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Wind topples giant statue of China's first emperor

Apr 09, 2018 (AFP)

The 19-meter (62-foot) bronze replica of the monarch -- who was the first to unify warring factions in China and established the Qin dynasty (221-206 BC) -- was...

As eSports grow, China teams make themselves at home

Apr 05, 2018 (AFP)

The 400-seat arena in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou packs in pumped-up fans several times a month for LGD's matches in the League of Legends Pro League (...

Wife of 'vanished' Chinese lawyer marches for answers

Apr 05, 2018 (AFP)

Attorney Wang Quanzhang, who defended political activists and victims of land seizures, has had no contact with the outside world since he disappeared in a 2015...

Tearful reunion highlights plight of China's missing children

Apr 05, 2018 (AFP)

Wang Mingqing and his wife Liu Dengying, from southwest Sichuan province, lost their three-year-old daughter in 1994 when she vanished after being momentarily l...

Very rare Qing Dynasty bowl sells for $30.4 million

Apr 03, 2018 (AFP)

The bowl, just under six inches (14.7 cm) in diameter, is decorated with falangcai -- painted enamels combining Chinese and Western techniques -- and flowers, i...

China cracks down on spoofs of 'Communist heroes'

Apr 03, 2018 (AFP)

Major video sites iQiyi and Sina were handed undisclosed fines for "distorting or mocking" classic works, the culture ministry said, less than two weeks after n...

China court accuses Anbang boss of stealing billions as trial opens

Mar 28, 2018 (AFP)

China's insurance regulator announced an unprecedented takeover of Anbang in February, saying fallen chairman Wu Xiaohui would be prosecuted for financial crime...

Vatican-affiliated Chinese bishop arrested: report

Mar 27, 2018 (AFP)

AsiaNews, run by the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions -- a missionary society recognised by the Vatican -- wrote on Tuesday that Vincent Guo Xijin, bis...

Street art makes a splash in Hong Kong

Mar 26, 2018 (AFP)

The commercial high end of the art world is at the fore in March, with gallerists, collectors and celebrities descending on Hong Kong for the annual Art Basel f...

Muzzled China feminist group to sue over online censorship

Mar 24, 2018 (AFP)

On March 8, International Women's Day, staffers operating the prolific Feminist Voices account on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform found it had been deleted....

Worlds apart: Hong Kong's great art divide

Mar 23, 2018 (AFP)

Art Basel's Hong Kong edition launched five years ago and spawned a host of simultaneous shows in what has become known as "Art Month". But the glamorous artist...

China to reorganise propaganda efforts at home and abroad

Mar 21, 2018 (AFP)

The changes are part of a larger overhaul of government functions that will also see an increased role for the United Front Work Department, a shadowy organisat...

China widens Xi's corruption crackdown

Mar 18, 2018 (AFP)

The campaign to clean up the party's pervasive corruption has arguably been Xi's most popular initiative, pressuring its 89 million members to toe the line -- w...

Xi gets second term with powerful ally as VP

Mar 17, 2018 (AFP)

Xi's reappointment by the Communist Party-controlled legislature was a foregone conclusion, but all eyes had been on whether his former anti-corruption enforcer...

China slams UK warnings about Hong Kong liberties

Mar 16, 2018 (AFP)

"There is no room or right for the UK to intervene," foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a regular briefing. "The attempt to show the UK's influence on Hong...

Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing to retire

Mar 16, 2018 (AFP)

Li, a wartime refugee, got his start in 1950 making plastic flowers and over the years built a sprawling conglomerate that has become part of the fabric of Hong...

Hong Kong mulls three years' jail for anthem disrespect

Mar 16, 2018 (AFP)

Hong Kong has been preparing to introduce the controversial law since China fine-tuned legislation last year on the proper way and place to sing the anthem, tig...

Britain warns of increasing Beijing pressure on Hong Kong

Mar 15, 2018 (AFP)

The comments come after President Xi Jinping was given a lifetime mandate as leader, signalling a harder line on any challenges to Chinese sovereignty across it...

China dragoons viewers to make pro-Xi film a blockbuster

Mar 14, 2018 (AFP)

The mass viewings by staff from companies and government agencies have catapulted the feature-length movie, called "Amazing China" in English and released March...

In China, an eye-roll goes viral, censors put a lid on it

Mar 14, 2018 (AFP)

China's censors are scrambling to put a lid on a social media frenzy unleashed by a journalist's reaction to a softball question during the mostly scripted annu...