29, 2014 (AFP)
As millions join the world's largest annual human migration, some in China will not return home for the Lunar New Year, fearing the rising costs of seasonal gif...
Two activists guilty over anti-graft protests: court
Jan 29, 2014 (AFP)
Two Chinese activists who were tried after holding small anti-corruption protests were found guilty Wednesday and one was sentenced to 18 months' jail, a court ...
Outspoken China scholar leaves country unimpeded
Jan 28, 2014 (AFP)
An outspoken Chinese scholar has arrived in the United States, he told AFP, after his university sacked him over what he argued were his political views. Econom...
Top China activist Xu Zhiyong to appeal jail term: lawyer
Jan 28, 2014 (AFP)
Prominent Chinese activist Xu Zhiyong will appeal against a four-year jail term for organising protests, his lawyer said Tuesday, with proceedings still underwa...
Four more China activists on trial in dissent crackdown: lawyers
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
Four members of a Chinese rights movement went on trial Monday, a day after its founder was jailed in what has been seen as an escalating government crackdown o...
China activist sentenced to 4 years' jail, sparks criticism
Jan 26, 2014 (AFP)
Prominent Chinese legal activist Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to four years' jail on Sunday for his role in organising anti-corruption protests, furthering a crackd...
Xu Zhiyong: moderate activist who still tested China's limits
Jan 26, 2014 (AFP)
Once he graced the pages of China's Esquire magazine, but lawyer Xu Zhiyong endured long harassment for his legal activism before he was sentenced to four years...
'China Leaks' -- a new coup for journalists group ICIJ
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
Five employees, a modest Washington headquarters but a powerful strike force: the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has scored a new coup wi...
Two China anti-graft activists put on trial: lawyers
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
Two Chinese anti-corruption activists went on trial on Thursday, their lawyers said, as a key funder of their rights movement was bailed after apparently confes...
HK employer charged with attacking Indonesian maids
Jan 22, 2014 (AFP)
A Hong Kong mother-of-two was charged Wednesday with a serious assault on her Indonesian domestic helper, in a case which sparked a march by thousands and expre...
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