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Chinese dissident author savages Beijing at German awards

Oct 14, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese dissident author Liao Yiwu on Sunday tore into the leadership in Beijing, describing his homeland as an "inhuman empire with bloody hands" as he scooped...

Beverage tycoon tops Forbes' China rich list

Oct 12, 2012 (AFP)

Beverage tycoon Zong Qinghou regained his position as China's richest man this year, Forbes magazine said Friday, but the global economic slump took its toll on...

China Nobel winner defends prize -- and Mao

Oct 12, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese author Mo Yan on Friday defended his Nobel prize from dissidents who accused him of being a communist stooge, and expressed hope for the early release o...

Liu still China's invisible man two years after Nobel

Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)

Two years after his Nobel peace prize, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo remains imprisoned, relatives are under house arrest or cowed into silence and, supporters s...

Mo Yan of China wins Nobel Literature Prize

Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)

Mo Yan, one of China's leading writers of the past half-century, on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize for his writing that mixes folk tales, history and t...

China bloggers expose more corruption: reports

Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese officials have launched a probe after microbloggers said they had uncovered another allegedly corrupt leader who owns millions of dollars worth of prope...

'Stunned' Mo Yan welcomes Nobel prize

Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese author Mo Yan said Thursday he was "stunned" and delighted at winning the Nobel prize for literature as millions in China expressed pride and state-cont...

Outrage in China over luxury spending claims

Oct 10, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese social media websites erupted in outrage Wednesday over claims that a provincial official tried to suppress a newspaper report detailing his expensive t...

Calls to free China activist Liu two years

Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)

Activists on Tuesday urged democracies to speak out for the release of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, fearing that pressure on Beijing has eased two years after ...

China vows graft fight in wake of Bo case

Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)

China's top disciplinary official said the case against disgraced politician Bo Xilai has been "relentlessly pursued" as he vowed to root out corruption, state ...

Bo's son 'suspected in plot to poison wife': report

Oct 07, 2012 (AFP)

Months before his fall from power, Chinese politician Bo Xilai suspected a plot to poison his second wife and questioned whether his son by his first marriage w...

Chinese actress sues US website over Bo link claims

Oct 03, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi is suing a US-based Chinese online news outlet over claims that she was a prostitute who had sex with top official Bo Xilai and other...

Ferry crash raises Hong Kong harbour questions

Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)

Hong Kong has thrived as Asia's throbbing transport hub, but a deadly ferry accident on the busy National Day holiday has raised questions about safety on the c...

Ai Weiwei gets first big US show, shaped by his plight

Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)

The first US survey of the work of Ai Weiwei opens this weekend in Washington, shaped -- in the words of the dissident artist himself -- by his ongoing struggle...

Bereaved China elderly suffer under one-child norm

Sep 30, 2012 (AFP)

When Wu Rui's 12-year-old daughter died she lost not just the only child she would ever have but also her source of security and support in old age. Today the 5...

Tibet PM calls for global support against China

Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)

The prime minister of Tibet's government-in-exile on Friday called on the international community to resist growing pressure from China and stand up for human r...

Bo Xilai: China's fallen political star

Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)

Once a rising political star famous for busting gangs and reviving Maoist ideals, China's Bo Xilai suffered a dramatic fall from grace that on Friday saw author...

China court rejects artist Ai Weiwei's tax appeal

Sep 27, 2012 (AFP)

A Chinese court on Thursday rejected Ai Weiwei's appeal against a hefty fine for alleged tax evasion which the acclaimed artist and government critic has called...

Tibetans seek signs of hope in China's next leader

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

In their long and fruitless struggle against Chinese rule, Tibetans have often leapt on any reason to stay optimistic -- and, for some, a new leader in Beijing ...

Exiles debate future under China for 'prison camp' Tibet

Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)

The Tibetans' exiled political leadership said Tuesday the region had been turned into a giant prison by China and that an imminent change at the top in Beijing...