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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.
North Korea, 
United StatesUS envoys are meeting North Korean officials in Beijing to finalise details of a food aid deal aimed at halting Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
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United StatesUS investment bank Goldman Sachs posts a loss in Asia, the first since 2008, following declines in the Chinese stock market
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A young Tibetan teenager burns himself to death in China, rights groups say, becoming the third such reported case this week.
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VietnamThe US Senate votes to uphold Washington's ability to impose duties on subsidised goods from China and Vietnam.
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Damian Grammaticas reports on one man's story of alleged bullying and corruption by local Communist Party officials and the police.
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Tate Modern buys part of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's sunflower seeds installation with plans to display it in a conical structure.
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Two Tibetan women have died in separate incidents of self-immolation in Western China, Tibetan rights activists and exiles say.
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GhanaGhanaian presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo tells HARDtalk why he believes the Chinese have a healthy interest in Ghana.
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China's premier opens the last parliament session before a leadership change with a wide-ranging speech on the economy, land rights and the military.
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Get to know China's next generation of leaders
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Thousands turn out to elect a new leader for a Chinese village that staged a high-profile revolt over perceived local corruption.
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Philippines, United States, 
TaiwanThe US authorities say they have smashed several major smuggling rings bringing fake goods to the US from China, Taiwan and the Philippines.
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Two-thirds of China's cities will fail to meet new air quality standards, a senior Chinese environment official says.
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Elections are due to take place in a village in southern China where protests took place 3 months ago
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Tibet's Communist Party chief orders tight control over the internet and mobile phones ahead of the annual Chinese parliamentary session.
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PhilippinesChina and the Philippines trade barbs amid a rumbling row over exploration in disputed areas in the South China Sea.
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China's manufacturing expanded in February, a survey suggests, easing concerns about a slowdown in its economy.
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Animal welfare groups are stepping up their efforts to stop bears being farmed for their bile, a popular ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine.
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Anger in China over bears milked for medicine
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SyriaA new resolution is being drawn up at the United Nations to focus on humanitarian aid for Syria, in the hope both China and Russia will give support.
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Two men are arrested in China on suspicion of stealing a 17.5m-long historic, century-old bridge, Chinese media reports.
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Chinese state media says 12 people have died in riots near the city of Kashgar in Xinjiang province, a region hit by riots in 2009.
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An explosion occurs at a chemical factory in China's Hebei province, killing at least 13 people and injuring many more.
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Endangered tigers transported thousands of miles
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JapanJapan's cabinet approves bills to enhance coast guard powers, amid rumbling maritime disputes with China.
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North KoreaSouth Korea's parliament passes a resolution demanding that China stops the repatriation of North Korean refugees.
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United KingdomThe severe winters experienced in the UK and other areas of Europe, North America and China in the past few years could be linked to the melting of Arctic sea ice.
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Chinese architect Wang Shu has won this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize - the first Chinese citizen to be selected, the jury announced.
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China is to overhaul the sometimes threatening slogans used to enforce its one-child policy, the authorities announce.
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China needs to embrace fundamental free-market reforms if its economy is to continue to grow at its current pace, says the World Bank.
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Syria, United StatesChina hits out at US criticism over Syria, with the official Communist Party newspaper describes it as "super arrogant".
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Spreading the word about holidays in the Gulf
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President Obama's 2012 election campaign page on Google+ is flooded with messages in Chinese after local restrictions are removed.
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A Communist Party official warns Tibetans in an area at the centre of recent anti-China protests to oppose separatism and obey the law.
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Debate over sentence for Chinese entrepreneur
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Apple can for now continue to sell the iPad tablet in Shanghai after a court ruling over naming rights is suspended on Thursday.
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North Korea, United StatesUS and North Korean officials are meeting in Beijing for the first talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programme since the death of Kim Jong-il.
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Malaysia, 
SudanSouth Sudan expels the head of a Chinese and Malaysian-owned oil firm following its investigation into Khartoum's "theft" of oil worth $815m (£518m).
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A Chinese company is fighting Apple Inc over its use of the iPad trademark in China.
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JapanChina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lodges an official complaint with Japan after a politician claimed the Nanjing Massacre of 1937-38 never occurred.
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Shares in popular Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba.com rise 43% after its parent group announces plans to take the firm private.
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North KoreaSouth Korean President Lee Myung-bak asks China to deal with North Korean refugees "in accordance with international rules".
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ABC presenter Bill Weir has been granted exclusive access to a factory in China run by Foxconn, one of the biggest suppliers for software giant Apple.
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Great Wall Motor becomes the first Chinese carmaker to open an assembly plant in Europe as it aims to lift sales in the region.
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Researchers discover a forest in northern China that was preserved in volcanic ash following an eruption 300,000 years ago.
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Russia, United StatesChina, the US and other countries opposed to a new EU carbon tax on airlines meet in Moscow to consider possible retaliation.
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Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba sees a fall in fourth-quarter profits, the first in two years as the world economic downturn hits exports.
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An explosion at a major steel factory in north-eastern China has killed 13 people and injured another 17, says a company official.
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The Foreign Correspondents Club in China warns its members after three employees of European media companies were attacked last week.
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SyriaThe West is stirring civil war in Syria, says an editorial in the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party.
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China agrees to ease restrictions on the number of foreign films shown there and to increase the amount studios can make from ticket sales.
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JapanJapan lodges a diplomatic protest with China after its coastguards were blocked from conducting a marine survey in disputed waters, officials say.
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IrelandThe man tipped to become China's future leader, Vice-President Xi Jinping, is making a three-day visit to the Irish Republic with the focus on trade.
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China's central bank cuts the amount of money banks must keep in reserve, in an effort to boost lending and sustain economic growth.
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JapanLeaders in Japan and China say they will help the eurozone solve its debt crisis through the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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IrelandChina's Xi tries Irish sports and coffee in three-day visit
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IrelandThe man tipped to become China's future leader, Vice-President Xi Jinping, makes a three-day visit to the Irish Republic with the focus on trade.
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SyriaSyrian troops fire on a crowd of mourners in Damascus, reportedly killing one, as a visiting Chinese envoy urges all sides to refrain from violence.
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ZimbabweFour Chinese nationals face deportation from Zimbabwe after they are arrested for killing and eating rare tortoises, officials say.
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SyriaA Chinese envoy visiting Syria calls on all sides in the country to end violence, amid talks with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.
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United StatesChina's Vice-President Xi Jinping is in California, on the last leg of his US visit, for business talks and perhaps a basketball game.
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SyriaA senior Chinese envoy visits the Syrian capital Damascus in the hope of mediating in the crisis as bloodshed continues.
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SyriaA senior Chinese official is visiting Syria as the violent crackdown against opposition groups continues.
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Dozens of villagers in eastern China are detained following protests against alleged land grabs by local officials, state media report.
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SyriaA resolution condemning human rights violations in Syria and calling for President Assad to stand down is passed by the UN General Assembly.
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China's largest search engine, Baidu, reports a 77% surge in profit between October to December as advertising revenue grows.
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United StatesObama and Xi aim for tough but friendly diplomacy
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Lu Jun, the man who was once China's top football referee, is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail for taking bribes to fix matches.
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United StatesChinese Vice-President Xi Jinping calls for deeper "strategic trust" in a speech to business leaders in Washington, on the second full day of his US visit.
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New ZealandA New Zealand court blocks a move by the government to allow Chinese investors to buy farms in the country.
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China appoints a career legal official as Communist Party secretary of Aba prefecture in Sichuan province, amid increasing protests in the Tibetan area.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama says China needs to follow fair trade practices as it plays an increasingly important global role.
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United StatesChina's leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, defends his country's record on human rights, at the start of a week-long visit to the United States.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama presses China's leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, on trade and human rights, as he welcomes him to the White House.
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SyriaChinese Premier Wen Jiabao says his country will "absolutely not protect any party" in the conflict in Syria, despite the veto of a UN resolution.
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China's Supreme Court says it will review a controversial death sentence handed down on fraud charges "with caution", after a public outcry.
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China vows to help resolve the eurozone debt crisis, during talks with the EU in Beijing, but falls short of pledging investment in a bailout fund.
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What do we know about the man in line to be China's next leader?
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