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New pope faces old problem of divided China Church
Mar 01, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese Catholics pack Beijing's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for Sunday Mass, praying and singing hymns beneath stained glass windows much like their...
Football author turned government critic splits China
Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)
Once a football commentator who drew a huge following in China as he rooted out corruption in the sport, Li Chengpeng is now one of the government's fiercest cr...
China Nobel winner Mo Yan defies critics
Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)
Nobel literature laureate Mo Yan has hit back at critics who accused him of being too close to China's government, saying in a newspaper interview he does not w...
China turns to all-boys classes as girls progress
Feb 26, 2013 (AFP)
Teenage boys in a Shanghai school are on the front line of teaching reform after the world's top-scoring education system introduced male-only classes over worr...
Hong Kong court hears landmark maid residency case
Feb 26, 2013 (AFP)
Hong Kong's top court on Tuesday began a hearing to decide whether the hundreds of thousands of domestic workers who make a living in the Asian financial hub ar...
China party mouthpiece laments spoiled generation
Feb 25, 2013 (AFP)
The newspaper of China's Communist Party Monday lamented a generation who had never tasted "hard work" after a general's son was held for suspected involvement ...
China ends Lunar New Year with molten metal showers
Feb 24, 2013 (AFP)
Fireworks lit up the sky across China on Sunday and straw-hatted farmers in one village hurled molten metal into the air, as the country marked the end of Lunar...
Tibetan teens in rare double immolation: reports
Feb 21, 2013 (AFP)
Two Tibetan teenagers died after they set fire to themselves in protest at Chinese rule, reports and Western rights groups said, in a rare instance of a double ...
Chinese villagers told to flatten tombs: reports
Feb 21, 2013 (AFP)
Villagers in central China who secretly rebuilt tombs after they were flattened by officials to provide more farmland are being forced to pull them down again, ...
US slams 'horrific' toll of Tibet self-immolations
Feb 15, 2013 (AFP)
The United States on Friday denounced the "horrific" toll as the number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule rose to 101. Washing...
Dodging the censors in China
Feb 14, 2013 (AFP)
With rapid economic growth transforming China, independent filmmaker Cui Zi'en is one of a growing number of directors dodging the censors in order to document ...
Tibetan burns himself to death in China: reports
Feb 14, 2013 (AFP)
A Tibetan man burnt himself to death in protest against Chinese rule, reports and Western rights groups said Thursday, bringing the total to have set themselves...
Tibetan monk's burning marks 100th immolation bid
Feb 13, 2013 (AFP)
A Tibetan monk doused himself in petrol in a Kathmandu restaurant on Wednesday and set himself on fire, marking the 100th self-immolation bid in a wave of prote...
Nepal police report 100th Tibet self-immolation bid
Feb 13, 2013 (AFP)
A Tibetan man is in critical condition after setting himself on fire in Nepal on Wednesday, police said, the 100th self-immolation bid since 2009 according to a...
China needs 'full-scale' reform to fight inequality
Feb 08, 2013 (AFP)
China's stated aim to narrow the income gulf between its sports-car driving elite and vast numbers who still live in poverty will need radical political and eco...
China province stops some labour camp terms: media
Feb 07, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese province has said it will no longer send people to controversial "re-education through labour" camps for three types of political offences, state medi...
China bans ads on gift-giving to officials: media
Feb 07, 2013 (AFP)
China has banned ads that encourage giving luxury gifts to authorities, state media said Thursday, the latest push against official extravagance since new leade...
Hong Kong leader under fire over press freedom
Feb 07, 2013 (AFP)
Journalists in Hong Kong accused the city's leader of cracking down on free speech Thursday after he demanded an apology from a newspaper which suggested he had...
China police chief 'who owns hundreds of houses' sacked
Feb 06, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese police chief has been sacked after reports he owned hundreds of houses and a false identity card, state media said Wednesday in the latest scandal to ...
China police chief accused of having 192 houses
Feb 05, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese police chief is alleged to have had at least 192 houses and a fake identity card, state media said Tuesday, the latest in a number of similar cases th...
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