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

Phelps wins historic eighth gold

Sunday, August 17th 2008, 3:19

American swimmer Michael Phelps wins his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics to beat Mark Spitz's record of seven.
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Live - Olympics

Saturday, August 16th 2008, 23:12
related places: Beijing

Britain win four more gold medals in sailing, rowing and cycling on day nine in Beijing, after Michael Phelps clinches his record eighth swimming title.
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Olympics day eight as it happened

Saturday, August 16th 2008, 15:30
related places: Beijing

Usain Bolt smashes the world record to win 100m gold after cyclists Bradley Wiggins and Chris Hoy, swimmer Rebecca Adlington and rowing's men's coxless four win gold for GB.
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Golden Britons sparkle in Beijing

Saturday, August 16th 2008, 14:21
related places: Beijing

Bradley Wiggins, Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington and the men's rowing four all win Olympic gold.
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Proud Jamaica

Friday, August 15th 2008, 22:44

Beijing's 100m showdown has a nation spellbound
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'Scam' probe of Chinese killed in UK

Friday, August 15th 2008, 19:23
related countries: United Kingdom

A Chinese couple murdered in Britain may have been involved in a range of betting and internet scams.
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Partisan crowd

Friday, August 15th 2008, 17:40

Old tensions linger at China-Japan football clash
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'No questions'

Friday, August 15th 2008, 9:08
related places: Xinjiang

Seeking answers in China's violence-hit Xinjiang region
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British protester held in Beijing

Friday, August 15th 2008, 8:33
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Beijing

A protester from the UK is arrested by police in China after unfurling a pro-Tibet banner in front of a building in Beijing.
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China investment beats forecasts

Friday, August 15th 2008, 7:50

China's capital investment has risen more than expected in the first half of 2008, official figures show.
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Olympics day seven as it happened

Friday, August 15th 2008, 0:50
related countries: United Kingdom, United States
related places: Beijing

Britain win gold in men's team sprint cycling and make sure of two sailing medals, and Kelly Sotherton ends day one of the heptathlon in third.
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Violence spreads?

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 23:34

Bus blasts breed fear in quiet corner of China
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Federer hit by shock Olympic loss

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 17:28
related places: Beijing

Roger Federer crashes out of the men's singles with a 6-4 7-6 defeat by James Blake but Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic reach the last four.
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China defends pre-Games promises

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 9:04

China vigorously defends itself against accusations it has not fulfilled promises made when it bid for the Olympic Games.
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Chinese industrial output slows

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 6:05

China's industrial output growth eased in July as overseas demand slowed and some plants were shut ahead of the Olympics.
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Live - Olympics

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 1:00
related countries: Norway, United States
related places: Beijing

China's Yang Wei wins gold in the all-around gymnastics final on day six of the Games, with 17 Olympic titles at stake.
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Not welcome

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 0:21
related places: Beijing

Beijing's protest parks remain empty, amid arrests
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Live - Olympics

Wednesday, August 13th 2008, 12:58
related places: Beijing

Michael Phelps breaks the record for Olympic golds and GB cyclist Emma Pooley wins silver in the time trial on day five in Beijing.
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Activists held over Games protest

Wednesday, August 13th 2008, 8:49
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Beijing

A number of pro-Tibet activists and a British journalist are arrested in the Chinese capital, Beijing, reports say.
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New attitudes

Wednesday, August 13th 2008, 5:29

How Paralympics could help disabled people in China
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China win first women's team gold

Wednesday, August 13th 2008, 4:49
related countries: United States

China overcome an injury-ravaged United States team to clinch their first gymnastics women's team Olympic title.
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Renewed violence in west China

Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 9:53
related places: Xinjiang

Three security staff are stabbed to death in the latest violent incident in China's western-most region of Xinjiang.
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Hard-up anti-immigration firebrand Le Pen sells French HQ to Chinese

Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 9:28
related countries: France

The French far-right National Front party is selling its party headquarters to a Chinese university, to pay off debts.
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Empty Olympic seats cause concern

Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 6:42

Chinese officials admit they are worried about empty seats at some Olympic events, hiring volunteers to fill empty venues.
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China capture team gymnastic gold

Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 5:02
related countries: Japan, United States

China's men deliver a stunning performance to claim the team gymnastics title ahead of Japan and the United States.
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Third gold for unstoppable Phelps

Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 3:00

Michael Phelps claims his third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics with victory in the men's 200m freestyle swimming.
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Live - Olympics

Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 0:24
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Beijing

American Michael Phelps wins the third of a possible eight golds and China take gold in the men's team gymnastics.
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Olympic curbs

Monday, August 11th 2008, 23:33
related countries: India

Chinese factory shutdowns cause Indian shortages
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Olympics day three as it happened

Monday, August 11th 2008, 14:28
related countries: Hong Kong
related places: Beijing

Andy Murray crashes out in the first round of the men's singles tennis, but Great Britain win gold and bronze in the women's 400m freestyle.
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Inflation fears hit China shares

Monday, August 11th 2008, 9:53
related places: Shanghai

Shanghai's main stock index slides to a 19-month low on fears that rising inflation will damage company profits.
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Clash of the titans

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 21:23
related countries: United States

China and US battle it out in Olympic basketball
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Star-studded US overwhelm China

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 19:59
related countries: United States

The United States beat China 101-70 in one of the most eagerly awaited events of the Olympic Games.
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Chinese pair found dead in UK

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 19:04
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Newcastle

A murder investigation is under way in Newcastle after the bodies of a Chinese man and woman are found in a flat.
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Live - Olympics

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 15:58
related countries: United States

Nicole Cooke wins gold for Great Britain in the women's road race as the USA face China in the basketball.
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Phelps claims first Beijing gold

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 12:46
related places: Beijing

Michael Phelps claims the first of the eight gold medals he has targeted after winning the 400m individual medley in a world record time.
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Sprinter Thanou barred from Games

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 11:18

Greece's Katerina Thanou is excluded from the Beijing Games after the IOC refused to accredit her.
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Deadly violence hits west China

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 9:08
related places: Xinjiang

Seven militants and a security guard are killed after a series of bombings in China's north-western region of Xinjiang.
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US tourist dies in Beijing attack

Saturday, August 9th 2008, 10:34
related countries: United States
related places: Beijing

A Chinese man stabs a US tourist to death and seriously injures another as the Olympics get under way in Beijing, officials say.
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Chen lifts first gold for China

Saturday, August 9th 2008, 6:34

Weightlifter Chen Xiexia gives the hosts their first victory of the 2008 Olympics with a win in the women's 48kg event.
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Live - Olympics

Saturday, August 9th 2008, 3:55
related places: Beijing

Hosts China win their first two golds of the Olympics, while Britain's Craig Fallon misses out on bronze in judo.
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US-China spy jailed for 15 years

Friday, August 8th 2008, 23:20
related countries: United States, Taiwan
related places: Beijing

A Taiwan-born US national gets a 15-year jail term for obtaining secret military documents and passing them to Beijing.
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Spectacular opening for Olympics

Friday, August 8th 2008, 16:46

China opens the 2008 Olympic Games with a lavish ceremony in Beijing, watched on TV by more than one billion people.
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Games begin with spectacular show

Friday, August 8th 2008, 16:05
related places: Beijing

Beijing opens the 2008 Olympic Games with a feast of light and sound inside the Bird's Nest stadium.
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Live - Olympics

Friday, August 8th 2008, 11:30
related places: Beijing

The 2008 Olympics begin with a lavish opening ceremony in front of a 90,000 crowd at Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium.
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Angry Tibetans protest in Nepal

Friday, August 8th 2008, 7:46
related countries: Nepal

Hundreds of angry Tibetans protest in Nepal as China prepares to open the Olympics in a few hours.
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Chinese growth 'set to stabilise'

Friday, August 8th 2008, 6:27

The Chinese economy is set to stabilise, official figures suggest, after seeing a sharp fall in growth in the first half of the year.
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Beijing pollution efforts hailed

Thursday, August 7th 2008, 17:39
related places: Beijing

IOC President Jacques Rogge praises Beijing's efforts to cut pollution, saying there is no risk to the health of Olympic athletes.
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Olympic dream

Thursday, August 7th 2008, 17:26

Why the Games are so important to the Chinese people
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Messi scores in Argentina victory

Thursday, August 7th 2008, 13:45

Lionel Messi scores Argentina's Olympic opener in a 2-1 defeat of the Ivory Coast after his club Barcelona allow him to play.
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Bush chides Beijing over rights

Thursday, August 7th 2008, 11:31
related countries: United States
related places: Asia

The US president uses a keynote speech in Asia to criticise China's human-rights record, on the eve of the Beijing Olympics.
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