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Four more Tibetans set themselves alight in China
Nov 27, 2012 (AFP)
Four more Tibetans have set themselves alight in protest at China's rule, overseas media said Tuesday, taking the total to more than 20 this month. The spate of...
Chinese insurer hits out at Wen Jiabao report
Nov 26, 2012 (AFP)
A Chinese insurance giant threatened legal action on Monday over a media report linking a key government decision about the firm to shareholdings held by relati...
Record numbers flock to take Chinese government test
Nov 25, 2012 (AFP)
Hundreds of thousands packed out schools and universities across China Sunday to take the national civil service exam, with a record number registering in searc...
Tibetan self-immolates in northwest China
Nov 24, 2012 (AFP)
A Tibetan villager has died after setting himself on fire, Chinese state media said Saturday -- the latest death in a wave of protests against Beijing's rule. C...
China passport shows some islands, excludes others
Nov 22, 2012 (AFP)
China's new passports show a map including its claim to almost all the South China Sea -- provoking protests by the Philippines Thursday and Vietnam -- but leav...
Outcry in Taiwan over rejection of Dalai Lama visit
Nov 22, 2012 (AFP)
Taiwan has decided to bar the Dalai Lama from entering the island, triggering an angry response from a women's organisation that had invited him to a meeting th...
Two detained in China for 'inciting unrest' online
Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese police have detained two people accused of inciting unrest in online postings, state media and a rights group said Wednesday in a sign of official conce...
China angst over runaway boys' deaths
Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)
Angst-ridden Chinese social media users -- and state outlets -- raised questions over the plight of the country's children Wednesday after several officials wer...
Two more Tibetans in China self-immolate: reports
Nov 20, 2012 (AFP)
Two more Tibetans in China have burned themselves to death, state media and a rights group reported Tuesday, part of a wave of protests against Chinese rule. Ch...
China names new leaders for Shanghai, Chongqing
Nov 20, 2012 (AFP)
China on Tuesday named new leaders for its commercial hub Shanghai and the southwestern mega-city of Chongqing, where the disgraced former official Bo Xilai rul...
China frees jailed opponent of Bo Xilai
Nov 20, 2012 (AFP)
A Chinese official sentenced without trial to hard labour for opposing the Maoist revival policies of disgraced politician Bo Xilai has been freed and is seekin...
China's Xi hammers home graft warning: media
Nov 19, 2012 (AFP)
The new head of China's ruling party sounded a strong anti-corruption warning in his first speech to top politicians, state media said Monday, following a serie...
New Tibetan self-immolation in China: rights groups
Nov 18, 2012 (AFP)
A Tibetan mother-of-two has died after setting herself on fire, rights groups said, the latest in a wave of such protests against Chinese rule. Chagmo Kyi, who ...
Chinese street children found dead in dumpster
Nov 18, 2012 (AFP)
The bodies of five street children have been found in a dumpster in southwest China after they climbed inside it to escape the night-time cold, state media repo...
Two Tibetans set themselves alight: rights group
Nov 16, 2012 (AFP)
Two Tibetans were reported to have set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule, said a rights group, on the same day the Communist Party unveiled its...
Penpics of China's new Communist Party leaders
Nov 15, 2012 (AFP)
Following are brief sketches of key contenders for the Chinese Communist Party's new Politburo Standing Committee, the country's most powerful body, to be revea...
Tibetan boy, 14, dies in self-immolation: Xinhua
Nov 15, 2012 (AFP)
A 14-year-old Tibetan boy died after self-immolating, state media said Thursday, the tenth person to set themselves on fire since the eve of a pivotal meeting o...
China's Xi says party faces problems including graft
Nov 15, 2012 (AFP)
China's Communist Party faces "severe challenges" including corruption and alienation from the people, Vice President Xi Jinping said Thursday after being appoi...
China appoints respected economist to target graft
Nov 14, 2012 (AFP)
China appointed a respected economist to its anti-graft body as it sought to stress its resolve in fighting the rampant corruption identified as one of the bigg...
China's 18th Communist Party congress
Nov 14, 2012 (AFP)
China's ruling Communist Party will on Thursday unveil the political figures expected to lead the country for the next decade, after a more than week-long congr...
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