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China's Wen calls for 'urgent' political reforms

Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)

China could see a repeat of the Cultural Revolution's deadly chaos without "urgent" political reform, Wen Jiabao warned Wednesday in a dramatic parting shot at ...

China passes controversial criminal law changes

Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese lawmakers on Wednesday passed into law controversial changes that give the police powers to detain some suspects for up to six months in secret location...

Carter asks Nepal leaders to compromise for peace

Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)

Former US president Jimmy Carter called Wednesday for compromises among Nepal's rival political factions to set the country on the road to peace, six years afte...

Fresh turmoil in China's Tibetan areas after 2008 unrest

Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)

Armed police in full riot gear stand guard along the main street in Aba, a small Chinese town where a young monk burned himself to death last March, setting off...

China to vote on controversial criminal law changes

Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese lawmakers are due to vote Wednesday on changes to the criminal law that would give police powers to detain some suspects for up to six months in unoffic...

Tibetan monk self-immolates in China: rights group

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

A Tibetan teenager set himself on fire in southwest China and died on Saturday, the sensitive anniversary of the Dalai Lama's flight into exile in 1959, a right...

China starts to question strict schooling methods

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

China has long been known for its highly disciplined approach to education, but parents and lawmakers alike are beginning to question the wisdom of putting so m...

Nepal Tibetans 'suffocated' by Chinese influence

Mar 12, 2012 (AFP)

At a cafe near a Tibetan refugee camp in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, Tsewang Dolma stirs her iced tea nervously as she talks of her fears for the future of her p...

China frees 24,000 abducted women, kids in 2011

Mar 11, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese police rescued more than 24,000 abducted children and women last year, some of whom had been sold for adoption or forced into prostitution as far away a...

'Uprising Day' plans muted by China clampdown

Mar 10, 2012 (AFP)

As the anniversary of the Dalai Lama's flight into exile, March 10 has traditionally been a flashpoint for unrest in China's vast Tibetan-inhabited regions. But...

Tibet exiles blame China 'hardliners' for immolations

Mar 10, 2012 (AFP)

Tibet's government-in-exile on Saturday blamed China's "hardline" leaders for a string of Tibetan self-immolations as it marked the anniversary of the Dalai Lam...

Chinese propaganda hero struggles in Internet age

Mar 09, 2012 (AFP)

A Chinese government publicity campaign to promote selflessness using the model of soldier Lei Feng, who died 50 years ago, is encountering resistance from an i...

China backs down from legalising secret detentions

Mar 08, 2012 (AFP)

China has abandoned controversial plans to make it legal to "disappear" criminal suspects following a huge public outcry, in a move hailed as a victory for judi...

Chinese governor lauds clamp down on birth agents

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

China has fulfilled a promise to curb the number of pregnant mainlanders entering Hong Kong to give birth, the governor of southern Guangdong province said Wedn...

Rebel China village revolution unlikely to spread

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

Residents of a Chinese village who voted for new leaders in weekend elections after rising up against corrupt officials are hoping they will become a model of d...

Tibetan teen self-immolates in China: exile groups

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

A teenager has become the third Tibetan to self-immolate in China in as many days, exile groups said, as Beijing tightens security ahead of the sensitive annive...

China's urbanization unlikely to lead to fast growth of middle class

Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)

The number of people living in China's cities, which last year for the first time surpassed 50 percent of the national population, is considered a boon for the ...

China to spend $111 billion on police in 2012

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

China will spend $111.6 billion on its police forces in 2012, the government said Monday, as it focuses on quelling rising social unrest ahead of a 10-yearly le...

Chinese village gets rare taste of democracy

Mar 03, 2012 (AFP)

A Chinese village that rebelled against corrupt Communist leaders went to the polls Saturday in a contested election seen as a landmark for those seeking more d...

Beijing warns Tibetan separatists

Mar 02, 2012 (UPI)

Top Chinese leaders, ahead of the annual National People's Congress, have stressed the need for social progress in Tibet but warned separatist groups off protes...