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Teenage Tibetan monk 'self-immolates' in China
Jul 17, 2012 (AFP)
A teenage Tibetan Buddhist monk set himself on fire in southwest China Tuesday, the exiled Tibetan government said, the latest in a series of self-immolation pr...
China protests use health threats as rallying cry
Jul 16, 2012 (AFP)
When the wind blows in one Shanghai suburb, residents can smell the stench rising from a towering garbage dump, feared to be so harmful it can make people vomit...
Censors catch up with China's 'micro film' movement
Jul 16, 2012 (AFP)
Boasting tens of millions of views and offering previously unheard of artistic freedoms, China's "micro film" movement has made it possible for anyone with a sm...
Hong Kong property tycoons charged with graft
Jul 13, 2012 (AFP)
Two of Hong Kong's richest tycoons and a former senior official were charged with corruption on Friday in the biggest graft scandal the regional banking hub has...
Activists reject Chinese dissident suicide verdict
Jul 13, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong activists on Friday said they rejected an official investigation which found a Chinese dissident had died of suicide, in a case which has sparked publ...
China 'investigating' Shanghai bishop over split
Jul 12, 2012 (AFP)
China is investigating the case of a bishop after he dramatically split with the state-sanctioned Catholic association over "serious violations" of rules, state...
Hong Kong's new govt rocked by graft arrest
Jul 12, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong's anti-corruption watchdog said Thursday it had arrested a minister for allegedly abusing his housing allowances, plunging the new government into sca...
Tibetan sets himself alight in China protest: group
Jul 10, 2012 (AFP)
A young Tibetan man set himself on fire near Tibet's capital of Lhasa on Saturday, a rights group said, the latest in a series of protests against Chinese rule....
Vatican excommunicates 'illicit' Chinese bishop
Jul 10, 2012 (AFP)
The Vatican on Tuesday said it was excommunicating a Chinese bishop ordained last week by state-sanctioned Church authorities in northeast China without Pope Be...
Compensation sought in China forced abortion: activist
Jul 09, 2012 (AFP)
The husband of a Chinese woman whose forced abortion triggered outrage has headed to Beijing and is working with lawyers to seek compensation, a human rights ac...
EU parliament condemns China forced abortions
Jul 05, 2012 (AFP)
China's one-child policy has given rise to unacceptable forced abortions, European MPs said Thursday, condemning the case last month of a mother forced to abort...
Tension as China scraps factory plan
Jul 04, 2012 (AFP)
Police stood guard over hundreds of people gathered in a tense Chinese city Wednesday, a day after authorities bowed to violent protests and cancelled plans to ...
Huge China art gift boosts Hong Kong culture district
Jul 04, 2012 (AFP)
The donation of a major collection of Chinese art has breathed new life into plans for a cultural development on Hong Kong's waterfront that more than once appe...
China vows crackdown after latest protest
Jul 03, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese police clashed for a second day on Tuesday with protesters who stopped the construction of a metals factory, in the latest unrest highlighting grass-roo...
Hong Kong leader heckled on first day in office
Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong's new leader was bundled out of an auditorium by police Monday after he was heckled by protesters, marking a rocky first day in office following the c...
'CY' Leung: Hong Kong's controversial new leader
Jul 01, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong's new leader Leung Chun-ying takes over the city of seven million people amid falling popularity ratings, a series of setbacks and protests over his l...
Mass demo as Hong Kong marks 15 years under China
Jul 01, 2012 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets of Hong Kong Sunday, adamant there was nothing to cheer as the former British colony marked 15 years of Chin...
China netizens slam Hu for evading Hong Kong protests
Jul 01, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese web users accused President Hu Jintao of "hiding" from protesters in Hong Kong Sunday even as state media covered the anniversary of the city's return t...
Pepper spray fired as Chinese leader visits H.K.
Jun 30, 2012 (AFP)
Police fired choking volleys of pepper spray against protesters denouncing President Hu Jintao Saturday as he visited unruly Hong Kong to mark the 15th annivers...
Hong Kong reporter asks Hu about Tiananmen, briefly held
Jun 30, 2012 (AFP)
A Hong Kong journalist was briefly detained Saturday after he asked Chinese President Hu Jintao a question about the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, sparking c...
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