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Two Tibetans set themselves ablaze in Lhasa: reports
May 28, 2012 (AFP)
Two Tibetan men have set themselves on fire outside a temple in Lhasa and one has died, reports said Monday, as a wave of self-immolations in China's Tibetan ar...
New media deployed in battle to preserve history
May 27, 2012 (AFP)
It started with an inflatable pig. Jeffrey Shaw has always been fascinated by interactivity, having in the 1960s created art he hoped would narrow the gap betwe...
Brother of China dissident Chen returns home: lawyer
May 27, 2012 (AFP)
The brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has returned to his village in eastern China after fleeing to Beijing to seek help for his son, who is in ...
China news agency breaks silence on 'serial killer'
May 27, 2012 (AFP)
A man has been arrested on suspicion of killing 11 men in China, the official Xinhua news agency confirmed on Sunday, breaking its silence over the capture of a...
Vienna dismisses Beijing objections to Dalai Lama meet
May 26, 2012 (AFP)
Up to 10,000 people came out to greet the Dalai Lama on Saturday after Vienna ignored warnings from China that ties with Beijing could be harmed by hosting the ...
China's Chen, in US, pledges to keep speaking out
May 25, 2012 (AFP)
Blind activist Chen Guangcheng has vowed to keep speaking out against rights abuses in China as he settles into a new life in New York following his dramatic es...
Dalai Lama urges real autonomy for Tibet
May 25, 2012 (AFP)
The Dalai Lama and the prime minister of Tibet's government-in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Friday said they were open to dialogue with China and called for real aut...
China police interrogate party members over letter
May 24, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese police have interrogated Communist Party veterans who publicly called for the ouster of the country's top security official ahead of a leadership change...
China calls US rights report 'prejudiced'
May 24, 2012 (AFP)
China on Friday strongly criticised a US report accusing it of human rights violations, calling the document "fraught with prejudice", and issued a scathing cri...
US says rights in China deteriorating
May 24, 2012 (AFP)
The United States said Thursday that China's human rights record was getting worse as authorities step up efforts to stifle dissent, even though Beijing let a t...
Group condemns China's para-police force of 'X-Men'
May 23, 2012 (AFP)
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday condemned a Chinese "para-police" force nicknamed "X-Men" by the local media, accusing it of rampant brutality and illegal deten...
China stays businesswoman's execution after outcry
May 22, 2012 (AFP)
A 31-year-old Chinese entrepreneur who was once one of the nation's wealthiest women has been spared the death penalty, an official said Tuesday, after her orig...
Suspect substance found before Dalai Lama visit
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
Police were investigating a suspect envelope containing white powder found in a Tibetan centre in Belgium on Monday, just days ahead of a visit by the Dalai Lam...
China police chief faces treason trial: report
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
The Chinese provincial police chief at the centre of the biggest political scandal to engulf the communist leadership in decades will be tried for treason, a re...
Chen revives debate on US influence in China
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
The United States has achieved a rare human rights breakthrough with China by negotiating the departure of dissident Chen Guangcheng, but few are ready to predi...
Asia gaming shines despite China slowdown: analysts
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
Macau is still holding all the aces as the world's casino capital despite a slowdown in the Chinese economy, analysts said ahead of an international gaming expo...
Blind China activist faces uncertain future in US
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
Blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng must get used to indefinite exile from China and diminished influence after he joined other dissidents in taking refuge far from ho...
Chen all smiles when he arrives in NY
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
He limped painfully supported by his crutches. But when Chen Guangcheng set his foot on the asphalt of Manhattan after his arrival from Beijing, a ear-to-ear sm...
Chen starts life in US as China stays quiet
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng began his new life in the United States on Sunday after a warm welcome but in Beijing he leaves behind a diplomatic mess...
Chen Guangcheng: China's blind 'barefoot' lawyer
May 19, 2012 (AFP)
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, the "barefoot lawyer" who left Saturday for the US after escaping house arrest, gained worldwide acclaim for exposing ab...
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