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Xi's Shenzhen visit a sign of reform: Chinese media
Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)
China's new Communist Party chief Xi Jinping has signalled his commitment to push for economic reforms by visiting the city of Shenzhen, the historic hub of mod...
Tibetan, 16, burns herself to death in China: Xinhua
Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)
A 16-year-old Tibetan girl died after setting herself on fire, Chinese state media said Monday, as the war-of-words between the government-in-exile and Beijing ...
China dissident Hu Jia kept at home on rights day
Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese police barred prominent dissident Hu Jia from leaving home Monday after he proposed marking UN Human Rights Day near the home of a jailed Nobel laureate...
China among world's most unequal countries: survey
Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)
China's wealth gap has widened to a level where it is among the world's most unequal nations, a Chinese academic institute said in a survey, as huge numbers of ...
China says two arrested for inciting self-immolations
Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)
A monk and his nephew were detained for inciting eight Tibetan people to set themselves on fire in a restive Chinese region that has become a flashpoint for pro...
Police clash with thousands of rioters in south China
Dec 08, 2012 (AFP)
Police in a south China city bordering Vietnam clashed with thousands of rioters who were protesting excessive brutality meted out to a suspected smuggler, the ...
Watches, mistresses on show as China highlights graft
Dec 08, 2012 (AFP)
Lurid reports of Chinese officials sporting luxury watches or promoting their twin mistresses are being hailed by state media as proof of a corruption crackdown...
China lambasts US over Tibet self-immolation comments
Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)
China on Friday angrily rejected US charges that its policies in Tibet were leading Tibetans to set themselves alight in protest and accused Washington of backi...
Nobel laureate Mo Yan takes swipe at critics in lecture
Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese Nobel literature laureate Mo Yan on Friday took a swipe at his critics in the traditional Nobel lecture, saying their target "had nothing to do" with hi...
China mayor watch scandal stirs online resentment
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
Photographs of a Chinese city mayor apparently wearing expensive luxury watches have provoked widespread derision online, with some web users comparing official...
China to press murder charges for inciting Tibet immolations
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
China will charge anyone caught aiding or inciting Tibetan self-immolations with murder, state press said Wednesday, after more than 90 Tibetans set themselves ...
China war veteran, 80, sent to labour camp: son
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
An 80 year old Chinese war veteran spent a year and a half in a "re-education" camp for trying to complain about a policeman, his son said Wednesday, the latest...
British ministers 'banned from meeting Dalai Lama'
Dec 03, 2012 (AFP)
The British government blocked two ministers from meeting the Dalai Lama during a visit here this summer, prompting them to accuse London of bowing to pressure ...
China dissident brands nephew's conviction 'revenge'
Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese blind activist Chen Guangcheng said in a video released Sunday that a three-year jail sentence handed to his nephew was "revenge" for his dramatic escap...
China jails local government 'interceptors': report
Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)
A Chinese court handed jail terms to 10 "interceptors" for illegally imprisoning citizens hoping to lodge complaints with the central government, state media sa...
China unearths ancient palace ruins: state media
Dec 01, 2012 (AFP)
China has unearthed the ruins of an ancient palace near the tomb of the country's first emperor that was already famed for its terracotta soldiers, state media ...
Blind Chinese lawyer's nephew jailed for 3 years
Nov 30, 2012 (AFP)
The nephew of blind Chinese lawyer Chen Guangcheng was jailed for more than three years for attacking officials who descended on his village after the dissident...
S.Africa acted 'unlawfully' in failed Dalai Lama visa
Nov 29, 2012 (AFP)
The South African government acted unlawfully by dragging its heels on a failed visa application by the Dalai Lama to attend Desmond Tutu's 80th birthday last y...
Liao slams Chinese politicians' 'dirty wealth'
Nov 29, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese dissident writer Liao Yiwu accused China's political elite of accumulating "dirty wealth" on Thursday, saying it had turned his country into "one of the...
China paper deletes 'sexiest' Kim report
Nov 28, 2012 (AFP)
The Chinese Communist Party's official mouthpiece on Wednesday deleted a story that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had been named 2012's "Sexiest Man Alive" af...
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