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 touters rue star's drop-out

Thursday, August 21st 2008, 16:20

Chinese ticket touts rue the drop-out of star athlete Liu Xiang, as tickets for hurdles events plummet in value.
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We won't try to top Beijing - Coe

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 17:16
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Beijing

London 2012 chief Lord Coe admits that the current Olympics in Beijing will be the last Games of its scale.
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Mao's successor Hua Guofeng dies

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 14:57
related places: Beijing

Hua Guofeng, who succeeded Mao Zedong for a short period in 1976, has died in Beijing aged 87, report state media.
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Mao's successor

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 14:56

Hua Guofeng's time as China's leader was brief but key
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Mao's successor Hua Guofeng dies

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 11:56
related places: Beijing

Hua Guofeng, who briefly succeeded Mao Zedong in 1976, has died in Beijing aged 87, report state media.
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China Games 'a broadcast record'

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 7:12

The Beijing Games looks set to become the most widely broadcast event in Olympic history, according to the IOC
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Bustos puts US into Beijing final

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 5:00
related countries: Japan, United States
related places: Beijing

Crystl Bustos hits a three-run homer in the ninth inning as the United States beat Japan 4-1 to reach the final of the Olympic softball tournament.
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Live - Olympics

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 0:46
related countries: United Kingdom

Men's and women's singles table tennis continues in Beijing while Russia's Larisa Ilchenko overtakes two British swimmers to take gold in a thrilling 10km marathon on day 12 of the Games.
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Bahrain wins first Olympic gold

Tuesday, August 19th 2008, 15:46
related countries: Bahrain

Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi holds off Asbel Kiprop down the final straight to win the 1500m at the Beijing Olympics.
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GB Olympians power to new heights

Tuesday, August 19th 2008, 14:23
related countries: United Kingdom

Christine Ohuruogu's 400m win takes Britain's gold medal haul to 16, their best Olympic performance for a century.
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Why are some countries more successful at the Olympics?

Tuesday, August 19th 2008, 11:51
related countries: United States

China is currently top of the medals table at the Beijing Olympics with 39 gold medals. The USA has the highest number of medals overall, with 72 medals in total. How important are Olympic medals to your country?
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China jumps Olympics air hurdle

Tuesday, August 19th 2008, 10:43
related places: Beijing

Despite fears in the run-up to the Olympic Games, the skies above Beijing have met clean-air standards, officials say.
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Live - Olympics

Tuesday, August 19th 2008, 0:32
related places: Beijing

Usain Bolt will star as the athletics resumes on day 11 in Beijing, after Britain win three gold medals in sailing and cycling.
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Race heartbreak

Monday, August 18th 2008, 11:55

Chinese fans distraught over exit of star Liu Xiang
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Olympics day 10 as it happened

Monday, August 18th 2008, 11:11
related countries: Australia, Portugal
related places: Beijing

The athletics events resume on day 10 after Chinese star Liu Xiang limps out of contention, while Britain win another cycling gold medal.
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China 'yet to approve protests'

Monday, August 18th 2008, 10:29

China has received 77 applications to protest during the Olympics - but none have been approved, officials say.
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Growth concerns dent China shares

Monday, August 18th 2008, 9:10

China's main share index falls by 5.3% to a 20-month closing low on fears that slowing growth will dent corporate profits.
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China stunned by Liu injury blow

Monday, August 18th 2008, 8:16

Defending 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang, face of the Beijng Olympics, is out of the Games after pulling out with injury.
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Team win gains China gold record

Sunday, August 17th 2008, 14:17

China win the women's table tennis team event to overtake their previous best of 32 Olympic gold medals.
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Tomescu wins as Radcliffe toils

Sunday, August 17th 2008, 9:33
related places: Beijing

Paula Radcliffe shows her spirit to finish the Olympic marathon in 23rd place in Beijing as Romania's Constantina Tomescu wins gold.
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Phelps wins historic eighth gold

Sunday, August 17th 2008, 3:19

American swimmer Michael Phelps wins his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics to beat Mark Spitz's record of seven.
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Live - Olympics

Saturday, August 16th 2008, 23:12
related places: Beijing

Britain win four more gold medals in sailing, rowing and cycling on day nine in Beijing, after Michael Phelps clinches his record eighth swimming title.
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Olympics day eight as it happened

Saturday, August 16th 2008, 15:30
related places: Beijing

Usain Bolt smashes the world record to win 100m gold after cyclists Bradley Wiggins and Chris Hoy, swimmer Rebecca Adlington and rowing's men's coxless four win gold for GB.
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Golden Britons sparkle in Beijing

Saturday, August 16th 2008, 14:21
related places: Beijing

Bradley Wiggins, Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington and the men's rowing four all win Olympic gold.
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Proud Jamaica

Friday, August 15th 2008, 22:44

Beijing's 100m showdown has a nation spellbound
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'Scam' probe of Chinese killed in UK

Friday, August 15th 2008, 19:23
related countries: United Kingdom

A Chinese couple murdered in Britain may have been involved in a range of betting and internet scams.
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Partisan crowd

Friday, August 15th 2008, 17:40

Old tensions linger at China-Japan football clash
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'No questions'

Friday, August 15th 2008, 9:08
related places: Xinjiang

Seeking answers in China's violence-hit Xinjiang region
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British protester held in Beijing

Friday, August 15th 2008, 8:33
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Beijing

A protester from the UK is arrested by police in China after unfurling a pro-Tibet banner in front of a building in Beijing.
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China investment beats forecasts

Friday, August 15th 2008, 7:50

China's capital investment has risen more than expected in the first half of 2008, official figures show.
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Olympics day seven as it happened

Friday, August 15th 2008, 0:50
related countries: United Kingdom, United States
related places: Beijing

Britain win gold in men's team sprint cycling and make sure of two sailing medals, and Kelly Sotherton ends day one of the heptathlon in third.
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Violence spreads?

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 23:34

Bus blasts breed fear in quiet corner of China
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Federer hit by shock Olympic loss

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 17:28
related places: Beijing

Roger Federer crashes out of the men's singles with a 6-4 7-6 defeat by James Blake but Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic reach the last four.
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China defends pre-Games promises

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 9:04

China vigorously defends itself against accusations it has not fulfilled promises made when it bid for the Olympic Games.
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Chinese industrial output slows

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 6:05

China's industrial output growth eased in July as overseas demand slowed and some plants were shut ahead of the Olympics.
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Live - Olympics

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 1:00
related countries: Norway, United States
related places: Beijing

China's Yang Wei wins gold in the all-around gymnastics final on day six of the Games, with 17 Olympic titles at stake.
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Not welcome

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 0:21
related places: Beijing

Beijing's protest parks remain empty, amid arrests
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Live - Olympics

Wednesday, August 13th 2008, 12:58
related places: Beijing

Michael Phelps breaks the record for Olympic golds and GB cyclist Emma Pooley wins silver in the time trial on day five in Beijing.
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Activists held over Games protest

Wednesday, August 13th 2008, 8:49
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Beijing

A number of pro-Tibet activists and a British journalist are arrested in the Chinese capital, Beijing, reports say.
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New attitudes

Wednesday, August 13th 2008, 5:29

How Paralympics could help disabled people in China
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China win first women's team gold

Wednesday, August 13th 2008, 4:49
related countries: United States

China overcome an injury-ravaged United States team to clinch their first gymnastics women's team Olympic title.
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Renewed violence in west China

Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 9:53
related places: Xinjiang

Three security staff are stabbed to death in the latest violent incident in China's western-most region of Xinjiang.
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Hard-up anti-immigration firebrand Le Pen sells French HQ to Chinese

Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 9:28
related countries: France

The French far-right National Front party is selling its party headquarters to a Chinese university, to pay off debts.
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Empty Olympic seats cause concern

Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 6:42

Chinese officials admit they are worried about empty seats at some Olympic events, hiring volunteers to fill empty venues.
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China capture team gymnastic gold

Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 5:02
related countries: Japan, United States

China's men deliver a stunning performance to claim the team gymnastics title ahead of Japan and the United States.
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Third gold for unstoppable Phelps

Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 3:00

Michael Phelps claims his third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics with victory in the men's 200m freestyle swimming.
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Live - Olympics

Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 0:24
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Beijing

American Michael Phelps wins the third of a possible eight golds and China take gold in the men's team gymnastics.
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Olympic curbs

Monday, August 11th 2008, 23:33
related countries: India

Chinese factory shutdowns cause Indian shortages
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Olympics day three as it happened

Monday, August 11th 2008, 14:28
related countries: Hong Kong
related places: Beijing

Andy Murray crashes out in the first round of the men's singles tennis, but Great Britain win gold and bronze in the women's 400m freestyle.
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Inflation fears hit China shares

Monday, August 11th 2008, 9:53
related places: Shanghai

Shanghai's main stock index slides to a 19-month low on fears that rising inflation will damage company profits.
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Clash of the titans

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 21:23
related countries: United States

China and US battle it out in Olympic basketball
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Star-studded US overwhelm China

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 19:59
related countries: United States

The United States beat China 101-70 in one of the most eagerly awaited events of the Olympic Games.
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Chinese pair found dead in UK

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 19:04
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Newcastle

A murder investigation is under way in Newcastle after the bodies of a Chinese man and woman are found in a flat.
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Live - Olympics

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 15:58
related countries: United States

Nicole Cooke wins gold for Great Britain in the women's road race as the USA face China in the basketball.
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Phelps claims first Beijing gold

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 12:46
related places: Beijing

Michael Phelps claims the first of the eight gold medals he has targeted after winning the 400m individual medley in a world record time.
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Sprinter Thanou barred from Games

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 11:18

Greece's Katerina Thanou is excluded from the Beijing Games after the IOC refused to accredit her.
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Deadly violence hits west China

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 9:08
related places: Xinjiang

Seven militants and a security guard are killed after a series of bombings in China's north-western region of Xinjiang.
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US tourist dies in Beijing attack

Saturday, August 9th 2008, 10:34
related countries: United States
related places: Beijing

A Chinese man stabs a US tourist to death and seriously injures another as the Olympics get under way in Beijing, officials say.
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Chen lifts first gold for China

Saturday, August 9th 2008, 6:34

Weightlifter Chen Xiexia gives the hosts their first victory of the 2008 Olympics with a win in the women's 48kg event.
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Live - Olympics

Saturday, August 9th 2008, 3:55
related places: Beijing

Hosts China win their first two golds of the Olympics, while Britain's Craig Fallon misses out on bronze in judo.
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US-China spy jailed for 15 years

Friday, August 8th 2008, 23:20
related countries: United States, Taiwan
related places: Beijing

A Taiwan-born US national gets a 15-year jail term for obtaining secret military documents and passing them to Beijing.
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Spectacular opening for Olympics

Friday, August 8th 2008, 16:46

China opens the 2008 Olympic Games with a lavish ceremony in Beijing, watched on TV by more than one billion people.
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Games begin with spectacular show

Friday, August 8th 2008, 16:05
related places: Beijing

Beijing opens the 2008 Olympic Games with a feast of light and sound inside the Bird's Nest stadium.
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Live - Olympics

Friday, August 8th 2008, 11:30
related places: Beijing

The 2008 Olympics begin with a lavish opening ceremony in front of a 90,000 crowd at Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium.
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Angry Tibetans protest in Nepal

Friday, August 8th 2008, 7:46
related countries: Nepal

Hundreds of angry Tibetans protest in Nepal as China prepares to open the Olympics in a few hours.
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Chinese growth 'set to stabilise'

Friday, August 8th 2008, 6:27

The Chinese economy is set to stabilise, official figures suggest, after seeing a sharp fall in growth in the first half of the year.
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Beijing pollution efforts hailed

Thursday, August 7th 2008, 17:39
related places: Beijing

IOC President Jacques Rogge praises Beijing's efforts to cut pollution, saying there is no risk to the health of Olympic athletes.
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Olympic dream

Thursday, August 7th 2008, 17:26

Why the Games are so important to the Chinese people
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Messi scores in Argentina victory

Thursday, August 7th 2008, 13:45

Lionel Messi scores Argentina's Olympic opener in a 2-1 defeat of the Ivory Coast after his club Barcelona allow him to play.
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Bush chides Beijing over rights

Thursday, August 7th 2008, 11:31
related countries: United States
related places: Asia

The US president uses a keynote speech in Asia to criticise China's human-rights record, on the eve of the Beijing Olympics.
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Olympic relay reaches Great Wall

Thursday, August 7th 2008, 2:08

China parades the Olympic torch along its famous Great Wall through the morning mist, on the eve of the Beijing Games.
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Musharraf to attend Beijing Games

Wednesday, August 6th 2008, 17:41

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics after all, the foreign ministry says.
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Three killed in China aftershock

Wednesday, August 6th 2008, 12:09

Tuesday's powerful aftershock in Sichuan province killed three people and damaged more than 3,000 houses, China says.
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Olympic relay in Beijing climax

Wednesday, August 6th 2008, 9:32
related places: Beijing

The Olympic torch is carried through Beijing on the final leg of its global relay, ahead of Friday's opening ceremony of the Games.
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Olympic fever

Tuesday, August 5th 2008, 23:28

People from across China can't wait for the Games to begin
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New quake hits Chinese province

Tuesday, August 5th 2008, 11:51

An earthquake rocks China's Sichuan province, devastated by a powerful quake three months ago.
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China confident of safe Olympics

Tuesday, August 5th 2008, 11:32

China stresses the Beijing Olympics will be safe, following an attack that killed 16 policemen in the north-west of the country.
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Ten to watch

Tuesday, August 5th 2008, 8:17

China's track hero leads our picks
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