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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• December 23rd 2009 – November 20th 2009
• November 20th 2009 – October 28th 2009
• October 28th 2009 – October 4th 2009
• October 3rd 2009 – September 11th 2009
• September 11th 2009 – August 16th 2009
• August 14th 2009 – July 22nd 2009
• July 22nd 2009 – July 6th 2009
• July 6th 2009 – June 8th 2009
• June 7th 2009 – May 5th 2009
• May 5th 2009 – April 14th 2009
• April 12th 2009 – March 17th 2009
• March 16th 2009 – February 21st 2009
• February 20th 2009 – January 24th 2009
• January 23rd 2009 – December 31st 2008
• December 29th 2008 – December 3rd 2008
• December 3rd 2008 – November 15th 2008
• November 15th 2008 – October 18th 2008
• October 18th 2008 – September 24th 2008
• September 23rd 2008 – August 24th 2008
• August 24th 2008 – August 13th 2008
• August 13th 2008 – August 1st 2008
• July 31st 2008 – July 14th 2008
• July 14th 2008 – June 20th 2008
• June 20th 2008 – May 29th 2008
• May 28th 2008 – May 7th 2008
• May 7th 2008 – April 15th 2008
• April 15th 2008 – March 25th 2008
• March 25th 2008 – March 7th 2008
• March 6th 2008 – February 3rd 2008
• February 2nd 2008 – January 3rd 2008
• January 3rd 2008 – November 24th 2007
• November 24th 2007 – October 19th 2007
• October 18th 2007 – September 14th 2007
• September 12th 2007 – August 10th 2007
• August 8th 2007 – July 4th 2007
• July 4th 2007 – June 6th 2007
• June 6th 2007 – April 30th 2007
• April 29th 2007 – March 24th 2007
• March 23rd 2007 – February 9th 2007
• February 9th 2007 – January 12th 2007
• January 11th 2007 – November 26th 2006
• November 25th 2006 – October 16th 2006
• October 14th 2006 – September 4th 2006
• September 1st 2006 – July 27th 2006
• July 26th 2006 – June 8th 2006
• June 7th 2006 – April 26th 2006
• April 24th 2006 – March 22nd 2006
• March 21st 2006 – February 12th 2006
• February 11th 2006 – December 27th 2005
• December 27th 2005 – November 26th 2005
• November 26th 2005 – November 11th 2005

China: news

Chinese directors shun festival

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009, 11:47
related countries: Australia

Two Chinese directors boycott Australia's biggest film festival over the screening of a documentary about political activist Rebiya Kadeer.
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Asia watches long solar eclipse

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009, 8:18
related countries: India

The longest total solar eclipse this century crosses Asia, with swathes of India and China plunged into darkness.
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China says Falun Gong ban 'works'

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009, 6:18

Ten years after Falun Gong was banned in China, an official says the country has succeeded in crushing the spiritual movement.
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China iPhone man commits suicide

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009, 4:59

A worker in an iPhone manufacturing company in south China commits suicide.
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Bolt admits to fitness concerns

Tuesday, July 21st 2009, 14:45
related places: Beijing

Usain Bolt is hopeful of adding the 100m World Championships title to the Olympic gold medal he won in Beijing last year, despite not being 100% fit.
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Out at last

Tuesday, July 21st 2009, 6:15
related countries: United Kingdom

'We were treated well' say UK school children in China
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China swine flu pupils released

Tuesday, July 21st 2009, 4:08
related countries: United Kingdom

The first batch of British school pupils quarantined in China after members of the group contracted swine flu has been released.
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No chances

Monday, July 20th 2009, 12:13

China's policies on swine flu border on extreme
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China firm in Namibia bribe claim

Monday, July 20th 2009, 10:37
related countries: Namibia

A Chinese firm with links to President Hu Jintao's eldest son is investigated for suspected bribery in Namibia.
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Bike off! Somali police halt Chinese cyclist's world tour

Monday, July 20th 2009, 10:09
related countries: Somalia

A Chinese cyclist on a 12-year world tour is deported from Somalia because he does not have a visa.
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More swine flu UK pupils in China

Sunday, July 19th 2009, 12:24
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

Four more British pupils are diagnosed with swine flu in China, after eight UK and US pupils test positive for the virus.
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China admits Uighur riot killings

Saturday, July 18th 2009, 21:54
related places: Urumqi

A Chinese official says police shot dead 12 Uighur rioters in Urumqi this month, in a rare admission from the government.
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China quarantines school groups

Saturday, July 18th 2009, 21:03
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Beijing

More than 100 schoolchildren from the UK and US are quarantined in Beijing after eight tested positive for swine flu.
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Sink or swim in modern China

Saturday, July 18th 2009, 11:25
related places: Zhushanxia

Chris Hogg heads to the small Chinese village of Zhushanxia to see how lives are being influenced by the swings and dips in the country's economic fortune.
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Rio denies China bribery claims

Friday, July 17th 2009, 6:36
related countries: Australia

Mining firm Rio Tinto denies China's allegations that its staff engaged in bribery, as Australia urges a speedy resolution.
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Rio Tinto 'concerned' about staff

Friday, July 17th 2009, 6:07

Mining company Rio Tinto voices concern over employees detained in China for alleged bribery and spying.
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Spy gave shuttle secrets to China

Thursday, July 16th 2009, 20:53
related countries: United States

A Chinese-born engineer is found guilty of passing secret information about the US space shuttle programme to China.
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China grows faster amid worries

Thursday, July 16th 2009, 11:28

China's economy grows at an annual rate of 7.9% in the second quarter, but officials warn challenges remain.
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China tries to block Uighur film

Wednesday, July 15th 2009, 15:17

Organisers of the Melbourne International Film Festival defy calls from China not to show a film about an exiled Uighur leader.
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China issues alert in Algeria

Wednesday, July 15th 2009, 12:46
related countries: Algeria

China urges its citizens in Algeria to take care, after reports that Islamist militants might target them because of unrest in China.
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Australia warns China on spy case

Wednesday, July 15th 2009, 7:13
related countries: Aruba
related places: Shanghai

Australian PM Kevin Rudd reminds China that the world is watching how it handles a case of alleged business espionage in Shanghai.
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China demands Turkish retraction

Tuesday, July 14th 2009, 14:45
related countries: Turkey
related places: Beijing

China urges the Turkish prime minister to retract his accusation that Beijing practised genocide against ethnic Uighurs.
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China's Rio Tinto inquiry widens

Tuesday, July 14th 2009, 9:31
related countries: Australia

China investigates five more steel firms, as Australia presses for haste the case of a detained Rio Tinto executive.
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Chinese police kill two Uighurs

Monday, July 13th 2009, 13:20
related places: Urumqi

Police shoot dead two ethnic Uighurs in China's city of Urumqi, a week after scores of people died in riots, officials say.
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N Korean leader Kim 'has cancer'

Monday, July 13th 2009, 6:59
related countries: North Korea, South Korea
related places: Seoul

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, a South Korean TV news channel says.
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China flash flood kills 14 hikers

Sunday, July 12th 2009, 20:47
related places: Chongqing

Flash floods kill 14 Chinese hikers in a scenic gorge near the south-western city of Chongqing, with five still missing.
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Most Xinjiang dead Han Chinese

Saturday, July 11th 2009, 16:04
related places: Xinjiang

Some three-quarters of the victims of the violence in China's Xinjiang region were ethnic Han Chinese, official figures show.
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Rio detainee is 'in good health'

Saturday, July 11th 2009, 7:08
related countries: Aruba

Australian officials gain access to a mining executive detained by China accused of bribery and stealing state secrets.
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Turkey attacks China 'genocide'

Friday, July 10th 2009, 19:23
related countries: Turkey
related places: Xinjiang

Turkey's prime minister says ethnic violence in China's Xinjiang region is "a kind of genocide", as the death toll passes 180.
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China reimposes curfew in Urumqi

Friday, July 10th 2009, 12:59
related places: Urumqi

A curfew is reimposed in the restive Chinese city of Urumqi after worshippers defy an order to stay away from mosques.
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Chinese property prices pick up

Friday, July 10th 2009, 10:21

Chinese property prices rose in June for the first time in seven months but demand for Chinese goods remains weak.
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Some mosques defy Urumqi shutdown

Friday, July 10th 2009, 9:59
related places: Urumqi

Some mosques in the restive Chinese city of Urumqi open their doors for Friday prayers, despite an order for them to stay closed.
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Rio 'surprise' at bribery claims

Friday, July 10th 2009, 7:24
related countries: Aruba, Australia

Mining giant Rio Tinto has said it is concerned that four of its employees have been accused by China of bribery.
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Quake flattens Chinese homes

Friday, July 10th 2009, 7:07

An earthquake in south-western China destroys 10,000 homes and injures more than 300 people, state media says.
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Rio worker 'stole state secrets'

Thursday, July 9th 2009, 12:58
related countries: Australia

China says it has evidence that proves a detained employee of mining giant Rio Tinto stole state secrets.
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China leaders vow Xinjiang action

Thursday, July 9th 2009, 11:47
related places: Urumqi

China's leaders vow "severe punishment" for rioters in the Xinjiang region in their first public comment on the violence.
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China car sales continue to soar

Thursday, July 9th 2009, 6:39

Car sales in China rose 48% in June from a year earlier, boosted by government incentives, figures show.
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Taboo topic

Wednesday, July 8th 2009, 21:47

Chinese Uighurs reluctant to discuss ethnic tensions
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Chinese 'kidnapped off Cameroon'

Wednesday, July 8th 2009, 17:08
related countries: Cameroon

Reports from Cameroon say five Chinese fishermen have been kidnapped off the West African country's coast.
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China riot city 'under control'

Wednesday, July 8th 2009, 12:26
related places: Urumqi

China's riot-torn city of Urumqi is now under control and those guilty of murder will be executed, local officials say.
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China arrests Rio Tinto executive

Wednesday, July 8th 2009, 11:58
related countries: Aruba

An Australian Rio Tinto executive and three Chinese colleagues are arrested by Chinese authorities on suspicion of spying.
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Troops flood into China riot city

Wednesday, July 8th 2009, 10:08
related places: Urumqi

Thousands of troops pour into China's riot-torn city of Urumqi as President Hu Jintao leaves the G8 summit to tackle the crisis.
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Chinese bond auction falls short

Wednesday, July 8th 2009, 9:10

China's finance ministry fails to sell all the 28bn yuan of bonds offered in a government auction for the first time since 2003.
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Riots engulf Chinese Uighur city

Tuesday, July 7th 2009, 13:30
related places: Urumqi

Han Chinese take to the streets of Urumqi city following an earlier protest by Uighur women, amid rising ethnic tensions.
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Angry Uighurs defy Chinese police

Tuesday, July 7th 2009, 9:08
related places: Urumqi, Xinjiang

About 200 Uighur protesters rally against the arrest of 1,434 people in western China after recent clashes.
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Mass arrests over China violence

Tuesday, July 7th 2009, 3:33
related places: Xinjiang

Chinese police arrest 1,434 people over rioting in Xinjiang province, state media says, as new protests erupt in Urumqi.
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Reynolds' China

Tuesday, July 7th 2009, 1:02

Looking back at the end of three years in China
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'Climate of fear'

Monday, July 6th 2009, 21:18

What fuels tension among Uighurs in north-west China
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Scores killed in China protests

Monday, July 6th 2009, 17:55
related places: Urumqi, Xinjiang

Clashes in China's restive region of Xinjiang leave at least 156 dead in some of the most serious violence in decades.
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China launches yuan trade scheme

Monday, July 6th 2009, 10:25

China begins a trial scheme that allows trade with its neighbours to be settled with its own currency, the yuan.
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