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We have started to collect the most important news related to China in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
RussiaChinese officials confiscate 213 bear paws hidden inside the tyres of a vehicle crossing the border from Russia, state media report.
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Diego Maradona wins compensation from two Chinese firms for using his name in an online game, Hot-Blooded Soccer, without his consent.
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China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, is to launch its first carbon trading scheme as a pilot project in Shenzhen.
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United StatesA China-based supercomputer has been ranked the world's fastest, offering nearly double the processing speeds of the US's most powerful system.
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Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng links his departure from New York University to "unrelenting pressure" from Beijing, claims NYU denies.
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FranceBloggers in China react with outrage to news of an assault on six Chinese students in France's wine-producing Bordeaux region.
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China's State Council orders firms in heavy-polluting industries to cut emissions by 30% in the next four years.
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Rare Przewalski horses have been returned to their native habitat in northwest China
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IndiaThe United Nations says India will overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2028, and that the global population will reach 9.6 billion by 2050.
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Hundreds of children at a school in China's Sichuan province are taken to hospital after falling ill, Chinese state media report.
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Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is to leave New York University, where he is a visiting fellow, this summer, the university confirms.
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How did this 'alien' land a Chinese man in jail?
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Nicaragua, 
PanamaNicaragua's Congress votes in favour of a Chinese plan to built a waterway between the Caribbean and the Pacific, to rival the Panama Canal.
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Hong Kong, United StatesThe US government has been hacking computers in mainland China and Hong Kong for years according to the whistleblower and former CIA contractor Edward Snowden
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A capsule carrying three Chinese astronauts is reported to have docked with the Tiangong-1 space laboratory.
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A Chinese journalist who disappeared days before the anniversary of the Tiananmen killings is under criminal detention in Beijing, his sister says.
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The World Bank cuts its forecast for China as it warns that global economy is transitioning towards a period of more stable, but slower growth.
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People across China are getting ready to celebrate the annual Dragon Boat Festival which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.
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United StatesA US judge sentences a Chinese national, Xiang Li, to 12 years in prison for selling more than $100m (£62m) of pirated US software.
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China's latest manned spacecraft has blasted off into orbit from it launch centre in the Gobi Desert.
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China has launched its latest Shenzhou manned space mission, carrying three astronauts on their journey to the orbiting Tiangong space lab.
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Three Chinese astronauts launch on their Long March rocket for a 15-day mission that will take them to the Tiangong orbiting laboratory.
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Will desalination work for parched Chinese region?
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China held a half-day trial for former railways minister Liu Zhijun, accused of embezzling funds and accepting bribes of over $10m, on Sunday, reports say.
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A Chinese court has sentenced the brother-in-law of the jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison on charges of fraud.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping end a two-day summit described by a US official as "unique, positive and constructive".
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A court in China sentences the brother-in-law of jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison on fraud charges.
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Beijing business gets creative to keep staff
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama open two days of talks in California on a number of high-stakes issues.
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A suicidal man started a fire on a packed commuter bus in south-eastern China that killed 47 people, state media report.
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A deadly bus explosion and fire in south-east China is being treated as "a serious criminal case", state media say.
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United StatesPresident Obama is on his way to a desert retreat in California where he will hold key talks with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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A fire engulfs a bus during rush hour in China's south-eastern city of Xiamen, killing at least 42 people and injuring 30, officials say.
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France, 
JapanThe French President is embarrassed by a slip of the tongue at a news conference in Tokyo as he confuses his hosts with the Chinese.
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United KingdomThe government defends UK deals with Chinese firms - amid warnings that security risks in infrastructure contracts were being "overlooked".
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GhanaAt least 124 Chinese nationals suspected of illegal gold mining are detained in Ghana's capital, Accra, officials say.
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FranceThe French government has labelled a Chinese anti-dumping probe into wine imported from the European Union "inappropriate and reprehensible".
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President Xi Jinping has a slogan - but what does it mean?
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A 55-million-year-old, mouse-sized fossil from China provides remarkable new insights into the origin of primates, the broad grouping of animals that also includes humans.
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The French government calls a Chinese anti-dumping probe into wine imported from the European Union "inappropriate and reprehensible".
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United StatesAn American businessman who has been unable to leave China for nearly five years due to a trade secrets row returns to the US days before a key US-China meeting.
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The European Commission announces it is imposing temporary anti-dumping levies on Chinese solar panel imports.
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Hong KongFormer Beijing mayor Chen Xitong, said to have backed the Tiananmen crackdown, dies as Hong Kong marks the protest's 24th anniversary.
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'Scary' rise in Chinese labour costs spooks foreign firms
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A fire kills at least 119 people at a poultry processing plant in north-east China's Jilin province, with reports that factory exits were locked.
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China fire raises factory safety fears
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A fire at a poultry processing plant in China has killed at least 119 people, officials say.
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Japan, United StatesJapanese shares continue their recent decline, hurt by weak manufacturing data from China and fears over the US scaling back key stimulus measures.
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A senior Chinese general rejects criticism over his country's role in territorial disputes in the South and East China seas.
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Trinidad and TobagoIn the first visit to Trinidad and Tobago by a Chinese leader, President Xi Jinping talks trade and improving energy co-operation with the islands' prime minister.
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United StatesChina accuses the US of "prejudice" for urging Beijing to provide a full account of the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989.
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Don't look down! Daredevil tourists brave a steep drop to tackle a narrow wooden path on the side of a near-vertical mountain in China.
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United StatesUS Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel accuses China of "cyber intrusions" at a conference attended by Chinese military officials.
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North Korea, 
LaosUN officials express dismay at reports that nine North Korean refugees were repatriated by China after being arrested in Laos.
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United StatesUS Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel calls for honest dialogue with his Chinese counterparts about cyber threats and online spying.
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Relatives of victims of the 1989 Tiananmen killings criticise Xi Jinping for failing to initiate reform, as the Chinese president embarks on a foreign tour.
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Officials in China say they are treating the case of a baby boy rescued from a sewage pipe as an accident.
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Singapore, United StatesUS eyes rising China at Singapore security talks
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United StatesUS pork producer Smithfield Foods agrees to be bought by China's Shuanghui International for $4.7bn (£3.1bn) in cash.
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The mother of a new-born baby found trapped in a sewage pipe in China has been reunited with her son and will not face criminal charges.
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The Chinese baby boy rescued from a sewage pipe is released from hospital in Zhejiang province to relatives, officials say.
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North Korea, Laos, United StatesThe US says it is concerned by South Korean media reports that China has repatriated nine North Korean refugees deported by Laos.
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An ostrich has survived being struck twice by different cars while running through oncoming traffic on a highway in China.
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What may be the earliest creature yet discovered on the evolutionary line to birds has been unearthed from the famous fossil beds of Liaoning Province in China.
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The Chinese baby that was rescued from a sewage pipe fell in accidentally, the baby's mother has said
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A Chinese baby rescued from a sewage pipe fell in accidentally during birth, the baby's mother is reported to have told police.
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The International Monetary Fund cuts its economic growth forecast for China in 2013 to "around 7.75%", with the weak global economy set to hit exports.
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The first vaccine which protects children against hand, foot and mouth disease has been reported by scientists in China.
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United StatesChinese hackers have gained access to designs for more than two dozen US weapons systems, a US newspaper reports.
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Two Chinese officials are suspended after being accused of handcuffing and parading a 13-year-old girl down a street for spilling a drink on a government car, state media say.
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Drug resistance has been detected in patients infected with the new bird flu that has emerged in China, say doctors.
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Firefighters in China rescue a newborn baby boy lodged inside a sewage pipe leading off a toilet at an apartment in Zhejiang province.
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Germany, United KingdomThe UK and Germany are among at least 14 EU members against proposals to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese solar panel imports, according to diplomats.
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AustraliaABC alleges Chinese hackers stole blueprints for Australia's new intelligence HQ, as foreign minister declines comment.
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GermanyGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she wants to reach an agreement with China over import tariffs and avoid triggering a damaging trade war.
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EgyptThe exposure of a Chinese teenager who vandalised an ancient Egyptian artwork leads to a wave of anger among China's internet users.
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France, Germany, United KingdomBig name brands and designer labels are attracting Chinese visitors to Britain for their holidays, but the UK is still lagging behind France, Italy and Germany.
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GermanyGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel says she wants to reach an agreement with China over import tariffs and avoid triggering a damaging trade war.
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SwitzerlandChina and Switzerland sign a memorandum of understanding on a free-trade agreement, the first such deal for China with a major Western economy.
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