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Beijing's 'rat tribe' scurry from high costs underground
Jan 22, 2014 (AFP)
Near Beijing's $600 million Olympic stadium, migrant worker Ye Yiwen, her husband and two children cram into a tiny underground room, sheltering from the Chines...
China activist Xu Zhiyong in silent protest at trial: lawyer
Jan 22, 2014 (AFP)
Prominent Chinese activist Xu Zhiyong was tried Wednesday for his role in anti-corruption protests but defied the court by refusing to speak, his lawyer said, c...
'Hypocritical crackdown' on China corruption activists: Amnesty
Jan 21, 2014 (AFP)
Amnesty International condemned Tuesday the forthcoming trials of eight anti-corruption activists in China, calling them "hypocritical" and saying they highligh...
China, Japan dumpling poisoner gets life: report
Jan 20, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese court on Monday convicted a man of poisoning dumplings causing around 13 people in Japan and China to fall ill and sentenced him to life in prison, st...
Chinese come out against sexuality change therapy
Jan 20, 2014 (AFP)
A wire connected to his genitals, a Chinese man says doctors administered repeated electric shocks as he watched a pornographic film -- part of treatment he hop...
China's Wen pleads innocence over hidden riches claim
Jan 19, 2014 (AFP)
Former Chinese premier Wen Jiabao has pleaded innocence over claims that his family amassed huge wealth during his decade in power, a Hong Kong columnist said, ...
China sets dissident trial date as EU envoy criticises rights record
Jan 17, 2014 (AFP)
China will next week hold the trial of Xu Zhiyong, a long-time campaigner for legal-reform, prosecuted as part of what is seen as a government-led crackdown on ...
China starts relaxing one-child policy
Jan 17, 2014 (AFP)
China began to implement the loosening of its controversial one-child policy Friday when a province announced it has made it legal for couples to have two child...
China army officer's gold, liquor haul seized in graft expose
Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)
A top Chinese military officer has been exposed as owning dozens of homes, gold statues and crates of luxury liquor, reports said Thursday, in rare revelations ...
Build it and they will believe, says defiant China tycoon
Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese multi-millionaire who built himself an Egyptian pyramid and a replica of Versailles vows to construct the world's tallest building in just six months ...
China Nobel winner's wife in rare video appearance
Jan 15, 2014 (AFP)
Rare video footage of Liu Xia, the wife of imprisoned Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, reading two self-written poems under house arrest was posted online Wed...
Hong Kong leader vows to tackle rising poverty
Jan 15, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong's leader Wednesday announced plans to tackle rising poverty in a policy speech that largely skirted the burning issue of universal suffrage for the Ch...
Chinese firm to build replica of Titanic
Jan 14, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese firm plans to spend $165 million building a full-scale replica of the Titanic -- the doomed luxury liner which sank more than a century ago -- as the ...
China jails doctor found guilty of stealing babies
Jan 14, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese doctor who abducted and sold newborn babies was given a suspended death sentence Tuesday in a case that drew widespread outrage with child trafficking...
China's Xi vows to root out 'dirty' corruption: Xinhua
Jan 14, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday promised a no-holds barred anti-corruption crusade, warning ruling Communist Party officials that "all dirty hands will ...
China mother left homeless by 17-yr hunt for kidnapped son
Jan 13, 2014 (AFP)
The 17-year hunt for her kidnapped son cost Ye Jinxiu her marriage, home and family. And when she found her boy, now a grown man and stranger, he wanted nothing...
Blaze tears through ancient Tibetan village in China
Jan 11, 2014 (AFP)
An ancient Tibetan village in the popular tourist area of Shangri-La in China's southwest Yunnan province has been partially destroyed in a giant inferno, state...
Hong Kong jails three mainland mothers over birth tourism
Jan 10, 2014 (AFP)
Three mainland Chinese women who gave birth in Hong Kong have each been sentenced to 12 months in jail for overstaying in the city, authorities said Friday, as ...
China fines top filmmaker $1.2 mn over children
Jan 09, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese authorities said Thursday they have fined the country's best-known film director Zhang Yimou 7.5 million yuan ($1.2 million) for violating the one-child...
China demolishes landmark inn once hailed as symbol of change
Jan 09, 2014 (AFP)
When they introduced market reforms that would shake the world, China's rulers celebrated a tiny privately owned Beijing hotel that survived decades of state pl...
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