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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• December 23rd 2009 – November 19th 2009
• November 19th 2009 – October 27th 2009
• October 27th 2009 – October 2nd 2009
• October 2nd 2009 – September 11th 2009
• September 10th 2009 – August 13th 2009
• August 13th 2009 – July 22nd 2009
• July 22nd 2009 – July 5th 2009
• July 4th 2009 – June 5th 2009
• June 5th 2009 – May 5th 2009
• May 4th 2009 – April 12th 2009
• April 10th 2009 – March 16th 2009
• March 16th 2009 – February 20th 2009
• February 20th 2009 – January 22nd 2009
• January 22nd 2009 – December 29th 2008
• December 29th 2008 – December 3rd 2008
• December 2nd 2008 – November 14th 2008
• November 13th 2008 – October 18th 2008
• October 18th 2008 – September 22nd 2008
• September 22nd 2008 – August 24th 2008
• August 24th 2008 – August 13th 2008
• August 12th 2008 – July 31st 2008
• July 31st 2008 – July 14th 2008
• July 14th 2008 – June 20th 2008
• June 19th 2008 – May 28th 2008
• May 28th 2008 – May 7th 2008
• May 6th 2008 – April 14th 2008
• April 14th 2008 – March 24th 2008
• March 24th 2008 – March 5th 2008
• March 5th 2008 – February 1st 2008
• February 1st 2008 – December 31st 2007
• December 30th 2007 – November 23rd 2007
• November 23rd 2007 – October 18th 2007
• October 17th 2007 – September 12th 2007
• September 11th 2007 – August 8th 2007
• August 8th 2007 – July 4th 2007
• July 3rd 2007 – June 5th 2007
• June 4th 2007 – April 29th 2007
• April 28th 2007 – March 22nd 2007
• March 20th 2007 – February 9th 2007
• February 8th 2007 – January 11th 2007
• January 10th 2007 – November 25th 2006
• November 25th 2006 – October 13th 2006
• October 13th 2006 – August 31st 2006
• August 31st 2006 – July 26th 2006
• July 25th 2006 – June 7th 2006
• June 6th 2006 – April 24th 2006
• April 22nd 2006 – March 21st 2006
• March 21st 2006 – February 10th 2006
• February 10th 2006 – December 27th 2005
• December 26th 2005 – November 26th 2005
• November 26th 2005 – November 11th 2005

China: news

Slump hits China multinationals

Friday, February 20th 2009, 9:39

Nearly 70% of multinational firms in China plan to cut recruitment, and more than a quarter have laid off staff, a survey suggests.
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Job seekers

Friday, February 20th 2009, 1:02

China's factory towns hard-hit by economic slump
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China lets it snow to end drought

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 15:24
related places: Beijing

The Chinese capital, Beijing, is covered in artificially-induced snow after cloud-seeding ends its longest drought in decades.
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China calls for ship sinking inquiry

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 15:24
related countries: Russia
related places: Nakhodka

China calls on Russia to carry out an investigation after a shooting incident involving a Chinese-owned vessel off Nakhodka.
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Sweden accepts ex-Guantanamo man

Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 15:46
related countries: Sweden

A Chinese Muslim who was held in Guantanamo Bay for almost five years is granted permission to stay in Sweden indefinitely.
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'Tibetans held' in China protest

Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 12:19

Chinese police have detained several people after a pro-Tibet protest in south-west China, campaign groups say.
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Aids is China's deadliest disease

Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 3:35

HIV/Aids has become China's deadliest infectious disease, the government says, killing 7,000 in nine months.
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China set to boost Venezuela ties

Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 11:59
related countries: Venezuela

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is due in Venezuela for a visit, during which the two sides are set to sign oil accords.
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War with China

Monday, February 16th 2009, 17:13
related countries: Vietnam

Nationalists in Vietnam remember, 30 years on
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China warns against protectionism

Monday, February 16th 2009, 9:41

China warns against protectionist measures by other countries, amid fears such action could aggravate the economic slump.
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Chinese firm to buy Oz Minerals

Monday, February 16th 2009, 8:21
related countries: Aruba

Chinese firm Minmetals offeres to buy debt-laden Australian miner Oz Minerals for 2.6bn Australian dollars ($1.7bn, £1.2bn).
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Taleban release Chinese engineer

Sunday, February 15th 2009, 6:28
related countries: Pakistan

Taleban militants in north-western Pakistan release a Chinese engineer held hostage for more than five months.
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World Bank gives China $710m loan

Friday, February 13th 2009, 10:57
related places: Wenchuan

The World Bank is giving China $710m to help rebuild the areas which were hit by last year's Wenchuan earthquake.
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China milk scandal firm bankrupt

Thursday, February 12th 2009, 15:32

A Chinese food group at the centre of a contaminated milk scandal is declared bankrupt with debts of $160m.
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Chinese investment in Rio Tinto

Thursday, February 12th 2009, 11:03
related countries: Aruba

Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto says China's state-owned Chinalco is to invest a further $19.5bn in the business.
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Arrests follow China tower fire

Thursday, February 12th 2009, 10:16

Chinese police detain 12 people, including a senior state TV staffer, for a fatal fire at the station's new headquarters in Beijing.
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Out of control

Thursday, February 12th 2009, 8:05
related places: Beijing

The Beijing fireworks party that went wrong
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China seeks broader Africa role

Thursday, February 12th 2009, 3:46
related countries: Mali, Mauritius, Senegal

China's president is visiting Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Mauritius, aiming to show China seeks a stronger position in Africa.
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China to build Mecca rail system

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 11:52
related countries: Saudi Arabia
related places: Mecca

China is to build a new railway system linking the main sites of the annual Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj, in Saudi Arabia.
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China's exports see sharp decline

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 7:13

China's exports dropped 17.5% in January from a year earlier, the biggest drop in more than 10 years, official data shows.
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Chinese whispers

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 1:10

Criticism of China's human-rights record softening?
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China seeks to bolster Saudi ties

Tuesday, February 10th 2009, 14:52
related countries: Saudi Arabia

China's president is in Saudi Arabia on the first leg of his overseas tour, with energy at the top of the agenda.
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Man denies China PM shoe charge

Tuesday, February 10th 2009, 11:09

A man appears in court in Cambridge accused of throwing a shoe at the Chinese Prime Minister.
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Fatal fire destroys Beijing hotel

Tuesday, February 10th 2009, 9:32
related places: Beijing

Chinese state TV is blamed for a fire at a landmark hotel in Beijing, in which a firefighter died.
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Chinese consumer inflation slides

Tuesday, February 10th 2009, 6:21

China's consumer price index hits a new low, but fears surround pressures on food prices.
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China submits rights record to UN

Monday, February 9th 2009, 16:14

China presents an eagerly-awaited report on its rights record to the UN in Geneva.
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China pursues Latin America ties

Monday, February 9th 2009, 6:19

Two senior Chinese officials visit Latin America in pursuit of closer economic links and new trading partners.
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Water delay

Sunday, February 8th 2009, 16:05

Chinese scheme to divert Yangtze River is four years late
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China falls in global opinion

Friday, February 6th 2009, 2:10
related countries: Russia

Global public views of Russia and China have slipped considerably in the past year, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.
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Russia and China seen negatively

Friday, February 6th 2009, 0:01
related countries: Russia

Global public views of Russia and China have slipped considerably in the past year, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.
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China declares drought emergency

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 12:40

China declares an emergency in north and central drought-hit regions, where nearly four million people are short of water.
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India denies Chinese sub reports

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 5:21
related countries: India

India denies Chinese media reports that an Indian submarine was forced to surface after a stand-off with Chinese warships.
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Chinese anger at UK shoe-thrower

Tuesday, February 3rd 2009, 11:26
related countries: United Kingdom

China reacts with indignation over an incident in which a shoe was thrown at Premier Wen Jiabao in the UK.
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Chinese migrant job losses mount

Monday, February 2nd 2009, 11:33

China says 20 million migrant workers have lost their jobs during the economic downturn.
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Brown calls for China trade boost

Monday, February 2nd 2009, 10:48
related countries: United Kingdom

Prime Minister Gordon Brown urges greater collaboration to increase trade between the UK and China.
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Brown and Chinese PM hold talks

Monday, February 2nd 2009, 3:39
related countries: United Kingdom

Gordon Brown is to meet Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on the last day of the leader's three-day visit to the UK.
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Chinese PM greeted by protesters

Sunday, February 1st 2009, 17:05
related countries: United Kingdom

Five pro-Tibetan protesters are arrested for trying to approach Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during his three-day UK visit.
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China birth defects 'up sharply'

Sunday, February 1st 2009, 9:34

Pollution in China has caused an alarming rise in the number of babies with birth defects, a senior official says.
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China firework bar blaze kills 15

Sunday, February 1st 2009, 2:40

At least 15 people die in a fire in a bar in south-east China, believed to have been started by fireworks, says state media.
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Chinese prime minister visits UK

Saturday, January 31st 2009, 14:44
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

China's PM arrives in London as part of a European tour coinciding with the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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Obama and Hu 'urge closer ties'

Friday, January 30th 2009, 21:46
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama phones China's Hu Jintao - and is quoted in Chinese media as calling for stronger bilateral links.
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Strong as an ox?

Thursday, January 29th 2009, 15:43

What 2009 holds for the migrant workers of China
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China's Tibet action sparks plea

Thursday, January 29th 2009, 13:18
related places: Lhasa

Tibet's leaders-in-exile appeal for international intervention in a Chinese security crackdown in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa.
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Crisis 'has hit China's economy'

Wednesday, January 28th 2009, 16:52

China's Premier Wen Jiabao says although the global downturn has had an impact, his country can deal with it.
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Hong Kong rebel

Monday, January 26th 2009, 20:57

The Chinese tycoon taking a stand for democracy
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Parties see in Chinese New Year

Monday, January 26th 2009, 12:42

Chinese people around the world celebrate the start of the Lunar New Year with parties, incense and prayers.
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In pictures

Monday, January 26th 2009, 10:33

Millions welcome in Chinese Year of the Ox
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Serena secures fourth-round place

Saturday, January 24th 2009, 4:55
related countries: Aruba

Serena Williams produces an uneven performance against China's Peng Shuai but still reaches the last 16 of the Australian Open.
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N Korea's Kim meets China envoy

Friday, January 23rd 2009, 18:02
related countries: North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, rarely seen since a reported stroke last year, meets a visiting Chinese official.
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Audio slideshow

Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 15:39

Chinese migrants going home for New Year
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