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We have started to collect the most important news related to China in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
Positive views of the EU and Europe in 2012 fall sharply on last year, while China's ratings rise, according to a BBC poll.
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United StatesChen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who escaped house arrest and hid in the US embassy, says there is no progress on his passport application.
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The latest data from China indicates that the country's economy is continuing to slow, raising the prospect of monetary policy easing.
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PhilippinesSeveral hundred protesters wave flags and placards at the Chinese embassy in the Philippine capital over a month-long maritime stand-off with China.
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United StatesBlind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who fled house arrest and spent six days in the US embassy, says his family is under intensified pressure from the authorities.
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PhilippinesWhat lies behind China's dispute with the Philippines
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A woman blows herself up to protest against the demolition of her house in southern China, killing herself and two other people, state media say.
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PhilippinesMost travel agencies in China are suspending tours to the Philippines amid tension over a stand-off in the South China Sea, Chinese state media say.
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China's export and import growth slows in April, raising fresh fears about a sharp slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.
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United StatesIndustrial and Commercial Bank of China gets the nod to take over a US bank, the first such US approval for a Chinese firm.
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United StatesThe Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng says he is waiting for the paperwork to be completed before he can leave the country for the United States.
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Italian sports car maker Ferrari apologises after one of its cars drives on top of an ancient Chinese monument, ahead of a celebratory event, causing damage.
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United StatesChinese activist Chen Guangcheng says he is waiting for the authorities to issue his passport, so he can leave to study in the US.
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ItalyItalian sports car maker Ferrari has apologised after one of its cars drove on an ancient Chinese monument, prior to a publicity event, causing damage.
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Has expelled journalist become an "unperson" in China?
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South KoreaSouth Korea has stepped up customs inspections to stop capsules filled with powdered human flesh being smuggled into the country from China.
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Iran, United StatesChina is buying crude oil from Iran paid for with its own currency, the yuan, despite a US-led boycott of Iran over its nuclear programme.
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Melissa Chan is the first foreign journalist to be expelled from China for almost 15 years.
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Chinese authorities announce that artist Ai Weiwei will be allowed to challenge a huge fine for alleged tax evasion.
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United StatesUS and Chinese defence ministers pledge to co-operate on cybersecurity, despite accusations that China is behind online attacks against the US.
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Al-Jazeera says it has been forced to close its English-language bureau in Beijing after China carries out a rare expulsion of a foreign journalist.
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PhilippinesChina warns the Philippines over 'serious mistakes' in the stand-off in the South China Sea and says it is prepared for "any escalation".
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General Electric announces a deal with China's XD Electric to tap into China's fast-growing market for electric transmission and distribution.
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China activist Chen looks to the future but remembers his past
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Vegetable sellers in China have been caught spraying cabbages with a formaldehyde solution to keep them fresh in transit, state media say.
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United StatesActivist Chen Guangcheng says he does not know when - or if - he will be allowed to leave China because he has not started the process of getting a passport.
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South KoreaSouth Korea is to increase customs inspections targeting capsules of powdered human flesh smuggled in from China and taken as medicine.
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China says he can leave the country and the Americans say they will welcome him. But he is still confined to a hospital in Beijing.
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United StatesThe US says Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has been offered a fellowship by a US university and it expects China to allow him out soon.
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United StatesWhy US and China need a deal on dissident Chen
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United StatesChina says prominent dissident Chen Guangcheng can apply to study abroad, potentially showing a way out of the diplomatic crisis with the US.
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United StatesChinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has telephoned a US Congressional hearing to plead for help in his attempts to leave China with his family.
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United StatesChinese dissident Chen Guangcheng telephones a US Congressional hearing to plead for help in his attempts to leave China with his family.
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United StatesChinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has telephoned a US Congressional hearing to plead for help in his attempts to leave China with his family.
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United StatesChinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he has been unable to meet US officials to discuss his desire to leave the country, he tells the BBC.
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United StatesChen Guangcheng was not put under pressure to leave the US embassy, its ambassador says, as the activist tells the BBC he wants to leave China.
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United StatesActivist Chen Guangcheng says he wants to leave China hours after leaving his US embassy refuge, as US-China strategic talks get under way.
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United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told China that it cannot deny the aspirations of its citizens, during a news conference at the start of high-level trade and security talks between the two countries in Beijing.
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SingaporeSingapore's Temasek Holdings is seeking to sell $2.4bn (£1.3bn) worth of its shares in Bank of China and China Construction Bank.
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United StatesUS Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urges China to change its export-led growth policy and increase domestic consumption.
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United StatesLeading Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he left his refuge in the US embassy in Beijing after Chinese authorities made threats to his family.
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United StatesChinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he gave up his refuge in the US embassy in Beijing after Chinese authorities made threats to family members.
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United StatesChinese dissident Chen Guangcheng leaves his refuge in the US embassy in Beijing and will stay in China, amid reports his family had been threatened.
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MacauWynn Macau, the Chinese arm of Wynn Resorts, gets approval to build a new casino on Macau's Cotai strip.
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United StatesHillary Clinton arrives in China for talks set to be overshadowed by the fate of a Chinese activist, as state media mentions the case for the first time.
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Why China's attempts to control the web could backfire
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United StatesActivists claim Mr Chen entered the US embassy in Beijing earlier this month, after slipping out of his home.
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United StatesActivist's escape overshadows talks between the US and China
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JapanTokyo's governor says he plans to buy a group of islands at the centre of a dispute between Japan and China.
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United StatesBarack Obama refuses to comment on the whereabouts of a Chinese dissident said to be at the US embassy in Beijing after fleeing house arrest.
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China's manufacturing activity expands for the fifth month in a row, easing concerns about a sharp slowdown in its economy.
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United StatesChinese activist Chen Guangcheng is thought to be under American protection since he escaped house arrest, but exactly how is not yet clear.
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United StatesThe EU urges China to exercise 'restraint' in the case of escaped activist Chen Guangcheng, amid reports family members and associates have been rounded up.
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China has moved a step closer to completing its own navigation and positioning satellite network Beidou with the launch of two more navigation satellites.
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South KoreaSouth Korea arrests nine Chinese sailors after officials were injured in a scuffle when they boarded a ship suspected of illegal fishing in the Yellow Sea.
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AustraliaClive Palmer, one of Australia's richest men, is commissioning a Chinese state-owned company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic.
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Concern is growing in China for relatives and friends of blind activist Chen Guangcheng, who escaped from house arrest last week.
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Officials in South Sudan say China has agreed to loan it $8bn (£4.9bn) for major development projects, following a presidential visit to Beijing.
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United StatesBlind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is under "US protection" in Beijing after his dramatic escape from house arrest, a US-based rights group says.
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United KingdomChina's National Theatre is performing for the first time overseas at the Globe Theatre in London.
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United StatesChina dissident Chen Guangcheng has fled to the US embassy in Beijing after a dramatic escape from house arrest, says fellow activist Hu Jia.
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One of China's best-known dissidents, Chen Guangcheng, escapes house arrest and releases a video addressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
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Activists in China have saved more than 500 dogs from being killed for food.
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Prominent dissident lawyer Chen Guangcheng escapes house arrest in China and posts a video on the internet appealing directly to Premier Wen Jiabao
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One of China's best known dissidents, Chen Guangcheng, escapes house arrest and releases a video addressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
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VietnamChina decides "in principle" to build a supply dock on one of the islands it disputes with Vietnam in the South China Sea.
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The BBC's Mukul Devichand visits the city of Chongqing to find out what caused the downfall of the senior Chinese politician Bo Xilai.
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United KingdomWilliam Hague denies claims that Neil Heywood - who died in China last November - might have been a member of British intelligence.
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Disgraced politician Bo Xilai ran a wire-tapping system that extended as far as China's president, the New York Times has reported.
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Hong KongThe man chosen by China to be Tibet's second highest spiritual leader makes his first appearance outside the Chinese mainland.
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Disgraced politician Bo Xilai ran a wire-tapping system that extended as far as China's president, the New York Times has reported.
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Hong KongThe brother of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai steps down from the board of China Everbright International, a Hong Kong-listed company.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), United StatesA former Morgan Stanley executive pleads guilty to bribing a Chinese official in exchange for business and personal gains.
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United StatesUS prosecutors charge two Taiwanese nationals with attempting to export US military technology - for the alleged benefit of the Chinese government.
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Hong KongHong Kong hospitals will limit maternity services to most pregnant women from mainland China from next year, under new proposals.
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The son of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai defends his lifestyle in a letter to his university and expresses "deep concern" about his family.
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Shares in Chinese search engine Baidu fall more than 10% in after hours trading after a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast.
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The owners of car maker Lotus, which employs 1,200 staff, is in talks with a Chinese firm about a possible sale, an MP reveals in the House of Commons.
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