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

Chinese industrial output slows

Wednesday, November 15th 2006, 7:49

China's industrial output grew at its slowest annual rate in almost two years in October, official figures show.
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India and China row over border

Tuesday, November 14th 2006, 10:53
related countries: India

A spat over a disputed border breaks out between India and China days before a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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Hospital death sparks China riot

Sunday, November 12th 2006, 13:07

Police clash with protesters outside a hospital in China after a boy dies from mistakenly drinking pesticide.
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Beijing dog policy sparks protest

Saturday, November 11th 2006, 13:13
related places: Beijing

Dog owners take to the streets of Beijing to protest against China's "one dog" policy for all households in the city.
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China village fury at 'land grab'

Friday, November 10th 2006, 21:35

Thousands of Chinese villagers clash with police after a blockade protest over alleged illegal land grabs.
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China-Egypt nuclear deal

Wednesday, November 8th 2006, 12:05
related countries: Egypt

China says it has reached an agreement with Egypt to co-operate on the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
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Half Chinese 'in cities by 2010'

Tuesday, November 7th 2006, 5:41

Half China's 1.3bn people will be living in cities by 2010, according to officials quoted in the state media.
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China to double its aid to Africa

Saturday, November 4th 2006, 7:31
related places: Beijing

Chinese President Hu Jintao pledges to double aid to Africa as he opens a summit in Beijing with African leaders.
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Trade to top China-Africa summit

Friday, November 3rd 2006, 12:56
related places: Beijing

Heads of state and ministers from at least 45 African nations hold a summit with China on expanding trade.
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Thailand's ex-PM flies to China

Thursday, November 2nd 2006, 7:06
related countries: Thailand

Ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra goes to China, amid rumours he is trying to negotiate a return home.
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China gives nod to HK checkpoint

Wednesday, November 1st 2006, 10:04
related countries: Hong Kong
related places: Shenzhen

China gives formal permission for Hong Kong to run a border checkpoint on its soil at trading hub Shenzhen.
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China overturns activist sentence

Wednesday, November 1st 2006, 6:34

A Chinese court quashes the conviction of a blind activist who highlighted forced abortions, in a surprise ruling.
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Bush hails China on N Korea deal

Wednesday, November 1st 2006, 2:03
related countries: North Korea, United States

The US president thanks China for its role in persuading North Korea to return to talks about its nuclear programme.
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North Korea talks set to resume

Tuesday, October 31st 2006, 16:00
related countries: North Korea

Six-nation talks on North Korea will restart soon, in the first sign of detente since the North's nuclear test.
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China tightens death penalty law

Tuesday, October 31st 2006, 10:44

China passes a law allowing only its top court to approve death sentences, in a bid to improve the justice system.
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China to build Nigerian railway

Tuesday, October 31st 2006, 10:03
related countries: Nigeria
related places: Kano, Lagos

China is to build a railway line between Nigeria's two main commercial cities, Lagos and Kano.
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US backs Chinese-Asean links

Tuesday, October 31st 2006, 4:24
related countries: United States

The US welcomes China's request for closer military ties with its neighbours in South East Asia.
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UN head discusses N Korea tests

Saturday, October 28th 2006, 11:07
related countries: North Korea

The next UN chief Ban Ki-moon has talks in China debating action over North Korea's nuclear tests.
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China's 20-year growth spurt

Saturday, October 28th 2006, 11:06

Astounded at how much the country has changed since he was based there in the 1980s, Stephen Jessel reports on his latest visit to China.
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Next UN head in China for talks

Friday, October 27th 2006, 11:38
related countries: South Korea

The next UN chief, South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon, visits China for talks on the North Korea crisis.
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ICBC shares soar in Hong Kong

Friday, October 27th 2006, 8:31
related countries: Hong Kong

Shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) rise 18% on its Hong Kong debut.
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China students clash with police

Thursday, October 26th 2006, 16:39

Chinese students clash with police in violent protests over the status of their qualifications, reports say.
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Russia queries EU draft on Iran

Thursday, October 26th 2006, 9:09
related countries: France, Iran

Moscow says a draft UN Security Council resolution on Iran seems not to match positions agreed earlier.
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Airbus sells 150 A320s to China

Thursday, October 26th 2006, 5:59

Airbus wins a Chinese order for 150 of its A320 planes, some of which will be assembled in China.
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China sees no N Korea test plans

Tuesday, October 24th 2006, 9:56
related countries: North Korea

China says North Korea told a visiting Chinese envoy that it does not intend to carry out a second nuclear test.
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China cracks down on corruption

Tuesday, October 24th 2006, 5:24
related places: Shanghai

China says it has punished 17,500 officials so far this year for corruption, as the Shanghai scandal mounts.
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Shanghai scandal 'implicates 50'

Monday, October 23rd 2006, 11:21
related places: Beijing, Shanghai

More than 50 people have been held over Shanghai's corruption scandal, a Beijing-funded newspaper reports.
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N Korea 'not planning more tests'

Friday, October 20th 2006, 16:11
related countries: North Korea

Japan has unconfirmed information that North Korea is not planning more nuclear tests, reports say.
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Chinese envoy hopeful on N Korea

Friday, October 20th 2006, 8:34
related countries: North Korea

A high-level Chinese envoy returns from North Korea expressing optimism about defusing the nuclear crisis.
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China bank raises $19bn in float

Friday, October 20th 2006, 6:00

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China raises $19bn in the world's biggest stock market floatation.
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Rice presses Beijing on N Korea

Friday, October 20th 2006, 5:23
related countries: North Korea, United States

The US secretary of state holds talks with the Chinese foreign minister as diplomacy over North Korea intensifies.
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Death sentence for China killer

Thursday, October 19th 2006, 19:55

A Chinese farmer is sentenced to death for the killing of 10 people in a temple, a news agency says.
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Top statistician in China scandal

Thursday, October 19th 2006, 11:29
related places: Shanghai

The head of China's National Bureau of Statistics is sacked over the widening Shanghai pension fund scandal.
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China pressures N Korean leader

Thursday, October 19th 2006, 10:18
related countries: North Korea

A Chinese envoy meets North Korea's reclusive leader amid international efforts to stop another nuclear test.
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China in rural birth control bid

Monday, October 16th 2006, 10:04

Parents in China's rural areas who stick to the one-child policy are to receive extra cash payments.
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US, Japan hold talks on N Korea

Monday, October 16th 2006, 4:22
related countries: North Korea, United States

A US envoy is due in Tokyo for talks on how to implement the recent UN sanctions on North Korea.
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Director scorns 'laughable' laws

Saturday, October 14th 2006, 14:41

Banned Summer Palace director Lou Ye attacks the Chinese government's censorship laws.
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China lawyer held for incitement

Friday, October 13th 2006, 9:07

Prominent Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng is being investigated for allegedly inciting subversion, his lawyer says.
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Vote on N Korea sanctions delayed

Friday, October 13th 2006, 0:38
related countries: North Korea, Russia, United States

China and Russia delay a vote on a new US-drafted UN resolution calling for sanctions on North Korea.
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Tibetans shot 'in self-defence'

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 16:38
related countries: Nepal

China confirms its troops shot at Tibetans trying to cross into Nepal, but said they were acting in self-defence.
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China's new wealth and old failings

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 11:32
related places: Beijing

Rupert Wingfield Hayes reflects on his eight years working as a BBC Correspondent in Beijing.
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Russia's '$10bn China power deal'

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 8:46
related countries: Russia

Chinese and Russian firms plan to spend $10bn (£5.4bn) on power plants in north east China, Beijing media says.
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China's trade surplus hits record

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 6:11

With three months of 2006 to go, China's trade surplus for the year hits $110bn, breaking the annual record set in 2005.
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Woman tops China's rich list

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 6:46

Paper-recycling tycoon Zhang Yin becomes the first woman to top the list of China's richest people.
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China bank aims for record float

Monday, October 9th 2006, 6:45

Chinese media says the country's biggest bank, ICBC, plans to raise up to $21bn when it floats - a record high.
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Japan-China summit warns N Korea

Monday, October 9th 2006, 2:10
related countries: Japan, North Korea

Japan and China issue a joint statement declaring that a nuclear test by North Korea would be "unacceptable".
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Japan visit warms ties with China

Sunday, October 8th 2006, 17:27

China says the current visit of the new Japanese PM Shinzo Abe marks a turning-point in relations.
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China's leaders hold policy meet

Sunday, October 8th 2006, 5:53

Economic growth looks set to top the agenda for China's Communist leaders at their annual meeting.
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Dreaming of a better life in China

Saturday, October 7th 2006, 10:29

In Shenzhen, Andrew Harding meets some rural migrants who moved to the city in search of a more prosperous life.
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China threatens shoe retaliation

Friday, October 6th 2006, 9:57

China says the EU's decision to apply a two-year tariff on shoe exports was flawed and warns it may respond in kind.
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