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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

China: news

Chinese city plans to shorten buildings for world heritage status

Friday, December 12th 2008, 12:23
related places: Hangzhou

The Chinese city of Hangzhou plans to lop off the top floors of several buildings to help the city's world heritage status bid, officials say.
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Chinese car sales hit by slowdown

Friday, December 12th 2008, 10:47

Chinese car sales plunge and retail sales slow as the global economic slowdown catches up with the country's economy.
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Chinese exports drop in slowdown

Wednesday, December 10th 2008, 18:00

China reports a fall in exports for the first time in seven years, as the global downturn starts to hurt its economy.
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Silenced

Wednesday, December 10th 2008, 14:52

Locked away in China for 'daring to complain'
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North Korea talks reach stalemate

Wednesday, December 10th 2008, 13:07
related countries: North Korea North Korea
related places: Beijing

A senior US envoy says talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programme have failed to make progress.
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Chinese police detain protesters

Wednesday, December 10th 2008, 11:10
related places: Beijing

Police in Beijing detain dozens of human rights protesters on the anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
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World marks UN Human Rights Day

Wednesday, December 10th 2008, 0:15

Sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Chinese writers and academics call for greater freedoms.
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Russian firms 'lead bribe list'

Tuesday, December 9th 2008, 11:58
related countries: Russia Russia

Companies from Russia and China are most likely to pay bribes when doing business abroad, a survey claims.
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China takes lead on N Korea draft

Monday, December 8th 2008, 15:06
related places: Beijing

China is drafting a document which will outline how to verify what progress N Korea is making towards nuclear disarmament.
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Petitioners in China 'abducted'

Monday, December 8th 2008, 13:26
related places: Xintai

The authorities in the Chinese city of Xintai have been abducting citizens who make complaints, state media says.
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China angry at EU-Dalai meeting

Sunday, December 7th 2008, 13:02
related countries: France France, Poland Poland
related places: Beijing, Eu

China summons the French ambassador to protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's meeting with the Dalai Lama.
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China 'faces mass social unrest'

Friday, December 5th 2008, 12:15

Rising unemployment and the economic slowdown could cause social turmoil in China, a leading Communist Party scholar warns.
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China, US pledge $20bn trade aid

Friday, December 5th 2008, 6:32
related countries: United States United States
related places: Beijing

The two countries pledged $20bn (£13.6bn) to help finance global trade, as part of efforts to boost the faltering world economy.
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China bans lip-synching from the nation's biggest TV show

Thursday, December 4th 2008, 17:11

Chinese authorities ban lip-synching from the nation's biggest TV show after the Beijing Olympics miming controversy.
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Crisis overshadows US-China talks

Thursday, December 4th 2008, 13:11
related countries: United States United States

Senior US officials are in China for economic talks, an event overshadowed by the global financial crisis.
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Dalai Lama in address to Euro MPs

Thursday, December 4th 2008, 11:53

The Dalai Lama makes a speech to EU MPs, but China is angry at his European tour and threatens consequences for trade.
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Dalai Lama urges EU to stand firm

Thursday, December 4th 2008, 1:21

The Dalai Lama urges the European Union to stand firm on human rights to protect the interests of the Chinese people.
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EU bans imports of Chinese soya

Wednesday, December 3rd 2008, 15:49

The European Commission bans imports of Chinese soya-based food products intended to be eaten by young children.
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EU bans imports of Chinese soya

Wednesday, December 3rd 2008, 15:31

The European Commission bans imports of Chinese soya-based food products intended to be eaten by young children.
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More Chinese eggs tainted, says HK

Wednesday, December 3rd 2008, 11:36

Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety finds more eggs from China tainted with the industrial chemical melamine.
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Chinese dairy exports in decline

Tuesday, December 2nd 2008, 13:30

China's dairy exports have all but ground to a halt following the scandal earlier this year when milk was tainted with melamine.
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Carbon monoxide kills China girls

Tuesday, December 2nd 2008, 13:13

Eleven girls die of carbon monoxide poisoning in northern China, state media report, after lighting a fire to keep warm.
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China factory output down sharply

Monday, December 1st 2008, 10:14

China's manufacturing output fell sharply in November, the latest sign the global slowdown is impacting its economy.
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China builds South East Asia ties

Monday, December 1st 2008, 7:31
related countries: Cambodia Cambodia, Laos Laos

Senior Chinese officials are visiting Laos and Cambodia as they cultivate ties with China's poorer southern neighbours.
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Man 'put mother's body in river'

Sunday, November 30th 2008, 15:30

A man is detained in China for throwing his mother's body into a river because he could not afford a funeral, state media says.
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Economy warning from China leader

Sunday, November 30th 2008, 12:25

China's President Hu Jintao warns that the global financial crisis could weaken his country's competitiveness.
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'Taiwan spy' executed by Beijing

Friday, November 28th 2008, 22:42
related countries: Taiwan Taiwan
related places: Beijing

China executes a scientist accused of spying for Taiwan, despite appeals from his daughters for clemency.
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China's first home-made jet flies

Friday, November 28th 2008, 16:35

China has successfully flight tested it first home-grown commercial airliner with a 90-seat capacity.
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Taxi strike hits new Chinese city

Friday, November 28th 2008, 9:24
related places: Chaozhou, Taxi

Taxi drivers go on strike in the southern city of Chaozhou, the latest in a wave of protests across the country.
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Sierra Leone navy battles pirates

Friday, November 28th 2008, 8:57
related countries: Sierra Leone Sierra Leone

Four men are killed after Sierra Leone's navy acts against a pirate attack on a Chinese fishing vessel, police say.
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China tycoon's arrest confirmed

Thursday, November 27th 2008, 7:32

Police say Chinese billionaire Huang Guangyu is in custody while they investigate him for alleged economic crimes.
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How the turtle's shell evolved

Wednesday, November 26th 2008, 20:07

A 220 million year old fossil from China shows that the ancestors of modern turtles did not have complete shells
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Tibet row puts off China-EU talks

Wednesday, November 26th 2008, 13:24

China postpones a summit with the EU because of European contacts with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
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Troubled empire

Wednesday, November 26th 2008, 11:56

Mystery of alleged detention of China's richest man
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Chinese death row trial 'flawed'

Wednesday, November 26th 2008, 5:43

The family of a Chinese man condemned to death for spying criticise China's judicial system, saying his trial was flawed.
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Police killer executed in China

Wednesday, November 26th 2008, 5:28
related places: Shanghai

A 28-year-old man convicted of killing six policemen in Shanghai is executed, despite gaining wide public sympathy.
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China says Roses album is 'venomous'

Tuesday, November 25th 2008, 12:03

China dismisses the new Guns N' Roses album, Chinese Democracy, as a "venomous attack" on the nation.
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China's economic growth 'to slow'

Tuesday, November 25th 2008, 6:22

The World Bank says China's economy will grow slower than expected in 2009 - as it feels the effects of the global crisis.
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Hu's Greek trip focuses on trade

Monday, November 24th 2008, 7:25
related countries: Greece Greece

China's President Hu Jintao visits Greece for talks expected to focus on trade, amid warming relations.
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China tycoon's company in trouble

Monday, November 24th 2008, 6:46

Trade is suspended in shares of Gome amid claims of wrongdoing by its owner Huang Guangyu, one of China's richest men.
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Dalai Lama urges Chinese contacts

Sunday, November 23rd 2008, 8:49

The Dalai Lama asks Tibetan exiles to improve contacts with ordinary Chinese, but warns that their leaders remain a threat.
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Democratic deficit

Sunday, November 23rd 2008, 0:50

Lord Patten on China's 'threat to democracy'
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Panda attacks man in Chinese zoo

Saturday, November 22nd 2008, 14:50

A man has been attacked by a panda at a zoo in China after he climbed into its pen hoping to cuddle the creature.
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Tibetans back Dalai Lama on China

Saturday, November 22nd 2008, 11:21
related countries: India India

Tibetan exiles meeting in India back the Dalai Lama's policy of seeking autonomy, rather than full independence, from China.
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Bush and Hu meet at Apec summit

Saturday, November 22nd 2008, 4:57
related countries: Peru Peru, United States United States
related places: Lima

US President George W Bush meets China's Hu Jintao, ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit dominated by the financial crisis.
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US global dominance 'set to wane'

Friday, November 21st 2008, 11:38
related countries: India India, United States United States

US dominance is likely to weaken by 2025 as India and China grow stronger, a new Washington intelligence report says.
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China names 19,000 May quake dead

Friday, November 21st 2008, 11:23

Chinese authorities name more than 19,000 people killed in a big quake in May, but deny reports they were all students.
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China woman loses fight for home

Friday, November 21st 2008, 9:18

Workers tear down the home of Chinese activist Ni Yulan, now in detention after fighting for six years to save it.
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Crucial partner

Friday, November 21st 2008, 3:18

China's trade ties with Latin America are on the rise
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US warned of China 'cyber-spying'

Thursday, November 20th 2008, 18:54
related countries: United States United States
related places: Congress

China has increased computer espionage attacks on US government and business interests, Congress is warned.
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