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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China: news

Taiwan eases China currency rules

Monday, June 30th 2008, 3:09
related countries: Taiwan

Taiwan lifts some restrictions on exchanging Chinese currency, in the latest sign of warming bilateral ties.
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Chinese riots over girl's death

Sunday, June 29th 2008, 7:48

Angry crowds attack government buildings in south-west China in protest at the death of a teenage girl.
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China's punctured health care system

Saturday, June 28th 2008, 11:10
related places: Beijing

Going to see a doctor or having an operation is too expensive for many, reports Jill McGivering in Beijing.
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Beijing Olympic Bird's Nest ready

Saturday, June 28th 2008, 8:59
related places: Beijing

The main venue for Beijing's Olympic Games - the "Bird's Nest" stadium - is complete and fully operational, say officials.
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Tourism turn-off?

Friday, June 27th 2008, 23:18

China readies for Olympics but visitor numbers drop
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Bulgaria withdraws lifting team

Friday, June 27th 2008, 13:57
related countries: Bulgaria

Bulgaria withdraw their weightlifting team from this summer's Beijing Olympics as 11 lifters fail a drugs test.
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N Korea hands over nuclear data

Thursday, June 26th 2008, 18:58
related countries: North Korea
related places: Beijing

North Korea hands over a long-awaited account of its nuclear programme to China as part of a disarmament deal.
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China denies politicising Games

Thursday, June 26th 2008, 12:55

Beijing stresses it is "against politicising the Olympics" following an IOC rebuke over comments by an official in Tibet.
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Basketball superstar's giant bed in massive Olympics auction

Thursday, June 26th 2008, 11:49

China basketball star Yao Ming's big Olympic Village bed is one of 200 million items of memorabilia up for auction online.
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Fighter jets crash in north China

Wednesday, June 25th 2008, 11:17

Two military jets have collided above an urban area of Inner Mongolia, reports China's state news agency.
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Tibet reopens to foreign tourism

Wednesday, June 25th 2008, 5:33

Three months after violent anti-China protests, foreign tourists are being allowed back in to Tibet, state media says.
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Gatlin suffers new Olympic blow

Tuesday, June 24th 2008, 21:27
related countries: United States

Suspended Justin Gatlin's bid to compete in the American trials for the Beijing Games has been blocked.
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Japan warship begins China visit

Tuesday, June 24th 2008, 10:28
related countries: Japan

A Japanese warship arrives in southern China for a five-day port call, the first such visit since World War II.
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Olympic game

Monday, June 23rd 2008, 22:05

Global brands chase China market share and prestige
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Basketball: Bryant and James in US team

Monday, June 23rd 2008, 20:35
related countries: United States
related places: James

NBA player of the year Kobe Bryant and leading scorer LeBron James are named in the men's team for the Beijing Olympics.
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China fires 12 quake officials

Monday, June 23rd 2008, 15:31

Twelve officials are fired by the Chinese government for their handling of the earthquake that struck the country last month.
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Chinese couples rush to marry on opening date of Beijing Olympics

Saturday, June 21st 2008, 7:47

Many Chinese are applying to marry on 8 August, the opening date of the Beijing Olympics, state media say.
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Most Tibet protesters 'now freed'

Friday, June 20th 2008, 23:45

More than 1,000 people involved in protests in Tibet earlier this year have now been released from custody, Chinese media say.
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Fuel move boosts Chinese shares

Friday, June 20th 2008, 9:48

Chinese shares close 3% higher after the government raises fuel prices to try and cool energy demand.
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China's leader makes live webcast

Friday, June 20th 2008, 8:57

Chinese President Hu Jintao makes his debut on an online chat forum, but answers just three easy questions.
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China to raise the price of fuel

Thursday, June 19th 2008, 18:04

China, the world's second largest consumer of oil, announces it is to raise the price of petrol and diesel by 18%.
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Chinese South Africans now black

Wednesday, June 18th 2008, 14:51
related countries: South Africa

Ethnic Chinese people in South Africa are reclassified as black, to benefit from Affirmative Action.
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China and Japan strike gas deal

Wednesday, June 18th 2008, 11:20
related countries: Japan

China and Japan reach an agreement in a long-running dispute over a gas field in the East China Sea.
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Torch passed to Silk Road oasis

Wednesday, June 18th 2008, 3:44

China's Olympic torch relay moves to the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar in the mainly Muslim Xinjiang region.
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Bargain buy

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 22:42
related countries: Peru

Peru's lucrative copper mountain in Chinese hands
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More floods threaten south China

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 16:05

Mass evacuations and river reinforcements are under way in southern China amid fears of more bad flooding.
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Police out as torch hits Xinjiang

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 10:51
related places: Xinjiang

Security is very tight as the Olympic torch begins its passage through China's predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang.
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China's yuan rises as talks begin

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 7:49
related countries: United States

China's yuan is at its highest level since July 2005 as US and Chinese officials begin a two-day meeting.
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Torch relay

Monday, June 16th 2008, 21:07

The Olympic flame is in China's Uighur Muslim homeland
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Flood warning after Chinese rains

Monday, June 16th 2008, 11:38

China warns that one of its longest waterways, the Yellow River, is in danger of bursting its banks.
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Aussies to skip Beijing ceremony

Monday, June 16th 2008, 7:54
related countries: Australia
related places: Beijing

Most of Australia's athletes will miss the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics because of concerns over poor air quality.
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China and Japan 'near gas deal'

Monday, June 16th 2008, 4:32
related countries: Japan

China and Japan are close to a deal that would ease a long-running dispute over offshore gas fields, reports from Japan say.
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In pictures

Sunday, June 15th 2008, 23:55

Shards of shattered lives at Chinese quake museum
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Gold prospects

Sunday, June 15th 2008, 14:48

Will Olympics make China's economy go even faster?
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In pictures

Sunday, June 15th 2008, 13:37

More than a million people forced to flee China flooding
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Million flee south Chinese floods

Sunday, June 15th 2008, 8:12

Flooding in southern China kills at least 55 people and forces more than a million to flee their homes, the government says.
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Chinese healing

Saturday, June 14th 2008, 23:04

How old remedies are being used to help quake victims
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Blast in Chinese mine kills many

Saturday, June 14th 2008, 21:01

Chinese rescue workers hindered by toxic gas abandon a search for trapped miners after a blast killed 27 workers.
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Mandarin magic

Saturday, June 14th 2008, 0:31
related countries: Canada

How one Canadian talked his way to fame in China
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Direct China-Taiwan travel agreed

Friday, June 13th 2008, 15:23
related countries: Taiwan

China and Taiwan sign historic agreements on direct flights and tourism at their first talks in almost a decade.
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One month on

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 15:17

China's quake victims wait to rebuild their lives
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Olympic woes

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 12:14
related countries: Iraq
related places: Beijing

Iraq faces Beijing ban over Olympic committee wrangle
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First fruit of China-Taiwan talks

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 11:36
related countries: Taiwan

Negotiators from China and Taiwan agree to host representative offices, in their first formal talks for a decade.
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Tight security a month after quake

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 5:07

A month on from the earthquake, Chinese officials impose tight security in damaged areas, apparently to prevent protests.
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More than 4,000 children in China are named 'Olympic Games'

Wednesday, June 11th 2008, 13:52

More than 4,000 children in China are named 'Olympic Games'
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Dalai Lama starts Australia tour

Wednesday, June 11th 2008, 5:27
related countries: Australia

Tibet's exiled leader, the Dalai Lama, arrives in Australia for a visit, as his supporters urge China to meet his envoys.
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China wins quake lake 'victory'

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 18:09

China has begun to successfully drain an unstable lake formed by the Sichuan earthquake, officials say.
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Quake lake battle

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 17:11
related places: Mianyang

Daniel Griffiths in Mianyang reports on China's victory
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In pictures

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 10:17
related places: Tangjiashan

Water engulfs quake-hit town of Beichuan
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Chinese parks 'sell tiger wine'

Monday, June 9th 2008, 21:23

Illegal "tiger bone wine" is being made and sold by a number of animals parks in China, say campaigners.
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