News: China

We have started to collect the most important news related to China in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to China – overview

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• November 27th 2009 – November 5th 2009
• November 4th 2009 – October 11th 2009
• October 11th 2009 – September 17th 2009
• September 17th 2009 – August 26th 2009
• August 25th 2009 – August 2nd 2009
• July 30th 2009 – July 10th 2009
• July 10th 2009 – June 12th 2009
• June 12th 2009 – May 18th 2009
• May 17th 2009 – April 21st 2009
• April 20th 2009 – March 27th 2009
• March 26th 2009 – March 5th 2009
• March 5th 2009 – February 10th 2009
• February 10th 2009 – January 13th 2009
• January 12th 2009 – December 18th 2008
• December 18th 2008 – November 24th 2008
• November 23rd 2008 – October 31st 2008
• October 30th 2008 – October 8th 2008
• October 7th 2008 – September 15th 2008
• September 14th 2008 – August 20th 2008
• August 20th 2008 – August 10th 2008
• August 10th 2008 – July 28th 2008
• July 28th 2008 – July 8th 2008
• July 8th 2008 – June 16th 2008
• June 15th 2008 – May 23rd 2008
• May 23rd 2008 – May 3rd 2008
• May 3rd 2008 – April 10th 2008
• April 10th 2008 – March 21st 2008
• March 20th 2008 – February 29th 2008
• February 29th 2008 – January 30th 2008
• January 29th 2008 – December 28th 2007
• December 24th 2007 – November 21st 2007
• November 20th 2007 – October 16th 2007
• October 16th 2007 – September 7th 2007
• September 6th 2007 – August 8th 2007
• August 7th 2007 – July 4th 2007
• July 3rd 2007 – June 6th 2007
• June 5th 2007 – April 30th 2007
• April 29th 2007 – March 25th 2007
• March 24th 2007 – February 11th 2007
• February 9th 2007 – January 12th 2007
• January 12th 2007 – November 30th 2006
• November 29th 2006 – October 20th 2006
• October 19th 2006 – September 9th 2006
• September 7th 2006 – July 31st 2006
• July 31st 2006 – June 15th 2006
• June 14th 2006 – May 6th 2006
• May 6th 2006 – March 30th 2006
• March 29th 2006 – February 19th 2006
• February 17th 2006 – January 5th 2006
• January 4th 2006 – December 2nd 2005
• December 2nd 2005 – November 11th 2005

China: news

Child snatchers

Friday, November 27th 2009, 16:39

Few happy endings to China's abduction scourge
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China executes child traffickers

Friday, November 27th 2009, 15:43

China executes two men convicted of abducting and selling children, state media reports.
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China rock star jailed over riot

Friday, November 27th 2009, 13:51
related places: Beijing

A Beijing court jails Chinese rock star Zang Tianshuo for six years for inciting a riot in which one person died.
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China unveils Copenhagen targets

Thursday, November 26th 2009, 13:14
related countries: Denmark
related places: Copenhagen

China plans to cut the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product in 2020 by around 40%.
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Opera 'censors' Chinese content

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 14:19

Web browser Opera has closed a loophole which allowed Chinese users to access sites banned by the government.
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China executes tainted milk pair

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 12:03

China executes two people over a scandal involving tainted milk powder that resulted in six children dying, state media say.
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'Herbal mushroom' smugglers held

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 17:59
related countries: India

Police in Indian-administered Kashmir arrest four people trying to smuggle the rare medicinal herb, caterpillar fungus, to China.
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Prison term for Chinese activist

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 7:13

Chinese activist Huang Qi gets a three-year prison term for "illegally holding state secrets", but few details are released.
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China and N Korea in defence bond

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 4:37
related countries: North Korea

A meeting of Chinese and North Korean defence chiefs pledges close ties ahead of new nuclear talks efforts.
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Chinese mine blast toll doubles

Sunday, November 22nd 2009, 16:24

The death toll from a mine blast in north-eastern China more than doubles to 87, with 21 people still missing, report state media.
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Safety alarm

Sunday, November 22nd 2009, 11:03

China's concerns over latest deadly mining accident
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China mine blast death toll rises

Saturday, November 21st 2009, 10:50

A gas blast at a coal mine in China kills 42 people and leaves more than 66 trapped, state media reports.
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Student leader on trial in China

Friday, November 20th 2009, 10:03
related countries: Hong Kong

A former leader of the Tiananmen democracy protests, handed over by Hong Kong to China, goes on trial in what his supporters call political persecution.
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China 'steps up US cyber-spying'

Friday, November 20th 2009, 4:17
related countries: United States

Chinese spies are aggressively stealing secrets to help build up China's military and economic power, a US advisory panel says.
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Hitting the wall

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 12:19

Barack Obama leaves China with little to show for it
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'Black clinics'

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 1:47
related places: Beijing

Beijing's poor rely on illegal medical centres for care
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India English growth 'too slow'

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 12:18
related countries: India

India is falling behind countries such as China in its attempts to teach more of its people to speak English, a report says.
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Ramzi stripped of Olympic title

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 12:16
related countries: Bahrain

Bahrain's Olympic 1500m champion Rashid Ramzi is stripped of his gold medal after testing positive for doping at the 2008 Beijing Games.
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Trade talks end Obama China trip

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 10:10
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama meets Premier Wen Jiabao on the last day of his much-watched visit to China.
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Mao and Chiang heirs bridge gap

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 12:13
related countries: Taiwan

The grand-children of former combatants over the fate of China, Mao Tse-tung and Chiang Kai-shek, meet in Taiwan.
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Can a deal with China and the US work?

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 10:07
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama meets Premier Wen Jiabao on the last day of his visit to China. What was the outcome?
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China and US 'to work together'

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 8:42
related countries: United States

The Chinese and US presidents agree to work together on the world's most pressing problems, notably climate change.
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Summit talks for Obama in Beijing

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 2:08
related places: Beijing

US President Barack Obama holds a summit with Chinese leader Hu Jintao in Beijing, as he continues his first tour of Asia.
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China joins supercomputer elite

Monday, November 16th 2009, 15:04

China becomes one of a handful of nations to own one of the top five fastest supercomputers in the world.
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Obama presses China over rights

Monday, November 16th 2009, 13:09
related places: Shanghai

US President Barack Obama says freedom of expression and worship are "universal rights", during his first visit to China.
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What can Obama achieve in Asia?

Monday, November 16th 2009, 12:30

Barack Obama has said that individual freedoms should be available to all, on his first trip to China. Do you agree?
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Apec leaders drop climate target

Sunday, November 15th 2009, 15:16
related countries: Singapore, United States

Asia-Pacific leaders say it will not be possible to reach a climate change deal ahead of the UN conference in Copenhagen.
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US welcomes strong China - Obama

Saturday, November 14th 2009, 13:49
related countries: United States

President Obama says the US welcomes a strong, prosperous China on the world stage and "does not seek to contain it".
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Obama affirms commitment to Asia

Saturday, November 14th 2009, 6:02
related countries: United States
related places: Asia

US President Barack Obama welcomes a bigger international role for China and pledges greater cooperation with Asian countries.
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Angolan 'mafia targets Chinese'

Friday, November 13th 2009, 18:09
related countries: Angola

Chinese workers in Angola are being targeted by "mafia-style" gangs, business leaders say.
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Chinese schools collapse in snow

Friday, November 13th 2009, 7:29

Heavy snowfall in China causes 38 deaths in road accidents and collapsed buildings, state news media report.
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China activist 'in airport limbo'

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 12:08
related countries: Japan
related places: Tokyo

A prominent Chinese dissident says he has been stuck at Tokyo airport for nine days because China will not let him in.
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China 'running illegal prisons'

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 9:55

China is running unlawful detention centres in which its citizens can be kept for months, Human Rights Watch says.
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Back to the future

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 8:00

Obama returns to Asia to reassure allies and China
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Miners 'damage' Great Wall of China

Wednesday, November 11th 2009, 14:34

Authorities in China's Inner Mongolia accuse a mining company of destroying part of the Great Wall.
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China production and retail rise

Wednesday, November 11th 2009, 6:33

China's industrial production rises faster than expected and Chinese people are spending more, official statistics indicate.
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Chinese students disgruntled over university 'kissing patrols'

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 9:55

Students at a university in eastern China are complaining on the internet about kissing patrols set up by the authorities.
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China's Hu set for Malaysia visit

Monday, November 9th 2009, 23:59
related countries: Malaysia

Chinese President Hu Jintao is to hold talks in Malaysia, as the country prepares to issue a licence to a major Chinese bank.
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Nine executed over Xinjiang riots

Monday, November 9th 2009, 13:40
related places: Xinjiang

China executes nine people who had been convicted over deadly ethnic riots in Xinjiang region, officials say.
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Money talks

Monday, November 9th 2009, 13:23

What does China want for its $10bn loan to Africa?
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China official dies from alcohol

Monday, November 9th 2009, 11:43

A Chinese Communist Party official dies through excess drinking, the third such case this year, state media say.
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China pledges $10bn Africa loans

Sunday, November 8th 2009, 10:38

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledges $10bn in loans to Africa over the next three years, reports say.
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Mickelson holds off Els in China

Sunday, November 8th 2009, 8:58
related places: Shanghai

Phil Mickelson beats Ernie Els by a shot to win the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai.
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China hosts anti-piracy meeting

Friday, November 6th 2009, 13:04
related countries: Somalia

China hosts an international conference to co-ordinate anti-piracy escorts for cargo vessels in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia.
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Leftover Beijing Olympics condoms to be auctioned

Friday, November 6th 2009, 10:01

Some 5,000 of the condoms distributed to Olympics athletes at the Beijing Games are to be auctioned off.
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Woods and Watney share China lead

Friday, November 6th 2009, 9:55
related countries: United States
related places: Shanghai

Tiger Woods birdies the last hole to share the lead with fellow American Nick Watney after two days of the Champions tournament in Shanghai.
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Japan hosts Mekong River leaders

Friday, November 6th 2009, 7:51
related countries: Japan

Japan hosts the leaders of five Asian nations that share the Mekong River amid growing Chinese influence in the region.
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US hits China pipes with tariffs

Friday, November 6th 2009, 5:11
related countries: United States

The United States imposes high anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese pipes as trade disputes mar the run-up to a bilateral summit.
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China to ban beating web addicts

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 10:49

China's internet boot camps should not use physical punishment to treat web addicts, the ministry of health says.
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