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Interpol's missing Chinese chief resigns amid Beijing probe

Oct 08, 2018 (AFP)

China had been tight-lipped about the fate of Meng Hongwei, who is also vice minister for public security, since French officials disclosed on Friday that he ha...

EU condemns Hong Kong's expulsion of British reporter

Oct 08, 2018 (AFP)

The Financial Times' Victor Mallet has been given a week to quit the city after angering authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong by hosting a speech by a pro-indep...

China warns against foreign interference as Hong Kong bans journalist

Oct 06, 2018 (AFP)

Victor Mallet, the FT's Asia news editor and a British national, earned the ire of authorities for hosting a speech in August by Andy Chan, the leader of a tiny...

Kazakhstan denies asylum to China 're-education camp' whistleblower

Oct 05, 2018 (AFP)

Sayragul Sauytbay, 41, was denied political asylum by a migration committee in the Central Asian country. The decision came despite an earlier court ruling refu...

Hong Kong marks fourth anniversary of Umbrella Movement

Sep 28, 2018 (AFP)

The subdued gathering comes days after the Hong Kong government banned a political party which promotes independence, calling it a threat to national security. ...

Ibsen play pulled in China after audience demand free speech

Sep 27, 2018 (AFP)

Ostermeier, one of Europe's hottest theatre makers, said the Chinese tour of Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" -- in which a local doctor fights political corrup...

Disappearing act: What happened to Hong Kong's Umbrella Art?

Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)

The months-long demonstrations, which kicked off on September 28 four years ago, brought parts of the city to a standstill as protest camps took over areas norm...

Pope calls on Chinese Catholics to reconcile after bishop deal

Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)

"I now invite all Chinese Catholics to work towards reconciliation," the pope wrote in a message to Roman Catholics in the world's most populous country. Saturd...

Beijing charges shuttered church $170,000 after eviction

Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)

The Zion Church had been one of China's biggest unofficial Protestant churches until it was suddenly shut down earlier this month amid greater pressure on relig...

China defends ban on Hong Kong pro-independence party

Sep 25, 2018 (AFP)

Britain was among those to express concern after the territory's security minister said Monday he had upheld a police request to bar the Hong Kong National Part...

Hong Kong bans pro-independence party over 'national security' fears

Sep 24, 2018 (AFP)

It was the first ban on a political party since the city was handed back to China by Britain 21 years ago. The foreign ministry in London expressed concern at t...

Vatican delegation 'to visit China this month': state media

Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)

Beijing and the Vatican severed ties in 1951, two years after the Communist party seized power in China. The decades-long standoff has split China's roughly 12 ...

Prominent Chinese pastor defiant after church closure

Sep 13, 2018 (AFP)

Pastor Jin Mingri had given sermons at the Zion Church, one of the biggest unofficial congregations in the country, for the past decade until local officials sh...

Chinese firm eyes Serena Williams' racquet maker

Sep 12, 2018 (AFP)

Anta has joined buyout firm FountainVest Partners to offer 40 euros ($46.50) a share for Finland's Amer Sports, one of the world's biggest sports equipment firm...

Got a problem? Ask China's online agony aunts

Sep 11, 2018 (AFP)

Gu, a nutritionist, is among hundreds of thousands of "experts" who sell their advice in thriving Chinese internet forums where they serve as web-based agony au...

Vanished China star Fan last in 'social responsibility' ranking

Sep 11, 2018 (AFP)

The 36-year-old actress has been a household name in China for years and tasted Hollywood success with a role in the 2014 blockbuster "X-Men: Days of Future Pas...

China shuts down prominent Christian church

Sep 10, 2018 (AFP)

Around 70 officials stormed into the Zion Church -- housed on the third floor of a nondescript office building in the north of the capital -- after its Sunday a...

Hong Kong top court frees 13 pro-democracy activists

Sep 07, 2018 (AFP)

The group were earlier sentenced to between eight and 13 months after the government successfully sought to overturn a previous punishment of community service ...

Kenyan police raid state-owned Chinese TV

Sep 05, 2018 (AFP)

Cellphone footage of the raid seen by AFP showed armed plainclothes police bundling Chinese staff into vehicles while demanding that reporters of other national...

Malaysian island city in trouble as PM targets China-linked projects

Sep 05, 2018 (AFP)

Forest City's futuristic high-rises and waterfront villas are under construction on four man-made islands in southern Malaysia, just an hour from the affluent c...