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

China assures US over rare earths

Saturday, October 30th 2010, 10:42
related countries: United States

China assures the US it has no intention of withholding "rare earth" minerals key to hi-tech industries from the international market.
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Clinton faces China-Japan wrangle

Saturday, October 30th 2010, 3:46
related countries: Japan, United States

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joins the Asean summit amid a continuing war of words between China and Japan over disputed islands.
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Japan-China row flares at Asean

Friday, October 29th 2010, 13:32
related countries: Japan

A diplomatic spat between China and Japan over a group of disputed islands flares up again, hours after an apparently friendly bilateral meeting.
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China welcomes strong India links

Friday, October 29th 2010, 8:52
related countries: India

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao tells his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, there is "enough space" in the world for the two countries to develop and co-operate.
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China boosts maritime watch fleet

Thursday, October 28th 2010, 17:22

China expands its fleet of maritime surveillance ships, state media report, amid territorial disputes with a number of neighbours.
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China claims supercomputer crown

Thursday, October 28th 2010, 15:14
related countries: United States

China has wrested the title of the nation with the most powerful supercomputer on the planet away from the US.
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China reassures on rare earth row

Thursday, October 28th 2010, 10:13

China says it will not use exports of so-called rare earth minerals as a diplomatic bargaining tool.
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Daughter pleads for China lawyer

Thursday, October 28th 2010, 9:13

The daughter of missing Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng appeals to President Barack Obama for help in an open letter.
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US and EU voice rare earth fears

Wednesday, October 27th 2010, 10:02
related countries: United States

US and EU officials warn that a shortage of rare earth metals from China could have severe repercussions for their economies.
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China claims fastest train record

Tuesday, October 26th 2010, 11:00

Officials in China say they have set the world record for the fastest train - travelling at 262 miles per hour.
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China's rich fuel illegal timber

Tuesday, October 26th 2010, 9:14
related countries: Madagascar

Demand for high-value woods in China is driving rampant illegal logging in Madagascar, an international study has concluded.
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Taiwan's typhoon missing sought

Monday, October 25th 2010, 9:39
related countries: Taiwan

Rescue workers in Taiwan find the wreckage of a bus believed to have been carrying 19 Chinese tourists missing after Typhoon Megi.
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Japan protests over Chinese boats

Monday, October 25th 2010, 6:10
related countries: Japan
related places: Beijing

Japan's government makes a formal protest to Beijing after two Chinese fisheries patrol boats were seen near a disputed island chain.
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US finance chief 'upbeat on yuan'

Sunday, October 24th 2010, 12:12
related countries: United States

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he believes China is now "committed" to allowing the yuan to go up in value.
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Storm triggers Taiwan landslides

Friday, October 22nd 2010, 15:19
related countries: Taiwan

A tourist bus is feared buried and three people are killed in multiple landslides as Typhoon Megi brings torrential rain to Taiwan.
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China unveils own mapping service

Friday, October 22nd 2010, 10:43

An official mapping service called Map World has been unveiled by the Chinese government.
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Tibetan student protests 'spread'

Friday, October 22nd 2010, 8:11

Protests by ethnic Tibetan students over the right to study in their language spread in China, according to a rights group and state media.
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China's Baidu sees profits double

Friday, October 22nd 2010, 6:09
related places: Baidu

Quarterly profits at Chinese internet search engine Baidu more than double as it benefits from Google's troubles in the country.
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Chinese make stand in online game

Thursday, October 21st 2010, 13:56

A new online game that pits street vendors against officials trying to clear them is sweeping the internet in China.
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China's rapid growth rate slows

Thursday, October 21st 2010, 9:49

China's economic growth rate slows to just under 10%, as measures take effect to cool a consumer credit boom.
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China 'opposes UN Darfur report'

Thursday, October 21st 2010, 6:03

China is trying to prevent a report, which says Chinese bullets have been used against peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region, from being published, diplomats say.
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Life in exile

Wednesday, October 20th 2010, 23:37

Chinese Aids activist mourns her old life
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US inquiry into China rare earths

Wednesday, October 20th 2010, 12:12
related countries: United States

US trade officials say they are looking into a New York Times report that China is blocking shipments of rare earths to the US and Europe.
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Tibetan students protest in China

Wednesday, October 20th 2010, 11:08

At least 1,000 Tibetan students in north-west China protest against new curbs on the use of their language, a rights group says.
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Typhoon leaves 200,000 homeless

Wednesday, October 20th 2010, 8:42
related countries: Philippines

Typhoon Megi leaves 200,000 homeless in the Philippines before setting a course for southern China.
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China rate rise hits Asian shares

Wednesday, October 20th 2010, 6:08

Asian shares fall after China raised interest rates for the first time since the onset of the global financial crisis.
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China makes surprise rate rise

Tuesday, October 19th 2010, 14:36

China raises interest rates for the first time since 2007, as it tries to rein in inflation and dampen its real estate market.
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Typhoon Megi heads towards China

Tuesday, October 19th 2010, 9:55
related countries: Philippines

At least 10 people have been killed in the Philippines as Typhoon Megi heads west and north into China.
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Political row hits Japan airlines

Tuesday, October 19th 2010, 9:18
related countries: Japan

Japan's two largest airlines say passengers have cancelled 11,000 trips on China flights as tensions between the two countries escalate.
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Bodies recovered from China mine

Tuesday, October 19th 2010, 7:27
related places: Henan

Chinese rescuers in Henan province recover the bodies of the last five trapped miners, as the final death toll is confirmed as 37, state media say.
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China firms 'evade Iran embargo'

Monday, October 18th 2010, 20:59
related countries: Iran, United States

The US asks China to do more to stop Chinese companies helping Iran with its nuclear programme and missile technology.
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Charges over Zambia mine shooting

Monday, October 18th 2010, 15:36
related countries: Zambia

Police in Zambia charge two Chinese mine managers with attempted murder for allegedly shooting 11 miners protesting over pay and conditions.
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Post points to next China leader

Monday, October 18th 2010, 14:00

China's Vice-President Xi Jinping is named vice-chair of a powerful military body, in a move widely seen as a boost to his leadership chances.
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Coin questions history of Africa

Monday, October 18th 2010, 5:43
related countries: Kenya

A team of Kenyan and Chinese archaeologists have found a coin that seems to confirm a legendary Chinese explorer reached East Africa almost 80 years before the first Europeans.
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Coin questions history of Africa

Monday, October 18th 2010, 5:41
related countries: Kenya

A joint team of Kenyan and Chinese archaeologists have found a coin that suggests early Chinese explorers reached East Africa about 80 years before the first Europeans.
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Japan laments China rally damage

Monday, October 18th 2010, 4:02
related countries: Japan

Japan's prime minister, Naoto Kan, expresses regret over anti-Japanese protests in China during the last two days.
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The clue in the coin

Monday, October 18th 2010, 0:07

The find that could re-write Chinese and African history
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Hopes fade for trapped China miners

Sunday, October 17th 2010, 12:03

Rescuers attempting to find the remaining 11 coal-miners trapped underground by an explosion on Saturday have said there is little chance they would be found alive.
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Inside China's floating hospital for Africans

Sunday, October 17th 2010, 7:42
related countries: Kenya

A Chinese floating hospital has set sail on its maiden voyage and is visiting several African countries, beginning with Kenya.
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Deadly China mine blast traps 11

Sunday, October 17th 2010, 7:40
related places: Henan

An explosion at a coal mine in China's central Henan province kills 26 miners and leaves 11 trapped underground, say reports.
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Protests prolong China-Japan row

Saturday, October 16th 2010, 15:07
related countries: Japan

Protests are held in both China and Japan over islands claimed by the two countries in the East China Sea.
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Rescue begins for trapped China miners

Saturday, October 16th 2010, 13:43

An explosion at a coal mine in central China has killed 20 miners and trapped another 17 underground.
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Zambia probes China mine shooting

Saturday, October 16th 2010, 13:18
related countries: Zambia

Zambian police investigate claims that managers at a Chinese-run coal mine in the south of the country shot and wounded at least 11 local workers.
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US delays China currency report

Saturday, October 16th 2010, 4:21
related countries: United States

The US delays a report that could brand China a "currency manipulator", as Beijing says it should not be used as a "scapegoat".
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US launches China trade inquiry

Friday, October 15th 2010, 19:50
related countries: United States

The US says it is investigating claims China has broken trade agreements by giving billions of dollars of subsidies to its own green energy sector.
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China to address rich-poor divide

Friday, October 15th 2010, 7:14
related places: Beijing

China's ruling Communists hold an important meeting to outline economic development, which may also signal its next generation of leaders.
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The next Facebooks

Thursday, October 14th 2010, 22:52
related countries: India

How local champions from China and India are beating the giants
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US trade gap up on China imports

Thursday, October 14th 2010, 13:27
related countries: United States
related places: August

The US trade deficit was wider than expected in August following record imports from China, official figures show.
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Rio Tinto reports iron ore record

Thursday, October 14th 2010, 8:58

Mining company Rio Tinto says it produced record quantities of iron ore in the past quarter, thanks to strong demand from China.
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Japan steps into China Nobel row

Thursday, October 14th 2010, 5:58
related countries: Japan

Japan's prime minister says China should release the detained Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo amid rising criticism of China.
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China elders in free speech plea

Wednesday, October 13th 2010, 15:04

A group of Communist Party veterans in China write a rare letter calling for an end to the country's restrictions on freedom of speech.
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Landmark China HIV trial begins

Wednesday, October 13th 2010, 6:23

A landmark trial is under way in China of a graduate who says he was denied a teaching job because he is HIV positive, state media say.
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US concern for Nobel winner wife

Tuesday, October 12th 2010, 8:40
related countries: United States

The United States calls on China to end the apparent house arrest of the wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner and jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo.
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Asian military ties warm in Hanoi

Tuesday, October 12th 2010, 4:39
related countries: Vietnam
related places: Hanoi

Progress is being made in military ties with China and Vietnam at a regional defence ministers' meeting in Hanoi.
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China-Norway Nobel row rumbles on

Monday, October 11th 2010, 15:21
related countries: Norway
related places: Beijing

The Norwegian government says Beijing has cancelled a meeting with its fisheries minister in response to the Nobel peace prize being awarded to a Chinese dissident.
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Armless pianist wins Chinese talent show

Monday, October 11th 2010, 13:08

A pianist who lost both arms in an accident and uses his toes to play the instrument wins a televised talent show in China.
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Dalai Lama enters China Nobel row

Monday, October 11th 2010, 11:28

The Dalai Lama criticises China's opposition to the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
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China oil firm buys Texas assets

Monday, October 11th 2010, 9:43

Chinese oil company CNOOC agrees to pay $1.08bn (£677m) for a 33% stake in a South Texas shale oil and gas field.
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China Open success for Djokovic

Monday, October 11th 2010, 6:10

World number two Novak Djokovic easily defends his China Open title for his second win on the ATP tour this year.
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Jackson memorabilia fetch $1m

Sunday, October 10th 2010, 10:16
related countries: Macau

An auction of Michael Jackson memorabilia fetches more than $1m (£626,000) in Macau, China.
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US ups China pressure over yuan

Saturday, October 9th 2010, 22:57
related countries: United States

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner renews pressure on China to let the value of the yuan rise against other currencies.
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Nobel upset

Saturday, October 9th 2010, 12:58
related places: Beijing

Fury in Beijing as coveted award goes to jailed dissident
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China dissident wins Nobel Peace Prize

Friday, October 8th 2010, 12:07
related places: Beijing

Jailed China dissident Liu Xiaobo wins the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, in a move Beijing condemns as contrary to the organisation's principles.
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China dissident wins Nobel prize

Friday, October 8th 2010, 10:03
related places: Beijing

Jailed China dissident Liu Xiaobo wins the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, in a move certain to anger the authorities in Beijing.
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Shipping emissions plan scuttled

Thursday, October 7th 2010, 6:43
related places: Tianjin

Environmentalists at the UN climate talks in the Chinese city of Tianjin have criticised China and other big developing nations for blocking a plan to cut emissions from shipping.
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Bosses join workers in China's mines

Thursday, October 7th 2010, 6:24

New regulations come into force in China that require managers of mines to accompany workers down the shafts, in an effort to improve safety.
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China warns EU off yuan pressure

Wednesday, October 6th 2010, 20:11

The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has warned the European Union against pressurising China into raising the value of the yuan.
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Mandarin lessons booming in Singapore

Wednesday, October 6th 2010, 16:19
related countries: Singapore

There is a growing appetite in Singapore to learn Mandarin Chinese.
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Wozniacki one win from top spot

Wednesday, October 6th 2010, 13:30

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki beats Sara Errani in her opening match at the China Open as she closes in on the world number one spot.
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Rewriting the rules of international aid

Tuesday, October 5th 2010, 22:41
related countries: United Kingdom

Britain seeks a new partnership with China which it sees as key to speeding up development and ending poverty in Africa.
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Helping hands

Tuesday, October 5th 2010, 16:35

Is there room for both China and the West in Africa?
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EU presses China over cheap yuan

Tuesday, October 5th 2010, 10:01

Eurozone leaders urge China to allow its currency to rise in value as cheap imports put European firms under pressure.
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Murray cruises through in Beijing

Tuesday, October 5th 2010, 6:15
related countries: France
related places: Beijing, Paul

Andy Murray beats French qualifier Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-2 6-3 in the first round of the China Open in Beijing.
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Japan and China 'to improve ties'

Tuesday, October 5th 2010, 5:59
related countries: Belgium, Japan
related places: Brussels

Japan's prime minister and his Chinese counterpart meet for the first time since a diplomatic row erupted last month.
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Journey into China's 'climate cave'

Monday, October 4th 2010, 22:05

Chinese scientists have been analysing new data gathered from a cave in the Taihang mountains, which appears to show that man-made global warming could be having a significant effect on its weather.
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Key China UN climate talks open

Monday, October 4th 2010, 4:08
related countries: Mexico

Delegates meet in China, hoping to make progress in the final round of UN climate talks before this year's summit in Mexico.
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China promises support for euro

Sunday, October 3rd 2010, 11:56

The Chinese premier says his country will continue to support both the euro and European government bonds despite the recent crisis.
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Land of opportunity

Saturday, October 2nd 2010, 11:00
related countries: Angola

Chinese graduates flex entrepreneurial muscle in Angola
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