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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.
United StatesThe US financial regulator charges the Chinese units of five accounting firms, including the "Big Four", over refusing to hand over auditing data.
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SingaporeSingapore jails one Chinese bus driver for six weeks and deports 29 others for staging the country's first strike in 26 years.
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United StatesUS-based blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng urges the new leader of China's Communist Party to carry out political reforms and uphold human rights.
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Manufacturing activity in China continues to rebound in November as two sets of figures show the industry is now expanding.
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A five-storey home marooned in the middle of a new road in China has been demolished.
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A house marooned in the middle of a new road in China for more than a year because its owner refused to move out is finally demolished.
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MacauA notorious Macau gangster known as "Broken Tooth" is released from prison after serving nearly 15 years in China's special administrative region.
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Treating people with HIV who have uninfected partners significantly reduces transmission rates, researchers in China have found.
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The nephew of blind activist Chen Guangcheng is sentenced to more than three years in jail in China for assaulting officials looking for his uncle.
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Chinese authorities say the Yellow River, the country's second biggest, could completely freeze over amid plunging temperatures.
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The head of Asean says that China's plan to board ships in disputed areas of the South China Sea could escalate tensions.
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Nestle, the world's biggest food group, agrees a deal to develop treatments based on traditional Chinese medicines.
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Who's behind expose of China's latest scandal?
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North KoreaThe online version of the Chinese Communist Party's newspaper appears to fall for a spoof hailing North Korea's Kim Jong-un as the Sexiest Man Alive.
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United StatesThe US decides not to declare China as a currency manipulator but says that the yuan remains "significantly undervalued".
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A 72-year-old grandfather from China has become something of an internet sensation after he began modelling clothes for teenage girls.
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Shares of shipbuilder China Rongsheng Heavy fall more than 9% after its chairman resigns, the latest in a series of setbacks for the firm.
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Why China's mass protests may not signal change
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VietnamVietnamese officials are refusing to stamp new Chinese passports bearing a map that lays claim to disputed areas in the South China Sea.
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Sir Elton John stuns audience in Beijing by dedicating his show to the Chinese artist and dissident's 'spirit and talent'.
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Samsung says an audit of 105 of its suppliers in China has identified "several instances of inadequate practices".
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China has successfully landed a fighter jet on its first aircraft carrier, the country's official news agency has confirmed.
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A Chinese-made fighter jet lands on Beijing's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, officials say, bolstering China's military capacity in territorial disputes.
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Hong Kong, 
TaiwanFilms, actors and directors from mainland China do well at the Chinese equivalent of the Oscars - previously dominated by Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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RussiaRussian physicist Valentin Danilov, convicted of spying for China, is freed on parole after nearly a decade in prison.
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Could China's new leaders change tack on Tibet?
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IndiaA fresh row breaks out between India and China over territorial claims in a map displayed in new passports, just one day after other neighbouring nations condemned the map.
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Hong KongJohn Simpson on Hong Kong's fight to keep its identity
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A district Communist Party official in south-west China is sacked after apparently featuring in a sex video exposed by microbloggers.
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A couple's home in eastern China has been turned into a roundabout after a road was built around it, when they refused to move out.,
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EgyptAhmed Saeed Street has become the centre of the Chinese community in Cairo, with residents saying there has been a sharp increase in the number of immigrants to the area in the last five years.
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ColombiaMarxist rebel group Farc free four Chinese oil workers they had held for 17 months, days after peace talks with the Colombian government begin.
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Hong Kong, 
United KingdomThe former British colony Hong Kong was transferred to Chinese rule 15 years ago, but it still seems as British as ever.
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As activists come to the defence of a blogger in China who made the mistake of making a joke about the Communist Party Congress, Newsnight's Paul Mason talks to three Chinese writers about what it is like working in a climate of censorship and repres
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Japan names a new ambassador to China, weeks after the previous envoy died before he could take up the post.
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China's manufacturing activity expands in November, according to a report by HSBC, the latest sign that its growth may be rebounding.
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China's leaders strengthen control over key post
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China says it will "simplify" procedures for foreign direct investments, the latest step in its attempts to attract more investors.
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Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba wants to leave Shanghai Shenhua on loan, despite being outside the transfer window.
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Hundreds of Chinese web users are protesting against the arrest of a Beijing man detained after criticising the ruling Communist Party on Twitter.
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ArubaAustralian police say they have seized drugs worth almost a quarter of a billion dollars smuggled from China inside heavy machinery.
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ArubaAustralian police seize drugs worth almost a quarter of a billion dollars, smuggled from China inside a road-roller.
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JapanJapan's exports fall for a fifth straight month after demand in China and the European Union weakens, adding to fears about the economy.
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The Chinese author who uncovered 36 million dead
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China appoints a new Communist Party chief in Chongqing, the city once led by disgraced politician Bo Xilai.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoChina agrees to launch a communications satellite for the Democratic Republic of Congo within the next three years.
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France, 
NigeriaFrench oil firm Total says it has sold its 20% stake in a Nigerian offshore oilfield to the Chinese state-owned Sinopec.
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Chinese property prices increase in 35 of the country's 70 main cities during October, indicating a small rebound in demand.
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Five street children in southwest China die after climbing into a large bin and succumbing to carbon monoxide poisoning, state media report.
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Jaguar Land Rover will start manufacturing vehicles in China for the first time after Beijing approved a £1bn joint venture.
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There is a continuing debate between dog and cat lovers over which animal is more intelligent - but one owner in China is claiming his beloved pet can do mathematics.
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China's richest man, Zong Qing Hou, who grew up in poverty and now sits on a fortune of up to $20bn, told the BBC's George Alagiah that the gap between rich and poor is something that will have to be tackled by the country's new leader.
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Xi Jinping is confirmed as the man to lead China for the next decade, as reformists miss out on membership of the top decision-making body.
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The folk singer who became China's first lady
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Xi Jinping has been confirmed as the man chosen to lead China for the next decade. John Sudworth looks at the man who is taking charge of one of the world's economic superpowers.
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The new leaders of China's Communist Party are being encouraged to usher in change by critics of the political system.
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China's Communist Party brings its week-long congress to a close, a day before unveiling the country's new leadership line-up.
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Damian Grammaticas hears growing calls for China reform
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Delegates have met at a Beijing conference before unveiling the new leadership team.
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JapanAfter two months of Chinese incursions into Japanese-controlled waters in the East China Sea, President Hu Jintao has stated explicitly that China intends to become a maritime military power.
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Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei has said China's Communist Party must make changes to the way it governs the country.
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Change - but how much? - at the top for China's military
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The BBC's John Simpson on China facing historic change
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JapanAs China's ruling Communist Party meets in Beijing to anoint a new leadership, on the other side of the Sea of Japan there is growing concern about China's increasingly aggressive pursuit of territorial claims.
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SingaporeChina's communist party will choose the country's next leaders this week, but what direction will they take once in power? One suggestion is to try to emulate Singapore.
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The operator of the world's biggest online marketplace, eBay, agrees to partner with a Chinese company, in an effort to boost its sales in the country.
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JapanJapan and China square off over remote islands
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China's ruling Communist Party will later this week unveil a new set of leaders, will the new ruling class keep pace with the change in contemporary Chinese society?
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China criticises Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, over comments he reportedly made on a spate of self-immolations by ethnic Tibetans opposed to Chinese rule.
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KenyaKenya joins a growing list of African countries that are getting more cautious about investment from China.
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China says it will give foreign investors more access to its financial markets as it looks to spur a fresh wave of economic growth.
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China's ruling Communist Party will later this week unveil a new set of leaders. John Sudworth reports from Beijing on what life is like at the grass roots of the world's biggest political party.
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Hong KongInternet users in China are involved in a 'cat and mouse' game with censors and according to the BBC's Hong Kong correspondent micro bloggers are showing no intention of retreat.
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Big challenges ahead for China's new rulers
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Do the women of China really hold up half the sky?
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China could launch its next manned space mission as early as June next year, state media reports.
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Ten questions on China's mysterious Congress
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Damian Grammaticas on China's corruption problem
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