We have started to collect the most important news related to China in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
US currency proliferates but Chinese businessmen dominate
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Tens of thousands of people march in Hong Kong to demand China honour promises to hold fully democratic elections in 2017.
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Chinese computer maker Lenovo recently celebrated the opening of its first US manufacturing plant in Whitsett, North Carolina
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Grown children in China must visit their parents or potentially face fines or jail, a new law that came into effect on Monday says.
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China reports a slowdown in growth of its manufacturing sector, underlining concerns that its economic recovery remains fragile.
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A Chinese bank has topped a list of the world's top 1,000 banks for the first time, according to a survey by The Banker news and intelligence service.
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It's Venice, but in China - why the craze for copycat towns?
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China's banking system is stable despite ongoing fears of a "credit crunch" spooking financial markets, according to the country's top regulator.
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China says it will step up its operations against violent attacks in the western region of Xinjiang after several days of unrest, according to state-run media.
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Three snow leopards have been spotted in the Yushu hills in China.
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The New York based group Human Rights Watch releases a report claiming that between 2006 and 2012 more than two million Tibetans were moved into new housing by Chinese authorities.
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Two bronze animal heads, returned to China after more than 150 years, will soon be on display in their new home in Beijing's National Museum of China
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Two Chinese bronzes looted from a Beijing palace 150 years ago are returned to China by the Pinault family, owners of luxury brands such as Gucci.
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A former Chinese official accused of accepting bribes in a sex tape extortion scandal that captivated China is jailed for 13 years.
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The Chinese government issues a strong denial of reports that its long-standing ban on openly worshipping the Dalai Lama has changed.
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The death toll after Wednesday's riots in China's far western region of Xinjiang rises to 35, state media say.
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China's National Audit Office says that some state-owned banks "violated" lending regulations.
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Firefighters were called to a house in China's Sichuan province to help capture a large lizard which had taken up shelter in the residence.
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Riots have killed 27 people in China's restive far western region of Xinjiang, Chinese state media report
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More than two million Tibetans have been moved into so-called "socialist villages" by China over the last seven years, Human Rights Watch says.
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US businessman Chip Starnes has been freed after being detained by workers in his factory in China for nearly a week over an industrial dispute.
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As the Italian economy remains mired in recession, there are hopes that one of the country's quality food products, olive oil, could open up new markets in China.
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrives in Beijing for a four-day visit expected to focus on North Korea.
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The Australian airline Qantas investigates newspaper allegations that its in-flight headphones were made by abused inmates in Chinese prisons.
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Twenty-seven people are killed in riots in China's restive far western region of Xinjiang, Chinese state media report.
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Four Chinese nationals are stabbed to death in Papua New Guinea, in an attack described by police as "inhumane and barbaric".
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Astronauts from China's fifth manned space mission land safely after a 15-day trip to the Tiangong-1 space laboratory.
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The Chinese businessman behind a $40bn (£26bn) plan to build a canal through Nicaragua promises transparency and insists his project is not a joke.
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Chinese workers at a factory in Beijing prevent their American boss from leaving for five days amid a dispute over payment.
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Chinese stocks touch a four-and-a-half-year low, but then rebound after the central bank seeks to ease fears over a possible credit crunch.
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Sony unveils a 6.4in waterproof handset in China which can be used with a normal pencil or metal-tipped pen as an alternative to a stylus.
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China describes US accusations that it facilitated the departure of fugitive Edward Snowden from Hong Kong as "groundless and unacceptable".
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America has criticised Russia and China after fugitive Edward Snowden left Hong Kong for Moscow.
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China Petrochemical Corporation, also known as Sinopec, agrees a deal to buy US firm Marathon Oil Corporations's stake in an Angolan oil and gas field.
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The US criticises Russia and China for failing to detain fugitive Edward Snowden, with President Obama saying he is pursuing "all legal options".
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Chinese stocks fall further as the country's central bank indicates its credit tightening policy will continue.
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A giant panda gives birth to twins in China - the first pair to be born in the world this year, according to conservation workers.
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Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrives in Taiwan to meet opposition lawmakers and discuss human rights, in a move likely to anger Beijing.
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The Bank of England and its Chinese counterpart agree a currency deal likely to boost trade between the UK and China in the yuan.
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A "family feud" in China led to a confrontation on a public highway, according to China state TV (CCTV).
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Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft signs a 25-year deal worth $270bn to double its oil supplies to China.
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A young child has been rescued by delivery men who heard her cries from five storeys up.
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At least ten people have been hurt in a stampede in China, which happened when the football star David Beckham arrived at Shanghai Tongji University.
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China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, has delivered the country's first-ever video lecture from space
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Fans eager to see the football star David Beckham storm a police cordon in Shanghai and start a stampede in which seven people are injured.
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Russia and China react angrily after the US downgrades them to its lowest category in a report on efforts to fight human trafficking.
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China jails 11 people for crimes of ethnic and religious hatred in the far western region of Xinjiang, state media say.
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China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, delivers the country's first-ever video lecture from the Tiangong-1 space laboratory.
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China has held its first classroom lecture from its orbiting space station as part of efforts to appeal to young people.
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China's manufacturing activity weakens further in June, falling to a nine-month low as demand falls, according to a preliminary survey by HSBC.
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The government in North Korea is willing to restart talks over its nuclear programme which broke down five years ago, according to Chinese officials.
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Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese property developer, says it will spend £1bn ($1.6bn) to buy a British yacht maker and property in London.
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A former Chinese official accused of accepting bribes in an alleged sex tape extortion scandal is put on trial, state media say.
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Chinese officials confiscate 213 bear paws hidden inside the tyres of a vehicle crossing the border from Russia, state media report.
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Diego Maradona wins compensation from two Chinese firms for using his name in an online game, Hot-Blooded Soccer, without his consent.
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China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, is to launch its first carbon trading scheme as a pilot project in Shenzhen.
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A China-based supercomputer has been ranked the world's fastest, offering nearly double the processing speeds of the US's most powerful system.
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Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng links his departure from New York University to "unrelenting pressure" from Beijing, claims NYU denies.
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Bloggers in China react with outrage to news of an assault on six Chinese students in France's wine-producing Bordeaux region.
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China's State Council orders firms in heavy-polluting industries to cut emissions by 30% in the next four years.
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Rare Przewalski horses have been returned to their native habitat in northwest China
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The United Nations says India will overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2028, and that the global population will reach 9.6 billion by 2050.
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Hundreds of children at a school in China's Sichuan province are taken to hospital after falling ill, Chinese state media report.
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Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is to leave New York University, where he is a visiting fellow, this summer, the university confirms.
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How did this 'alien' land a Chinese man in jail?
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Nicaragua's Congress votes in favour of a Chinese plan to built a waterway between the Caribbean and the Pacific, to rival the Panama Canal.
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The US government has been hacking computers in mainland China and Hong Kong for years according to the whistleblower and former CIA contractor Edward Snowden
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A capsule carrying three Chinese astronauts is reported to have docked with the Tiangong-1 space laboratory.
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A Chinese journalist who disappeared days before the anniversary of the Tiananmen killings is under criminal detention in Beijing, his sister says.
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The World Bank cuts its forecast for China as it warns that global economy is transitioning towards a period of more stable, but slower growth.
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People across China are getting ready to celebrate the annual Dragon Boat Festival which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.
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A US judge sentences a Chinese national, Xiang Li, to 12 years in prison for selling more than $100m (£62m) of pirated US software.
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China's latest manned spacecraft has blasted off into orbit from it launch centre in the Gobi Desert.
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China has launched its latest Shenzhou manned space mission, carrying three astronauts on their journey to the orbiting Tiangong space lab.
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Three Chinese astronauts launch on their Long March rocket for a 15-day mission that will take them to the Tiangong orbiting laboratory.
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Will desalination work for parched Chinese region?
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China held a half-day trial for former railways minister Liu Zhijun, accused of embezzling funds and accepting bribes of over $10m, on Sunday, reports say.
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A Chinese court has sentenced the brother-in-law of the jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison on charges of fraud.
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US President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping end a two-day summit described by a US official as "unique, positive and constructive".
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A court in China sentences the brother-in-law of jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison on fraud charges.
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Beijing business gets creative to keep staff
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama open two days of talks in California on a number of high-stakes issues.
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A suicidal man started a fire on a packed commuter bus in south-eastern China that killed 47 people, state media report.
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A deadly bus explosion and fire in south-east China is being treated as "a serious criminal case", state media say.
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President Obama is on his way to a desert retreat in California where he will hold key talks with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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A fire engulfs a bus during rush hour in China's south-eastern city of Xiamen, killing at least 42 people and injuring 30, officials say.
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The French President is embarrassed by a slip of the tongue at a news conference in Tokyo as he confuses his hosts with the Chinese.
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The government defends UK deals with Chinese firms - amid warnings that security risks in infrastructure contracts were being "overlooked".
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At least 124 Chinese nationals suspected of illegal gold mining are detained in Ghana's capital, Accra, officials say.
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The French government has labelled a Chinese anti-dumping probe into wine imported from the European Union "inappropriate and reprehensible".
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President Xi Jinping has a slogan - but what does it mean?
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A 55-million-year-old, mouse-sized fossil from China provides remarkable new insights into the origin of primates, the broad grouping of animals that also includes humans.
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The French government calls a Chinese anti-dumping probe into wine imported from the European Union "inappropriate and reprehensible".
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An American businessman who has been unable to leave China for nearly five years due to a trade secrets row returns to the US days before a key US-China meeting.
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The European Commission announces it is imposing temporary anti-dumping levies on Chinese solar panel imports.
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Former Beijing mayor Chen Xitong, said to have backed the Tiananmen crackdown, dies as Hong Kong marks the protest's 24th anniversary.
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'Scary' rise in Chinese labour costs spooks foreign firms
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A fire kills at least 119 people at a poultry processing plant in north-east China's Jilin province, with reports that factory exits were locked.
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China fire raises factory safety fears
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A fire at a poultry processing plant in China has killed at least 119 people, officials say.
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