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China police kill homeowner in demolition protest
Sep 24, 2012 (AFP)
Police in northeast China shot and killed a homeowner who set himself on fire while trying to protect his property from a demolition crew, an official and state...
Chinese man wrongly sent to labour camp: panel
Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)
A Chinese man who served two years in a "re-education through labour" camp is entitled to compensation after a local panel ruled he was unlawfully sent there, h...
H.K. students protest over 'brainwashing' classes
Sep 04, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong students and teachers protested Tuesday for a sixth straight day against plans to introduce Chinese patriotism classes, as political tensions rise day...
China villager bombs local government office
Sep 03, 2012 (AFP)
A villager in rural east China unhappy over social injustice detonated an explosive in a local government building Monday, killing himself and wounding six othe...
China's Wen says property controls still needed: Xinhua
Sep 01, 2012 (AFP)
Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday it was too early to loosen curbs on speculative property investment, state media reported, as authorities keep a tight grip ove...
Hong Kong in bid to limit homebuyers from mainland
Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong's leader on Thursday announced measures to prioritise the property market for locals, after years of price rises attributed to an influx of wealthy bu...
Exiled Tibetans urge world leaders to end 'crisis'
Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)
Tibet's exiled government on Thursday said it was seriously concerned by continued self-immolations in protest against Chinese rule of the Tibetan plateau and u...
China official flees country with funds: report
Aug 29, 2012 (AFP)
An official in northeast China has fled the country, allegedly taking tens of millions of dollars with him, amid a probe into corruption, a state newspaper said...
Two Tibetans die, burning protests top 50: groups
Aug 28, 2012 (AFP)
Two teenagers burned to death in southwest China, taking to over 50 the number of Tibetans who have set themselves alight in protest against Beijing's rule, rig...
China's single women compete for love and riches
Aug 24, 2012 (AFP)
Young Chinese women in swishy dresses and strappy sandals sit in a row clutching forms that list their weight and measurements as they wait for an interview wit...
Tibetan monk tortured and imprisoned: rights group
Aug 23, 2012 (AFP)
A Tibetan monk was beaten, tortured and imprisoned after his arrest in an area that has become a flashpoint for a wave of protests against Chinese rule, a press...
China study warns rural wealth gap near 'danger' level
Aug 22, 2012 (AFP)
China's countryside is facing a widening wealth gap as hundreds of millions of residents abandon farming for better paid work in cities, a report said, warning ...
Dissenters locked in China mental hospitals: rights group
Aug 22, 2012 (AFP)
Hundreds of thousands of people including dissidents are committed each year to Chinese psychiatric hospitals against their will, often as a form of punishment,...
China stamps down on Gu 'body-double' rumours
Aug 22, 2012 (AFP)
China has blocked Internet searches for the term "body double" after web users expressed suspicions that convicted murderer Gu Kailai used a stand-in at her cou...
Canadian body parts victim was Chinese-Canadian: police
Aug 21, 2012 (AFP)
Canadian police on Tuesday identified a woman whose severed body parts were discovered scattered throughout Toronto as a Chinese-Canadian spa owner and a single...
Tibet exiled 'PM' admits Dalai Lama's shoes hard to fill
Aug 20, 2012 (AFP)
Tibet's "prime minister in exile" Lobsang Sangay on Monday described his complete surprise when the Dalai Lama last year handed him responsibility for the movem...
China court gives Gu suspended death sentence for murder
Aug 20, 2012 (AFP)
A Chinese court on Monday handed the wife of disgraced political leader Bo Xilai a suspended death sentence for murder in a case that has rocked the Communist p...
Gu Kailai: High-flying lawyer turned murderer
Aug 20, 2012 (AFP)
As a high-flying international lawyer married to one of China's most promising politicians and with a son at Harvard, Gu Kailai appeared to have it all. But a l...
Hong Kong arrests 1,200 in triad crackdown
Aug 16, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong police said Thursday they had arrested nearly 1,200 people in raids on illegal gambling dens and brothels during a month-long crackdown on triad activ...
Miss World pageant meets Chinese mining city
Aug 16, 2012 (AFP)
More than 100 beauty queens from around the globe have descended on the northern Chinese mining city of Ordos on the edge of the Gobi desert ahead of the Miss W...
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