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End to China labour camps cheered -- but what next?
Nov 16, 2013 (AFP)
Stripped naked and beaten, Peng Hong's memories of his time in a Chinese "re-education" labour camp are dark -- but even so, he greeted Beijing's abolition of t...
US film school offers China scholarships
Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)
The American Film Institute (AFI) has launched a scholarship scheme allowing student filmmakers to write movies about China, saying US cinema-goers need more cu...
China cake millionaire at home in his six castles
Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)
As the greatest urbanisation drive in history swells China's cities with ranks of identikit apartment blocks, one culinary businessman is indulging his architec...
China rebukes former H.K. leader over democracy remarks
Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)
China has hit back at remarks made by Hong Kong's last colonial leader in which he described the city's transition to democracy as inevitable, calling them "unw...
Action to determine fate of China 'reform' agenda: analysts
Nov 13, 2013 (AFP)
The Chinese Communist Party's latest "reform" message juggles numerous contradictions with suggestions of significant change, but meaningful action will be need...
Dust of corruption case lingers over China's Nanjing
Nov 13, 2013 (AFP)
When Nanjing's mayor was removed for corruption, residents set off firecrackers to celebrate the departure of the leader who turned the former imperial capital ...
China's Uighurs blame violence on abuses, not jihad
Nov 12, 2013 (AFP)
China has blamed a fiery attack in Tiananmen Square on "terrorists" from Xinjiang backed by international militants, but residents say that rather than jihadism...
Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in China: reports
Nov 12, 2013 (AFP)
A Tibetan monk has set himself on fire in an act of protest in China, reports and campaign groups said Tuesday, as top Communist Party leaders hold a key gather...
China reforms officials' marks to stop petitioner abuse: media
Nov 12, 2013 (AFP)
China is separating local officials' performance assessments from the number of complaints against them so that they address issues rather than detain complaina...
Bombing exoneration 12 years on exposes China law abuse
Nov 11, 2013 (AFP)
Beaten so badly he repeatedly tried to kill himself, when Chen Keyun signed his confession to bombing a Chinese Communist party office he was not even sure what...
Dalai Lama potential successor tells China to clean up Tibet
Nov 11, 2013 (AFP)
A potential successor to the Dalai Lama Monday warned that Chinese military installations and other projects in Tibet could have disastrous environmental conseq...
China whips up reform expectations from key meeting
Nov 10, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese state media on Sunday whipped up expectations for economic reforms from a key Communist Party meeting, but warned changes would be hard to implement. Ch...
Hong Kong protestors use TV row to channel anger
Nov 07, 2013 (AFP)
Hong Kong's decision not to grant a licence to a new TV operator has been met with an uproar that taps into deep mistrust of the government and concern for the ...
Empty chair to represent China's Ai Weiwei at Sweden film fest
Nov 05, 2013 (AFP)
When the Stockholm Film Festival opens Wednesday, the jury will include world-famous Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei -- in spirit only, represented by an emp...
Rural Chinese school 'demolished for $1.6 bn resort'
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
A rural Chinese primary school built using charity money has been torn down to make way for a sprawling, $1.6 billion "international resort", Chinese media repo...
Google boss calls for 'freedom of speech' in China
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt called on China to open up Internet access and voiced concern at its latest crackdown on online freedoms in an interview ...
China vows to silence Dalai Lama in Tibet
Nov 02, 2013 (AFP)
China's ruling Communist Party aims to silence the voice of the Dalai Lama in his Tibetan homeland by tightening controls on media and the Internet, a top offic...
Chinese boy, 10, jumps to death 'on teacher's order'
Oct 31, 2013 (AFP)
A 10-year-old Chinese boy jumped 30 floors to his death after failing to write a self-criticism letter demanded by his teacher, state media reported Thursday. T...
Suspicion and discrimination facts of daily life, say Uighurs
Oct 31, 2013 (AFP)
Discrimination against China's mainly Muslim Uighur minority is widespread, members of the community said Thursday, and they fear yet more suspicion in the wake...
China's last county finally linked by road
Oct 31, 2013 (AFP)
The last county in China to be accessible by modern land transport was finally linked up to the rest of the country Thursday with a new road that has taken deca...
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