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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.
Research by a Chinese university suggests $100m changes hands every year for ghost-written academic papers.
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An oil spill in northern China reaches the Yellow River, which supplies millions of people with drinking water.
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Beijing officials close schools and mobilise residents to clear roads after the heaviest snowfall for nearly 60 years.
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The family of Akmal Shaikh executed in China for drug smuggling wants an inquest to be held.
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Snow blankets the Chinese capital Beijing, closing major roads and causing many flights to be cancelled.
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A revered Tibetan lama is jailed for eight years by China on ammunitions and embezzlement charges, which he denies.
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A new free trade area incorporating China and the six founding Asean members is coming into effect.
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United StatesA US trade commission has agreed plans to impose tariffs of up to 15% on imports of Chinese-made steel pipes.
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United KingdomThe family of Britain's Akmal Shaikh executed in China for drug smuggling has expressed outrage and shock at his death.
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A senior Chinese naval officer has suggested that China establish a base in the Gulf of Aden, as part of its anti-piracy effort.
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United KingdomThe Chinese ambassador is called to the Foreign Office amid a growing row over the execution of a British man.
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China has executed a Briton convicted of drug smuggling and who was reportedly mentally ill, the Foreign Office confirms.
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A judge tells Chinese novelist Mian Mian, who is suing Google over its plan to create an online library, to hold settlement talks.
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The secretive system of state executions in China
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Relatives wait to hear whether China has executed a Briton convicted of drug smuggling, and said to be mentally ill.
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United KingdomThe government has made a final appeal to China to halt the execution of a mentally-ill British man for drug smuggling.
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A shopping centre in China's Hebei province designs a women-only car park with wider spaces and bright colours.
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United KingdomA British man found guilty of drug smuggling in China has been told by his family he faces execution on Tuesday.
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Akmal Shaikh's family visit him in China ahead of his planned execution for smuggling heroin into the country.
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SomaliaThe crew of a Chinese ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia have been rescued, officials say amid reports of a ransom.
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Briton Akmal Shaikh, who faces execution in China, does not know he is to be killed within days, it has emerged.
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United KingdomTwo cousins of a British man facing execution in China arrive in the country to make a last ditch appeal for mercy.
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United KingdomThe brother of a British man due to be executed in China for drug smuggling makes a desperate plea for mercy.
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The jailing for 11 years by China of one of its leading dissidents, Liu Xiaobo, is met with international condemnation.
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A top Chinese dissident, Liu Xiaobo, is jailed for 11 years, after a trial which has been widely condemned in the West.
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China accuses foreign diplomats of meddling in its internal affairs, after international criticism of the trial of dissident Liu Xiaobo.
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Why Bolivians are brushing up their Chinese
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Five more people are sentenced to death for the violence in China's Xinjiang region in July, bringing the total to 22.
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SwedenFord has agreed to sell Swedish carmaker Volvo to China's Geely and expects the deal to be completed early 2010.
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United KingdomThe daughter of a British man due to be executed in China for drug smuggling says her father is "mentally ill".
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Prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has gone on trial in Beijing on charges of subversion, amid Western criticism.
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VietnamThe European Union votes to extend tariffs on shoes from China and Vietnam to help European firms compete with imports.
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A man is jailed for 12 years for killing and eating an extremely rare Indochinese tiger in southern China.
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TaiwanChina and Taiwan sign the latest in a series of economic deals, amid some disquiet on the island at their closer relationship.
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The rights of a Briton facing execution in China for smuggling heroin have been fully respected, officials there say.
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Denmark, United KingdomBeijing dismisses claims by UK Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband that it blocked progress at the Copenhagen talks.
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United StatesChina loses an appeal to the world trade body against a ruling that called for it to stop restricting US film and music imports.
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Despite economic growth, social unrest and crime is on the rise in China, according to an analysis by a Chinese think-tank.
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TaiwanA top Chinese official arrives in Taiwan to discuss a free-trade pact some fear could undermine the island's sovereignty.
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CambodiaThe US expresses deep concern about the fate of 20 Uighur asylum seekers deported from Cambodia back to China.
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IndonesiaChina and Indonesia hail the UN climate summit's outcome, despite its cool reception from some campaigners.
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China is seeking international agreement to let it meter net traffic that passes through its borders.
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The Chinese capital Beijing is expected to pass the four million vehicle mark sometime during the next few days.
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A deal at the UN climate summit looks more likely after a frantic day of diplomacy, as China offers to make concessions.
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A Chinese man is being treated in hospital after setting himself on fire in Beijing, to protest against the demolition of his home.
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United StatesChina rejects calls from the US and the EU to release a prominent dissident as interference in its internal affairs.
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China seeks green future - as it burns more and more coal
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TurkmenistanChina's President Hu Jintao visits Turkmenistan to open the final link in a new pipeline delivering gas from Central Asia.
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China's President Hu unveils the Kazakh section of a 7,000km (4,300 miles) natural gas pipeline joining Central Asia to China.
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The human rights abuses that still persist in China
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China shows further signs of economic recovery with industrial output surging and its export slump easing.
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China shows further signs of economic recovery with industrial output surging and its export slump easing.
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JapanThe Chinese activist in limbo at Tokyo's Narita airport
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Ninety-four people are arrested on suspicion of involvement in ethnic violence in China's Xinjiang region in July, officials say.
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A lawyer for Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo says police are preparing subversion charges against him after a year in detention.
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Eight students are killed and another 26 injured in a stampede in a school stairwell in central China, state media say.
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JapanJapanese police say a Chinese woman managed to enter the country illegally by having plastic surgery to alter her fingerprints.
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Chinese annual car sales and production both exceeded 12 million units in the first 11 months of the year, state media say.
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TaiwanLocal elections in Taiwan suggest unease at President Ma Ying-jeou's policies, including closer ties with China.
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A court in China's Xinjiang region sentences five people to death for murder and other crimes over July's riots, state media say.
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Chinese officials and journalists are charged with hushing up a deadly mine explosion before last year's Olympics, state media say.
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Ireland, 
Italy, SwedenEdoardo and Francesco Molinari hold off Ireland and Sweden on a tense final day to secure Italy's first victory in the World Cup of Golf in China.
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A Chinese court hears the first civil compensation claim by a parent whose child fell ill because of the tainted milk scandal.
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United StatesThree American crew members are killed as a cargo plane crashes on take-off at China's Shanghai airport.
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AustraliaTwo giant pandas from China are welcomed in Australia with a police escort as they start a 10-year stay.
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Few happy endings to China's abduction scourge
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China executes two men convicted of abducting and selling children, state media reports.
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A Beijing court jails Chinese rock star Zang Tianshuo for six years for inciting a riot in which one person died.
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DenmarkChina plans to cut the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product in 2020 by around 40%.
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Web browser Opera has closed a loophole which allowed Chinese users to access sites banned by the government.
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China executes two people over a scandal involving tainted milk powder that resulted in six children dying, state media say.
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IndiaPolice in Indian-administered Kashmir arrest four people trying to smuggle the rare medicinal herb, caterpillar fungus, to China.
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Chinese activist Huang Qi gets a three-year prison term for "illegally holding state secrets", but few details are released.
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North KoreaA meeting of Chinese and North Korean defence chiefs pledges close ties ahead of new nuclear talks efforts.
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The death toll from a mine blast in north-eastern China more than doubles to 87, with 21 people still missing, report state media.
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China's concerns over latest deadly mining accident
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A gas blast at a coal mine in China kills 42 people and leaves more than 66 trapped, state media reports.
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Hong KongA former leader of the Tiananmen democracy protests, handed over by Hong Kong to China, goes on trial in what his supporters call political persecution.
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United StatesChinese spies are aggressively stealing secrets to help build up China's military and economic power, a US advisory panel says.
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