SINODAILY - INDO DAILY

China web crackdown shows nerves before power transfer

Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)

China's move to censor its two main microblogs and arrest people over rumours of a coup reveal a growing nervousness ahead of its first leadership transition in...

Laughter clubs catch on in stressed-out Hong Kong

Apr 01, 2012 (AFP)

Hypnotherapist Dick Yu has a mission that seems unthinkable to some Hong Kong people: he wants to make the Asian financial hub's seven million residents laugh. ...

China cracks down on Internet after coup rumours

Mar 31, 2012 (AFP)

China has shut down websites, made a string of arrests and punished two popular microblogs after rumours of a coup linked to a major scandal that brought down a...

Chinese journalist jailed after Bo criticism: group

Mar 30, 2012 (AFP)

A Chinese journalist was jailed in 2010 after criticising a prominent anti-gang campaign launched by Bo Xilai, the politician at the heart of a major scandal, a...

US Senate urges China to end 'repressive' Tibet policy

Mar 30, 2012 (AFP)

The US Senate has urged China to ease restrictions on Tibetans, free prisoners and allow access by foreign media to address grievances following a wave of self-...

Tibetans arrested outside Chinese president's hotel

Mar 30, 2012 (AFP)

New Delhi police detained another five Tibetan demonstrators on Friday outside the hotel of Chinese President Hu Jintao amid a raging debate over this week's cr...

Tibetans detained outside Chinese president's hotel

Mar 30, 2012 (AFP)

New Delhi police detained another five Tibetan demonstrators on Friday outside the hotel of Chinese President Hu Jintao amid a raging debate over a crackdown on...

China blames Dalai Lama for Delhi self-immolation

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese officials visiting New Delhi to attend a summit of emerging nations on Thursday blamed the Dalai Lama for a Tibetan protester burning himself to death i...

Tibetan who set self ablaze in Delhi dies

Mar 28, 2012 (AFP)

A Tibetan exile who set himself alight two days ago in New Delhi died on Wednesday and police detained at least 100 other activists protesting against Chinese P...

Hong Kong court overturns maid residency ruling

Mar 28, 2012 (AFP)

Hong Kong's court of appeal on Wednesday overturned a landmark ruling that opened the door for thousands of foreign maids to claim residency in the southern Chi...

Delhi immolation protester haunted by Tibet 'torture'

Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)

Friends and neighbours of the Tibetan protester who set himself alight in New Delhi said on Tuesday that his actions were out of character but driven by despera...

China blames Dalai Lama for India immolation bid

Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)

Beijing on Tuesday blamed the Dalai Lama for a violent incident in India that saw a Tibetan exile set himself on fire in protest against a trip by Chinese Presi...

Amnesty sees hope in China on death penalty

Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)

China is still executing thousands of prisoners per year but there are flickers of hope that attitudes there towards the death penalty are changing, the head of...

Tibetan protester sets himself ablaze in New Delhi

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

A Tibetan exile set himself on fire as he ran down a street in New Delhi on Monday, suffering life-threatening burns during a protest against a visit this week ...

Tibetans call off UN hunger strike protest

Mar 22, 2012 (AFP)

Three Tibetans who have been on hunger strike outside the UN headquarters for the past month ended their protest Thursday after the UN said investigators would ...

China orders lawyers to pledge allegiance to communism

Mar 22, 2012 (AFP)

China has ordered lawyers to pledge allegiance to the ruling Communist Party in a new edict that has caused outrage among rights attorneys, who say it goes agai...

Tibet protest monk dies in detention: campaign group

Mar 21, 2012 (AFP)

A 20-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monk has died in detention after he set himself on fire in a town in southwest China that has become a flashpoint for such protes...

Australian ambassador to seek to travel to Tibet: FM

Mar 19, 2012 (AFP)

Australia's ambassador in Beijing will ask authorities to allow her to travel to Tibet to observe the situation following a spate of self-immolations, Foreign M...

Tibetan immolation prompts big gathering: groups

Mar 18, 2012 (AFP)

A Tibetan father-of-three set himself on fire in China, prompting a large gathering of monks and lay people, rights groups said, as tensions in Tibetan-inhabite...

Wen Jiabao: China's man of the people premier

Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)

Wen Jiabao has been a vocal proponent of political reform during his nine years as premier, but his reputation rests more on his capacity for empathy -- a rare ...