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Hotel-style prison awaits China's Bo Xilai: inmates
Sep 22, 2013 (AFP)
Fallen high-flyer Bo Xilai can expect hotel-style treatment at a jail for China's political elite, where he will enjoy comfortable surroundings but be constantl...
Hong Kong couple jailed for 'inhumane' abuse of Indonesian maid
Sep 18, 2013 (AFP)
A Hong Kong couple were jailed Wednesday for a shocking string of attacks on their Indonesian domestic helper, including burning her with an iron and beating he...
Bo Xilai verdict to be issued Sunday: Chinese court
Sep 18, 2013 (AFP)
The corruption verdict against fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai will be issued Sunday, the court that tried him said, potentially drawing to a close the Commu...
Democrats lose out in Macau elections
Sep 16, 2013 (AFP)
Casino bosses and pro-Beijing candidates dominated poll results in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau, with democrats conceding defeat on Monday. Sunday's po...
Hong Kong's hunt for homes threatens green spaces
Sep 13, 2013 (AFP)
As one of the world's most densely populated cities, Hong Kong is searching for more space to house thousands priced out of its sky-high property market -- rais...
Prominent liberal businessman arrested in China
Sep 13, 2013 (AFP)
Police Friday detained an outspoken Chinese businessman who had called for the release of a prominent lawyer arrested as part of a crackdown on anti-corruption ...
Dalai Lama says China's Tibet policy now 'more realistic'
Sep 13, 2013 (AFP)
The Dalai Lama said Friday he believed China was being "more realistic" about Tibet after decades of what he termed failed hardline policy. Beijing has long acc...
Top China blogger appears on TV amid Internet crackdown
Sep 11, 2013 (AFP)
One of China's most popular microbloggers warned of the dangers of "casual" online posts in an interview with state-run media on Wednesday, as authorities conti...
Confucius makes comeback at Chinese tables
Sep 11, 2013 (AFP)
Revered for centuries but reviled in recent decades, Confucius is making a comeback in China -- and on its dinner plates. "Confucius cuisine" is a fine-dining t...
China's Guangzhou to empty labour camps: media
Sep 09, 2013 (AFP)
The major Chinese city of Guangzhou will empty its hard-labour camps by year's end, state-run media said Monday, as some localities phase out the unpopular puni...
China frees dissident convicted on Yahoo! evidence: group
Sep 08, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese authorities have released from jail dissident poet Shi Tao who was convicted based on information provided by US Internet giant Yahoo!, a rights group s...
Eye-gouging attack casts spotlight on Chinese backwater
Sep 06, 2013 (AFP)
The brutal eye-gouging of a six-year-old boy shocked China and focused attention on one of the country's poorest areas, where farmers live in caves and school c...
China's anti-graft body orders mooncakes off the menu
Sep 04, 2013 (AFP)
China has banned officials from buying mooncakes with public funds during an upcoming holiday, as the Communist leadership promotes its crackdown on corruption....
Girl, 3, killed by bulldozer in China land dispute
Aug 29, 2013 (AFP)
A three-year-old girl was killed by a bulldozer during a land dispute in China, her father told AFP Thursday, the latest case highlighting the human cost of the...
Bo trial reveals lifestyles of China's rich and infamous
Aug 27, 2013 (AFP)
The family's safes held more cash than an average Chinese might see in a lifetime. Their French villa was held through shell companies designed to avoid taxes a...
Bo trial may not win over China public: analysts
Aug 26, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese authorities tried to present Bo Xilai's corruption trial as an unprecedented open display of fairness, but with limits on publication and references to ...
Bo trial ends, China prosecutors demand heavy sentence
Aug 26, 2013 (AFP)
The dramatic trial of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai ended Monday with prosecutors pushing for a heavy sentence over a murder and corruption scandal that sh...
Chinese-American billionaire blogger held on 'sex charges'
Aug 25, 2013 (AFP)
China has arrested Chinese-American billionaire blogger Charles Xue, who has attracted 12 million followers with his reform-minded comments, for suspected invol...
China's Bo says police chief's evidence 'full of lies'
Aug 25, 2013 (AFP)
Fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai accused his former police chief, whose flight to a US consulate ignited a lurid scandal, of being a liar and a fraudster Sund...
Bo trial combines old and new in Chinese law: analysts
Aug 24, 2013 (AFP)
The corruption trial of China's onetime political superstar Bo Xilai combines elements of unusual openness with traditional controls rooted deep in the one-part...
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