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

China ban for Memoirs of a Geisha

Thursday, February 2nd 2006, 8:58

Hollywood film Memoirs of a Geisha is banned in China after coming in for criticism in the country's media.
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Internet firms 'bowed to Beijing'

Thursday, February 2nd 2006, 1:24
related countries: United States

US congressmen condemn IT firms including Microsoft and Google for helping China censor the internet.
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China bankers in US scam charge

Wednesday, February 1st 2006, 8:03
related countries: United States
related places: Las Vegas

Two ex-Bank of China managers are charged in the US with stealing $485m and trying to launder the money through Las Vegas casinos.
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Chinese fireworks blast kills 36

Monday, January 30th 2006, 16:16

An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in central China on the first day of Chinese New Year leaves 36 dead.
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China backs Iran compromise

Thursday, January 26th 2006, 12:03
related countries: Iran
related places: Tehran

Chinese officials back plans to enrich uranium in Russia for use in Iran, but call for renewed global diplomacy.
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Chinese editor denounces closure

Thursday, January 26th 2006, 10:51

The editor of an outspoken Chinese newspaper supplement says its closure is 'disgusting'.
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Iran nuclear envoy visits China

Thursday, January 26th 2006, 4:08
related countries: Iran
related places: Tehran

Iran's top nuclear negotiator visits China for talks likely to focus on world concern over Tehran's nuclear programme.
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Google China move condemned

Wednesday, January 25th 2006, 17:41

An international media watchdog accuses Google of letting down Chinese web users by agreeing to censorship.
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Woman dies of bird flu in China

Wednesday, January 25th 2006, 12:34

A 29-year-old woman in China becomes the seventh person in the country to die of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus.
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Google censors itself for China

Wednesday, January 25th 2006, 8:45
related places: Beijing

Web search giant Google will censor its China site in order to abide by tight government control of the net.
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China's economy continues to soar

Wednesday, January 25th 2006, 8:15

The Chinese economy grew 9.9% last year, official figures have revealed, and is showing no signs of slowing down.
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China lowers its HIV/Aids figures

Wednesday, January 25th 2006, 5:08

China releases new HIV figures showing fewer cases than estimated, but warnings of a serious crisis continue.
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Chinese chemical threat to rivers

Tuesday, January 24th 2006, 10:07

More than 100 chemical plants beside China's rivers pose safety threats, the country's environment chief warns.
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Yamaha raided in China probe

Monday, January 23rd 2006, 7:03
related countries: Japan

Police in Japan raid the headquarters of vehicles giant Yamaha in an inquiry into helicopter exports to China.
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Taiwan's Chen warned over China

Monday, January 23rd 2006, 6:41
related countries: Taiwan

Taiwan's outgoing PM warns President Chen Shui-bian over his hardline China policy, as a cabinet reshuffle begins.
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Yamaha raided over China exports

Monday, January 23rd 2006, 4:21
related countries: Japan

Police in Japan raid the headquarters of vehicles giant Yamaha in an inquiry into helicopter exports to China.
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Chinese PM warns on rural unrest

Friday, January 20th 2006, 10:41

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says the seizures of land by local authorities are a key threat to rural stability.
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China and Taiwan resume flights

Friday, January 20th 2006, 4:51
related countries: Taiwan

Direct passenger flights between China and Taiwan begin for a limited period over the Lunar New Year.
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Public unrest increasing in China

Thursday, January 19th 2006, 13:24

China announces another rise in public disturbances, as rapid economic growth sparks social unrest.
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Taiwan highlights Chinese threat

Thursday, January 19th 2006, 12:19
related countries: Taiwan

Taiwan shows satellite images of Chinese army bases said to underscore the threat to the island.
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$1.9bn pledged for bird flu fight

Wednesday, January 18th 2006, 13:44

Donor nations meeting in China pledge $1.9bn to help fight bird flu outbreaks, much more than expected.
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N Korea confirms Kim's China trip

Wednesday, January 18th 2006, 12:11
related countries: North Korea, United States
related places: Beijing

After days of silence, North Korea's official news agency confirms reports that Kim Jong-il has been in China.
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Donors asked for bird flu funding

Tuesday, January 17th 2006, 17:04

A donor conference in China is aiming to raise more than $1bn to fight the worldwide spread of bird flu.
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Kim Jong-il 'inspects' China boom

Sunday, January 15th 2006, 16:46
related countries: Japan, North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il tours high-tech firms in China, according to secret filming aired by Japanese TV.
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Villagers clash with China police

Sunday, January 15th 2006, 12:30

A number of villagers in southern China have been hurt after police broke up a land protest, reports say.
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Chinese farmer in suicide attack

Saturday, January 7th 2006, 5:39

A farmer explodes a bomb in a court in north-west China, killing himself and four others, including two senior officials.
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Thousands trapped in China snow

Friday, January 6th 2006, 11:54

Almost 250,000 people are trapped by heavy snowfall, as China faces its worst winter in 20 years.
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Last 'Gang of Four' member dies

Friday, January 6th 2006, 10:07

Yao Wenyuan, the last remaining member of the Gang of Four which led the Cultural Revolution, has died.
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Privacy rule angers China police

Thursday, January 5th 2006, 7:26
related places: Nanjing

Police in China's Nanjing are angry at a demand to disclose their private lives in an effort to stamp out corruption.
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China frees corruption journalist

Wednesday, January 4th 2006, 0:33

Chinese journalist Jiang Weiping, jailed after exposing high-level corruption, has been freed.
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Sam Rainsy accuses China, Vietnam

Tuesday, January 3rd 2006, 14:37
related countries: Cambodia, Vietnam
related places: Phnom Penh

Cambodia's main opposition leader suggests Vietnam and China influenced the recent arrests of rights activists in Phnom Penh.
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Pakistan denies new reactor plan

Tuesday, January 3rd 2006, 14:15
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan denies a newspaper report it is in talks to buy between six and eight new nuclear reactors from China.
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Starbucks wins Chinese logo case

Monday, January 2nd 2006, 11:49

A Chinese firm is found guilty of violating Starbucks' trademark by using a similar name and logo.
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China growth set to beat forecast

Monday, January 2nd 2006, 9:55

A senior official says China's economy grew an estimated 9.8% in 2005, much faster than previously forecast.
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Taiwan warns of China 'threats'

Sunday, January 1st 2006, 9:28
related countries: Taiwan

President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan vows to toughen his island's stance against China in his New Year speech.
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HIV boy loses China hospital case

Friday, December 30th 2005, 16:56
related places: Beijing

A nine-year-old boy loses his case against a Beijing hospital his parents claim gave him HIV-contaminated blood.
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Walkout protest hits China paper

Friday, December 30th 2005, 10:16

About 100 journalists from China's progressive Beijing News walk out to protest against their editor's sacking.
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China confirms new bird flu death

Thursday, December 29th 2005, 15:38

Tests confirm China's third bird flu fatality, bringing the total number of human cases of the disease to seven.
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Top Chinese press editor sacked

Thursday, December 29th 2005, 13:49

Chinese authorities dismiss the editor-in-chief of the popular and outspoken Beijing News.
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Spy claim over diplomat's suicide

Wednesday, December 28th 2005, 11:03
related countries: Japan

A Japanese diplomat who committed suicide last year was being blackmailed by China, media reports say.
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China releases village activist

Tuesday, December 27th 2005, 16:08

China releases a village activist held for three months, in what is seen as an unusual concession to protesters.
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Life term for China land minister

Tuesday, December 27th 2005, 15:06

A former China government minister is jailed for life for taking more than half a million dollars in bribes.
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China arrests owners of blaze bar

Tuesday, December 27th 2005, 5:32
related places: Zhongshan

Four brothers who owned a bar in the Chinese city of Zhongshan where a fire killed 26 people are arrested.
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Olympics: Beijing profit in 2008

Monday, December 26th 2005, 10:33

Beijing's 2008 Olympic Games could generate millions of dollars in profits, according to state media.
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China plans mass bird flu vaccine

Monday, December 26th 2005, 9:34

China says it has made a new bird flu vaccine for poultry which may also ultimately help protect humans.
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Christmas blaze kills 26 in China

Monday, December 26th 2005, 4:56

A blaze in a bar in the southern Chinese city of Zhongshan kills 26 people celebrating Christmas.
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China 'jails democracy activist'

Sunday, December 25th 2005, 6:21
related countries: Japan

A Chinese democracy activist is reportedly jailed for 12 years for helping to organise anti-Japanese protests.
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Dozens killed in China bus crash

Saturday, December 24th 2005, 22:29

Twenty-seven people are feared dead in northern China after a bus plunges into the Yellow River.
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China to try NY Times researcher

Friday, December 23rd 2005, 19:21

China is to prosecute a New York Times researcher on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer says.
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China acts on mine safety lapses

Friday, December 23rd 2005, 10:27

China takes action against more than 200 officials in connection with six major coal mining accidents.
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China dissident's appeal rejected

Friday, December 23rd 2005, 7:30
related countries: United States

China's court upholds the life sentence of a US-based Chinese dissident on terror charges, state media say.
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Dozens dead in China gas blast

Friday, December 23rd 2005, 6:57

A gas explosion at a construction site in south-west China kills at least 42 people.
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China toxic slick stopped by dam

Friday, December 23rd 2005, 4:14

Chinese officials say a toxic spill has been stopped by a dam, ensuring clean water downstream.
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China criticises HK reform defeat

Thursday, December 22nd 2005, 6:32
related countries: Hong Kong
related places: Beijing

Beijing criticises pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong for blocking a controversial reform package.
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Toxic spill in second China river

Wednesday, December 21st 2005, 11:20

A second toxic spill in weeks threatens water supplies to millions in southern China, state media say.
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Toxic leak set to hit Russia city

Tuesday, December 20th 2005, 13:47
related countries: Russia
related places: Khabarovsk

Residents of Khabarovsk brace for the arrival of a chemical river spill from China to the south.
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China climbs economic rankings

Tuesday, December 20th 2005, 7:55

China moves up the world economic rankings after reporting that its output was much larger than estimated.
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China prints names of riot dead

Sunday, December 18th 2005, 21:31

The names of three people killed when Chinese police opened fire during a village riot are published by state media.
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Toxic leak reaches Russian river

Friday, December 16th 2005, 11:41
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow

A toxic river spill from a chemical explosion in China reaches Russian waters, Moscow says.
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China official on trial over riot

Friday, December 16th 2005, 11:33

A local Chinese Party official and 26 others go on trial for their role in a bloody riot over land rights.
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Dozens die in China hospital fire

Friday, December 16th 2005, 4:56
related places: Liaoyuan

Patients are forced to jump from a burning hospital in north-eastern China, after a fire kills at least 39 people.
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Kazakh-China oil pipeline opens

Thursday, December 15th 2005, 7:37
related countries: Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan and China open a 1,000km-long oil pipeline to supply Kazakh oil to China's western region of Xinjiang.
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China ex-minister tried for graft

Wednesday, December 14th 2005, 5:20
related places: Beijing

The trial of a former Chinese government minister accused of taking huge bribes begins in Beijing.
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East Asian leaders focus on trade

Tuesday, December 13th 2005, 10:07

East Asian leaders hold a series of meetings aimed at boosting trade, as a China-Japan row rumbles on.
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China scholars condemn shootings

Tuesday, December 13th 2005, 7:21

A group of Chinese scholars posts an open letter condemning the shooting of protesters in Guangdong.
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China official held over shooting

Sunday, December 11th 2005, 13:38

A commander who ordered police to open fire on a village demonstration in China is arrested, media reports say.
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Businessmen sue over Chinese leak

Saturday, December 10th 2005, 2:44

Businessmen plan to sue the Chinese state-owned chemical company blamed for a toxic spill last month.
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China mine blast leaves 74 dead

Thursday, December 8th 2005, 6:01

China's third fatal mine accident in two weeks leaves 74 miners dead and 32 missing in northern Hebei Province.
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Chinese toxic blast official dead

Wednesday, December 7th 2005, 13:02

A vice-mayor of the Chinese city where a chemical blast polluted a river last month is found dead at his home.
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Chinese girl has deadly bird flu

Tuesday, December 6th 2005, 16:38

A 10-year-old Chinese girl has been diagnosed with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, officials say.
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Chinese mine owner 'disappears'

Tuesday, December 6th 2005, 5:53

The owner of a Chinese mine where flooding has trapped 42 miners is missing, the state news agency reports.
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Airbus unveils $10bn Chinese deal

Monday, December 5th 2005, 14:55

European aircraft maker Airbus agrees to sell 150 A320 planes to China in a deal worth almost $10bn.
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Japan PM shrugs off China snub

Monday, December 5th 2005, 5:53
related countries: Japan

Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says China's decision to delay annual talks is "fine" with him.
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Airbus and China strengthen ties

Sunday, December 4th 2005, 18:26

China and Airbus sign a pact which could see the European aircraft maker assembling some planes in China.
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IOC chief defends hosts Beijing

Sunday, December 4th 2005, 12:00
related places: Beijing

IOC chief Jacques Rogge gives his support to 2008 Olympic hosts Beijing.
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China mine flood traps 42 workers

Saturday, December 3rd 2005, 5:39
related places: Henan

Rescuers in China are trying to reach 42 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in the central Henan province.
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China torture 'still widespread'

Friday, December 2nd 2005, 15:17

Torture is often used in China's jails, says a UN official - who also accused Beijing of obstructing his inquiry.
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China's environment chief quits

Friday, December 2nd 2005, 11:04

China's environmental protection chief resigns, a week after a serious toxic leak left a city without water.
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HK democrats set for China talks

Friday, December 2nd 2005, 4:28
related countries: Hong Kong
related places: Beijing

Pro-democracy lawmakers from Hong Kong are to hold rare face-to-face talks with senior Beijing officials.
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Tibetan monks 'held over protest'

Thursday, December 1st 2005, 18:29

Five Tibetan monks are arrested for opposing a Chinese political campaign, a pro-democracy campaign group says.
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China mine blast officials held

Thursday, December 1st 2005, 7:08

Two Chinese coal mine officials are arrested following an explosion that killed at least 164 miners.
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China protests over police video

Thursday, December 1st 2005, 3:50
related countries: Malaysia
related places: Beijing

Beijing summons Malaysia's envoy to protest about the treatment of ethnic Chinese in Malaysia.
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Hopes fade for China mine missing

Tuesday, November 29th 2005, 11:09

Chinese rescuers search for survivors of a mine blast, as four more miners are found dead, taking the toll to 146.
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Chinese city water supply 'safe'

Tuesday, November 29th 2005, 7:46
related places: Harbin

Water in China's city of Harbin is declared safe to drink more than two weeks after a toxic spill.
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China mine blast death toll jumps

Monday, November 28th 2005, 15:36

An explosion at a mine in north-east China claims 134 lives, officials say, with 15 miners still trapped.
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McCartney attacks China over fur

Monday, November 28th 2005, 0:14

Sir Paul McCartney vows not to perform in China after seeing footage of dogs and cats being killed for their fur.
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Russians prepare for toxic leak

Sunday, November 27th 2005, 23:46
related countries: Russia

Russia is to airlift chemicals to try to tackle a toxic spill expected to flow into its rivers from China.
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China city water supply resumes

Sunday, November 27th 2005, 23:17
related places: Harbin

Running water is back for China's city of Harbin after a toxic spill, but may not yet be safe to drink.
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Rescuers sent to China quake zone

Sunday, November 27th 2005, 6:57

Chinese rescuers are sent to areas hit by a quake that killed 14 people and flattened thousands of homes.
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China city water supply to resume

Sunday, November 27th 2005, 6:30
related places: Harbin

The Chinese city of Harbin is to have its water restored, five days after it was cut off following a chemical blast.
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China apologises for river spill

Saturday, November 26th 2005, 18:04
related countries: Russia

China apologises to Russia for a massive toxic leak which is set to reach Russian rivers within two weeks.
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Earthquake strikes central China

Saturday, November 26th 2005, 15:34

An earthquake kills at least 14 people and injures hundreds in parts of central China, state media report.
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Beijing orders Harbin leak probe

Saturday, November 26th 2005, 6:41
related places: Beijing, Harbin

Officials from Beijing are sent in to investigate the chemical blast that contaminated a city's main water source.
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Malaysia investigates abuse claim

Saturday, November 26th 2005, 0:44
related countries: Malaysia

Malaysia launches an inquiry into a video which appears to show a police officer humiliating a Chinese woman.
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Evacuations follow China spillage

Friday, November 25th 2005, 11:36
related places: Harbin

Hundreds of Chinese are being evacuated as the city of Harbin spends a third day without mains water.
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Chinese toxic leak was 100 tonnes

Friday, November 25th 2005, 3:35

Chinese media reveal the extent of the toxic leak threatening water supplies along the Songhua river.
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Anger as Singapore hanging looms

Friday, November 25th 2005, 2:29
related countries: Aruba, Singapore

A former Australian PM calls Singapore a "rogue Chinese port" as it prepares to hang a drug smuggler.
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Toxic leak reaches Chinese city

Thursday, November 24th 2005, 12:29
related places: Harbin

A huge spill of benzene flows through the Chinese city of Harbin, amid health concerns for riverside communities.
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China city braces for toxic spill

Wednesday, November 23rd 2005, 20:03

A Chinese city threatened by a chemical spill into a river prepares for the contaminated water to reach it.
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China has second bird flu death

Wednesday, November 23rd 2005, 17:47

China confirms a second woman has died of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu - in its third human case.
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