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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.
China blocks websites and arrests a dissident ahead of the 20th anniversary of the crackdown on Tiananmen protests.
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United Kingdom, 
United StatesEncouraging economic data from China, the US and the UK sends stock markets rising around the world.
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Hong Kong's Cardinal Zen, an adviser to the Pope, says China should reassess its verdict on the Tiananmen massacre.
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An outcry from China's internet community may force the end of a dish made from chickens killed by poisonous snakes.
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United StatesTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tells China's government its huge investments in the US are "very safe".
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Hong KongThousands march in Hong Kong ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen killings, in one of the few such events on Chinese soil.
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Kate Adie returns to Tiananmen, 20 years on
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BangladeshDuncan Bartlett describes some of the tactics used by the Chinese they seek stronger business ties with Bangladesh.
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AustraliaThe US asks Australia to accept a group of Chinese Muslim detainees waiting to be freed from Guantanamo prison camp.
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North Korea, 
South KoreaChinese shipping is said to be leaving North Korean waters after the North's threats of military action against South Korea.
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Key people recall events in Beijing 20 years ago
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United KingdomA UK citizen sentenced to death for drugs trafficking in China is to plead his case at an appeal court.
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Hundreds of Chinese tea farmers attack a police station over a row about social security payments, state media reports.
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Pope Benedict tells the official Chinese Patriotic Church and those who worship in secret to take steps towards reconciliation.
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A Chinese man threatening to jump from a bridge receives a helping hand from a passer-by - who shoves him from the ledge.
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A Chinese hotel waitress who killed an alleged sex attacker is promised a fair trial following a wave of public sympathy.
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Chinese police arrest 10 people suspected of beating mentally disabled people forced to work as slaves in brick factories.
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China warns the EU not to interfere in its affairs, at a summit previously delayed by a row over Tibet.
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China reportedly frees the last activist still jailed for 'hooliganism' relating to the Tiananmen democracy movement of 1989.
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United KingdomA restaurant worker is found guilty of the brutal murders of a young Chinese couple at their home in the UK.
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United StatesBrazil and China forge closer trade links
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Papua New GuineaAsian-owned firms are looted in Papua New Guinea's two largest cities, amid simmering anti-Chinese sentiment.
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China tears down a sex education theme park set to offer workshops on technique and safe sex before it is even opened.
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TaiwanThousands of opposition supporters protest against the Taiwan president's policies of engagement with China.
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United StatesPresident Obama names a Mandarin-speaking Republican politician, Jon Huntsman, to be his ambassador to China.
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China is building what is billed as its first sex theme park, aimed at improving both the sex education and the sex life of its visitors.
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A Chinese government official sacked for arranging a sight-seeing tour using public money is given a new post in a nearby city.
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Memoirs of China's former leader Zhao Ziyang are published, recording his views on the Tiananmen crackdown.
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Chinese boy's battle back to health after quake
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A UN commission hoping to agree new maritime boundaries looks set to pit China against some of its neighbours.
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Industrial output in China slowed in April dropping to 7.3%, latest figures show, but retail sales enjoyed a boost.
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China's president leads a ceremony on the first anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake, which claimed more than 85,000 lives.
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United KingdomCompanies from the UK and other foreign countries will be able to have their shares traded on Chinese stock markets, Beijing has said.
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Controversial Chinese director Lou Ye will defy a five-year state ban on making films by premiering a new movie in Cannes.
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China confirms its first case of swine flu on the mainland, and is searching for people in contact with the infected man.
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JapanFilm reveals legacy of distrust between China and Japan
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China says it has found no evidence that human negligence caused schools to collapse during last year's earthquake.
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China finally issues a figure for the number of children who died in the Sichuan quake - far lower than independent estimates.
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United StatesTwo former Bank of China managers and their wives are jailed in the US for embezzling $485m.
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Reports that an official helped his daughter get into university by stealing another girl's identity cause outrage in China.
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Global warming is threatening to melt Tibet's glaciers, endangering millions of people, China's top weather official warns.
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Chinese parents who lost their children in the Sichuan quake fear they will not be allowed to mark the first anniversary.
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United StatesThe Pentagon accuses Chinese fishing boats of "dangerous" manoeuvres near a US Navy ship in the Yellow Sea last week.
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Dozens of Mexicans quarantined in China because of swine flu fears are being flown home on a chartered Mexican plane.
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China sets up a new department to deal with border and maritime issues, in a move to resolve disputes with its neighbours.
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A Chinese county orders officials to smoke a quarter of a million packs of locally-made cigarettes ever year to raise tax revenues.
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MexicoChina denies it is discriminating against Mexican citizens, as it quarantines arrivals in a move to stem the spread of swine flu.
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MexicoA row is growing between Mexico and China over Beijing's treatment of arrivals following the swine flu outbreak.
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Hong Kong, MexicoChina quarantines air passengers and suspends flights to and from Mexico, after a Hong Kong man is confirmed with swine flu.
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China is setting up a DNA database to trace missing children, as officials struggle to tackle people trafficking.
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FranceAn 18th-Century jade Imperial seal is sold for 1.68m euros (£1.5m) at auction in Paris, despite protests by Beijing.
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TaiwanOfficials in Taiwan say China has dropped its objections to the island's participation in a key UN body, the WHO.
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Bahrain, 
ItalyBahrain athlete Rashid Ramzi, who won gold in the 1500m, and Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin, who won a silver, are among the six athletes who are found positive for doping in re-testing of Beijing samples.
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ItalyOlympic cycling road race silver medallist Davide Rebellin from Italy is among the six athletes who are found positive for doping in retesting of Beijing samples.
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JapanJapanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has arrived in Beijing for a two-day visit expected to focus primarily on the economy.
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Six Olympic athletes are found positive for doping in retesting of Beijing samples, says the International Olympic Committee.
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The Chinese city where no one wants the top job
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TaiwanA replica 16th-Century junk sinks off Taiwan's coast, one day short of completing an epic return voyage across the Pacific.
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United StatesWhy US toymakers are targeting Chinese children
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Iran, 
Israel"Jaffa" oranges which caused outrage when they appeared on sale in Iran were not Israeli but Chinese counterfeit fruit, it emerges.
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TaiwanChina and Taiwan sign agreements to allow investment across the Taiwan Strait in the latest sign of improving ties.
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Iran, IsraelA ban on Israeli imports to Iran was flouted by the sale of Jaffa oranges marked as Chinese, local reports say.
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A Chinese principal admits the school football team which won an international contest was stuffed with national squad players.
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A Chinese principal admits the school football team which won an international contest was stuffed with national squad players.
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Aruba, AustraliaAustralian police release an X-ray of the skull of a Chinese man shot repeatedly with a nail gun, in an appeal to catch his killers.
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JapanChina confirms the first official visit of Japanese PM to Beijing next week, despite criticism of his recent offering to a war shrine.
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Is Shanxi's polluted air leaving Chinese children disabled?
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Extracts from an apparent official manual on the use of violence by Chinese law enforcers cause outrage among netizens.
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China puts on show some of its most advanced warships at a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of its navy.
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China puts some of its most advanced warships on show
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Clues to the evolution of Tyrannosaurus rex have come to light following a fossil find in Jiayuguan, China.
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Hong KongHong Kong action star Jackie Chan's comments about whether freedom was a good thing for China were taken out of context, his spokesman says.
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The Great Wall of China is even longer than once thought, after the first detailed government study to establish its length.
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The Shanghai motor show gets under way in China, the only major car market in the world that is expanding.
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Rare 19th Century photographs of China go on show
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Sebastian Vettel says Red Bull will aim to become the best team in F1 after steering them to their first Grand Prix win in China.
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China says it is to tighten control of prisons after more cases of suspicious deaths in detention came to light.
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Sebastian Vettel wins a rain-hit Chinese Grand Prix to give Red Bull their first race victory ahead of team-mate Mark Webber.
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