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.

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China: news

Key N Korea nuclear talks begin

Thursday, July 10th 2008, 12:50
related countries: North Korea
related places: Beijing

Diplomats meet in Beijing for long-delayed talks on how to verify North Korea's account of its nuclear programme.
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China arrests 'Olympic plotters'

Thursday, July 10th 2008, 10:31
related places: Beijing

China say it has arrested 82 suspected terrorists so far this year for plotting to sabotage the Olympic Games in Beijing.
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Chinese police shoot Uighurs dead

Wednesday, July 9th 2008, 11:16
related places: Xinjiang

Chinese police shoot dead five alleged Uighur separatists in a raid in Xinjiang, the state news agency reports.
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Sarkozy decides to go to Olympics

Wednesday, July 9th 2008, 9:56
related countries: France

French President Sarkozy will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, quashing speculation about a boycott.
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Barca block Ronaldinho from Games

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 20:55
related countries: Brazil, Spain
related places: Barcelona, Beijing

Barcelona refuse to allow Ronaldinho to play for Brazil at the Beijing Olympics despite saying he has no long-term future at the club.
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New home planned for quake pandas

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 15:42

Chinese officials draw up plans to rebuild a major panda reserve badly damaged in the Sichuan province quake in May.
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One in four Chinese 'overweight'

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 11:36

More than 25% of adults in China are now considered overweight or obese, according to new research.
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Beijing 'failing pollution test'

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 4:05

With just one month to go until the Olympics, Beijing's air still falls short of international standards, BBC tests suggest.
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Coca-Cola defends Olympics deal

Monday, July 7th 2008, 22:36

Coca-Cola defends its sponsorship of the Beijing Olympics despite global protests about China's role in Tibet.
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Hard graft

Monday, July 7th 2008, 16:16

China clamps down on corruption as it rebuilds post-quake
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Niger signs power deal with China

Monday, July 7th 2008, 12:24
related countries: Niger

China agrees to send electrical power units to help improve Niger's power supplies.
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Chairman Mao dropped from new China banknote

Monday, July 7th 2008, 9:44

For the first time in nearly a decade, China is issuing new banknotes without the image of Chairman Mao Zedong.
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Accident at Chinese mine kills 21

Sunday, July 6th 2008, 13:25
related places: Shanxi

State media reports that at least 21 people have died after an accident at a coal mine in northern Shanxi province.
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China to close plants over Games

Saturday, July 5th 2008, 14:18
related places: Beijing, Tianjin

Factories in Tianjin near Beijing are ordered to close in an attempt to improve air quality a month before the Olympic Games.
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Direct China-Taiwan flights begin

Friday, July 4th 2008, 11:26
related countries: Taiwan

The first regular direct flight from China to Taiwan in nearly six decades lands in Taipei, in a new sign of improving ties.
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Bush to attend Olympic ceremony

Friday, July 4th 2008, 6:08
related countries: United States
related places: White House

US President George W Bush will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the White House says.
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China confirms Tibet envoy talks

Thursday, July 3rd 2008, 10:34
related places: Beijing

China confirms an official met envoys of the Dalai Lama, in its first statement on two-day talks this week in Beijing.
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Mine collapse kills 18 in China

Wednesday, July 2nd 2008, 5:38

Eighteen workers were killed when a mine shaft collapsed at a colliery in central China, state media reports.
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China knife attacker 'kills five'

Tuesday, July 1st 2008, 13:21
related places: Shanghai

A man storms into a police station in the Chinese city of Shanghai and stabs at least five officers to death, officials say.
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Algae invades China Olympic venue

Tuesday, July 1st 2008, 10:25
related places: Qingdao

More than 10,000 people work to clean up green algae that has invaded the Olympic sailing venue in Qingdao.
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Police die in China knife rampage

Tuesday, July 1st 2008, 10:04
related places: Shanghai

A man storms into a police station in the Chinese city of Shanghai and stabs at least five officers to death, officials say.
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Dalai Lama envoys in China talks

Tuesday, July 1st 2008, 4:40
related places: Beijing

Senior envoys for Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, are in Beijing for formal talks, the government-in-exile says.
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Bill for Warren Buffett lunch hits $2m

Monday, June 30th 2008, 9:17

A Chinese businessman wins the right to have lunch with Warren Buffett after bidding $2.1m on auction site eBay.
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Taiwan eases China currency rules

Monday, June 30th 2008, 3:09
related countries: Taiwan

Taiwan lifts some restrictions on exchanging Chinese currency, in the latest sign of warming bilateral ties.
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Chinese riots over girl's death

Sunday, June 29th 2008, 7:48

Angry crowds attack government buildings in south-west China in protest at the death of a teenage girl.
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China's punctured health care system

Saturday, June 28th 2008, 11:10
related places: Beijing

Going to see a doctor or having an operation is too expensive for many, reports Jill McGivering in Beijing.
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Beijing Olympic Bird's Nest ready

Saturday, June 28th 2008, 8:59
related places: Beijing

The main venue for Beijing's Olympic Games - the "Bird's Nest" stadium - is complete and fully operational, say officials.
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Tourism turn-off?

Friday, June 27th 2008, 23:18

China readies for Olympics but visitor numbers drop
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Bulgaria withdraws lifting team

Friday, June 27th 2008, 13:57
related countries: Bulgaria

Bulgaria withdraw their weightlifting team from this summer's Beijing Olympics as 11 lifters fail a drugs test.
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N Korea hands over nuclear data

Thursday, June 26th 2008, 18:58
related countries: North Korea
related places: Beijing

North Korea hands over a long-awaited account of its nuclear programme to China as part of a disarmament deal.
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China denies politicising Games

Thursday, June 26th 2008, 12:55

Beijing stresses it is "against politicising the Olympics" following an IOC rebuke over comments by an official in Tibet.
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Basketball superstar's giant bed in massive Olympics auction

Thursday, June 26th 2008, 11:49

China basketball star Yao Ming's big Olympic Village bed is one of 200 million items of memorabilia up for auction online.
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Fighter jets crash in north China

Wednesday, June 25th 2008, 11:17

Two military jets have collided above an urban area of Inner Mongolia, reports China's state news agency.
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Tibet reopens to foreign tourism

Wednesday, June 25th 2008, 5:33

Three months after violent anti-China protests, foreign tourists are being allowed back in to Tibet, state media says.
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Gatlin suffers new Olympic blow

Tuesday, June 24th 2008, 21:27
related countries: United States

Suspended Justin Gatlin's bid to compete in the American trials for the Beijing Games has been blocked.
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Japan warship begins China visit

Tuesday, June 24th 2008, 10:28
related countries: Japan

A Japanese warship arrives in southern China for a five-day port call, the first such visit since World War II.
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Olympic game

Monday, June 23rd 2008, 22:05

Global brands chase China market share and prestige
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Basketball: Bryant and James in US team

Monday, June 23rd 2008, 20:35
related countries: United States
related places: James

NBA player of the year Kobe Bryant and leading scorer LeBron James are named in the men's team for the Beijing Olympics.
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China fires 12 quake officials

Monday, June 23rd 2008, 15:31

Twelve officials are fired by the Chinese government for their handling of the earthquake that struck the country last month.
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Chinese couples rush to marry on opening date of Beijing Olympics

Saturday, June 21st 2008, 7:47

Many Chinese are applying to marry on 8 August, the opening date of the Beijing Olympics, state media say.
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Most Tibet protesters 'now freed'

Friday, June 20th 2008, 23:45

More than 1,000 people involved in protests in Tibet earlier this year have now been released from custody, Chinese media say.
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Fuel move boosts Chinese shares

Friday, June 20th 2008, 9:48

Chinese shares close 3% higher after the government raises fuel prices to try and cool energy demand.
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China's leader makes live webcast

Friday, June 20th 2008, 8:57

Chinese President Hu Jintao makes his debut on an online chat forum, but answers just three easy questions.
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China to raise the price of fuel

Thursday, June 19th 2008, 18:04

China, the world's second largest consumer of oil, announces it is to raise the price of petrol and diesel by 18%.
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Chinese South Africans now black

Wednesday, June 18th 2008, 14:51
related countries: South Africa

Ethnic Chinese people in South Africa are reclassified as black, to benefit from Affirmative Action.
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China and Japan strike gas deal

Wednesday, June 18th 2008, 11:20
related countries: Japan

China and Japan reach an agreement in a long-running dispute over a gas field in the East China Sea.
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Torch passed to Silk Road oasis

Wednesday, June 18th 2008, 3:44

China's Olympic torch relay moves to the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar in the mainly Muslim Xinjiang region.
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Bargain buy

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 22:42
related countries: Peru

Peru's lucrative copper mountain in Chinese hands
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More floods threaten south China

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 16:05

Mass evacuations and river reinforcements are under way in southern China amid fears of more bad flooding.
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Police out as torch hits Xinjiang

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 10:51
related places: Xinjiang

Security is very tight as the Olympic torch begins its passage through China's predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang.
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China's yuan rises as talks begin

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 7:49
related countries: United States

China's yuan is at its highest level since July 2005 as US and Chinese officials begin a two-day meeting.
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Torch relay

Monday, June 16th 2008, 21:07

The Olympic flame is in China's Uighur Muslim homeland
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Flood warning after Chinese rains

Monday, June 16th 2008, 11:38

China warns that one of its longest waterways, the Yellow River, is in danger of bursting its banks.
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Aussies to skip Beijing ceremony

Monday, June 16th 2008, 7:54
related countries: Australia
related places: Beijing

Most of Australia's athletes will miss the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics because of concerns over poor air quality.
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China and Japan 'near gas deal'

Monday, June 16th 2008, 4:32
related countries: Japan

China and Japan are close to a deal that would ease a long-running dispute over offshore gas fields, reports from Japan say.
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In pictures

Sunday, June 15th 2008, 23:55

Shards of shattered lives at Chinese quake museum
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Gold prospects

Sunday, June 15th 2008, 14:48

Will Olympics make China's economy go even faster?
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In pictures

Sunday, June 15th 2008, 13:37

More than a million people forced to flee China flooding
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Million flee south Chinese floods

Sunday, June 15th 2008, 8:12

Flooding in southern China kills at least 55 people and forces more than a million to flee their homes, the government says.
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Chinese healing

Saturday, June 14th 2008, 23:04

How old remedies are being used to help quake victims
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Blast in Chinese mine kills many

Saturday, June 14th 2008, 21:01

Chinese rescue workers hindered by toxic gas abandon a search for trapped miners after a blast killed 27 workers.
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Mandarin magic

Saturday, June 14th 2008, 0:31
related countries: Canada

How one Canadian talked his way to fame in China
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Direct China-Taiwan travel agreed

Friday, June 13th 2008, 15:23
related countries: Taiwan

China and Taiwan sign historic agreements on direct flights and tourism at their first talks in almost a decade.
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One month on

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 15:17

China's quake victims wait to rebuild their lives
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Olympic woes

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 12:14
related countries: Iraq
related places: Beijing

Iraq faces Beijing ban over Olympic committee wrangle
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First fruit of China-Taiwan talks

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 11:36
related countries: Taiwan

Negotiators from China and Taiwan agree to host representative offices, in their first formal talks for a decade.
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Tight security a month after quake

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 5:07

A month on from the earthquake, Chinese officials impose tight security in damaged areas, apparently to prevent protests.
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More than 4,000 children in China are named 'Olympic Games'

Wednesday, June 11th 2008, 13:52

More than 4,000 children in China are named 'Olympic Games'
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Dalai Lama starts Australia tour

Wednesday, June 11th 2008, 5:27
related countries: Australia

Tibet's exiled leader, the Dalai Lama, arrives in Australia for a visit, as his supporters urge China to meet his envoys.
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China wins quake lake 'victory'

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 18:09

China has begun to successfully drain an unstable lake formed by the Sichuan earthquake, officials say.
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Quake lake battle

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 17:11
related places: Mianyang

Daniel Griffiths in Mianyang reports on China's victory
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In pictures

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 10:17
related places: Tangjiashan

Water engulfs quake-hit town of Beichuan
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Chinese parks 'sell tiger wine'

Monday, June 9th 2008, 21:23

Illegal "tiger bone wine" is being made and sold by a number of animals parks in China, say campaigners.
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'Weak links' in Chinese toy firms

Monday, June 9th 2008, 11:57

The Chinese toy industry still has "weak links" in it despite progress in addressing safety concerns, an EU report finds.
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Chinese quake lake still rising

Monday, June 9th 2008, 8:18

Water levels in a lake formed by the Sichuan earthquake are still rising, as soldiers fire shells to clear new drainage channels.
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Aftershock near China quake lake

Sunday, June 8th 2008, 13:02

A strong aftershock in China rocks a quake-formed lake that has been threatening to burst its banks, state media says.
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China begins draining quake lake

Saturday, June 7th 2008, 6:54

Chinese troops begin to drain a dangerously swollen "quake lake" formed after the Sichuan earthquake.
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Baby hope for earthquake parents

Friday, June 6th 2008, 15:22

China sends medics to offer reverse sterilisation operations to parents who lost their only child in the quake.
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China jails quake rubble looter

Friday, June 6th 2008, 11:25

A Chinese court jails a man for over seven years after he stole from buildings which fell in last month's quake disaster.
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Beijing unveils official Olympic cheer to spur on Team China

Thursday, June 5th 2008, 15:29

Beijing Olympic organisers promote an official cheer for patriotic spectators to spur on Team China at the Games.
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China's love affair with the piano

Thursday, June 5th 2008, 11:32

Viewed as dangerous during the Cultural Revolution, piano playing is now very popular in China, as Petroc Trelawny discovers.
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China quake lake now 'critical'

Thursday, June 5th 2008, 11:15

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says efforts to ease a swollen quake lake have reached a "critical moment".
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Slow progress

Thursday, June 5th 2008, 1:00

Parents of quake victims are angry at official response
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Tight grip

Tuesday, June 3rd 2008, 16:32

China does all it can to avoid re-run of Tibet unrest
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China reins in quake school fury

Tuesday, June 3rd 2008, 15:57

China appears to be reining in public anger over the number of schools that collapsed during the earthquake.
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Setback for China quake rescuers

Sunday, June 1st 2008, 11:08
related places: Mianyang

A helicopter ferrying China quake victims crashes, as efforts to stop a quake lake flooding Mianyang continue.
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'Quake lake' evacuation continues

Saturday, May 31st 2008, 18:44

About 200,000 people are moved from areas below a rising "quake lake" in Sichuan, Chinese media say.
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Japan shelves military aid flight

Friday, May 30th 2008, 11:06
related countries: Japan
related places: Tokyo

Tokyo shelves a military flight carrying quake aid to Sichuan amid Chinese fears of an anti-Japan backlash.
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Dior drops Sharon Stone in China

Thursday, May 29th 2008, 11:55

Sharon Stone is dropped by Christian Dior in China after saying the recent earthquake was the result of bad "karma".
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Japan plans China relief flight

Thursday, May 29th 2008, 6:25
related countries: Japan

Japan plans to send a military plane with relief supplies to quake-hit China, the first such flight for over 60 years.
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China and Taiwan to restart talks

Thursday, May 29th 2008, 4:15
related countries: Taiwan

Taiwan and China say they will resume bilateral talks, which have been suspended for a decade.
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Guilty plea in US-China spy case

Wednesday, May 28th 2008, 23:15
related countries: United States, Taiwan
related places: Beijing

A Chinese woman living in the US pleads guilty to helping to spy for Beijing on US military relations with Taiwan.
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Historic China-Taiwan summit held

Wednesday, May 28th 2008, 10:13
related countries: Taiwan

The chairman of Taiwan's ruling party meets Chinese President Hu Jintao in a sign of warming ties.
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Mass evacuation from quake lake

Wednesday, May 28th 2008, 8:23

Almost 160,000 have now been evacuated from areas below a rising "quake lake" in Sichuan, Chinese media say.
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Aftershocks hit China homes

Tuesday, May 27th 2008, 20:10

Two further aftershocks destroy 420,000 homes in the Chinese area hit by the recent quake, state media say.
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China 'quake lake' area evacuated

Tuesday, May 27th 2008, 10:05

Another 80,000 people are being evacuated in China from near a swollen "quake lake", state media say.
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Troops work to drain quake lake

Tuesday, May 27th 2008, 5:59

Chinese troops work to ease pressure on a rising "quake lake" in Sichuan province, amid fears of floods.
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Chinese troops tackle quake lake

Monday, May 26th 2008, 9:43

Chinese troops work to unblock a lake formed by the earthquake, as the toll from Sunday's aftershock rises.
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Taiwan party chief heads to China

Monday, May 26th 2008, 9:42
related countries: Taiwan

The chairman of Taiwan's ruling party arrives in China, for a visit being seen as another sign of warming ties.
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China quake zone braced for rain

Sunday, May 25th 2008, 12:00

China's Sichuan province prepares for heavy rains which could hamper relief efforts for quake victims.
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