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

China: news

Google to cut China porn results

Monday, June 22nd 2009, 10:33

Google says it will take steps to remove porn results findable via its Chinese language search site, Google.cn
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Blast at Chinese factory kills 16

Sunday, June 21st 2009, 6:36

At least 16 people have been killed and dozens injured in an explosion at a Chinese factory, official media say.
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dot.life

Thursday, June 18th 2009, 10:17

Steelmaker Corus, job losses and electricity usage
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Robust message

Friday, June 12th 2009, 18:27
related countries: North Korea, Russia

China and Russia on board for North Korea sanctions
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China mulls Afghan border request

Friday, June 12th 2009, 18:11
related countries: Afghanistan

Chinese and Afghan foreign ministry officials may open up a strategically important and beautiful border area, officials say after a meeting.
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Environment fears halt China dams

Friday, June 12th 2009, 11:28

China suspends construction of two hydro-electric dams on a tributary of the Yangtze River over environmental concerns.
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Australia dismisses mining spat

Friday, June 12th 2009, 10:33
related countries: Australia

Australia dismisses threats of sanctions from China against its two largest mining firms Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
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China warning on 'little coffers'

Friday, June 12th 2009, 4:35

China warns party officials to empty out "little coffers", the hidden caches of cash often siphoned from public funds.
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Row erupts over Guantanamo deal

Friday, June 12th 2009, 1:05
related countries: Bermuda, United Kingdom, United States

The UK raises objections over Bermuda's acceptance of four Chinese Muslim Uighurs released from Guantanamo by the US.
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The French town with Chinese heritage

Thursday, June 11th 2009, 13:09
related countries: France

Hugh Schofield discovers how a quirk of history led to a small town in France playing a key role in the formation of the Chinese Communist Party.
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China demands US return Uighurs

Thursday, June 11th 2009, 8:34
related countries: Palau, United States

China demands the return of 17 Chinese Muslim Uighurs held at Guantanamo Bay and due to be sent to Palau.
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French cars fail tests in China

Thursday, June 11th 2009, 3:29
related countries: France
related places: Renault

Chinese safety inspectors block imports of French-made Renault cars after recent safety checks.
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Brazil to make $10bn loan to IMF

Thursday, June 11th 2009, 0:52
related countries: Russia

Brazil offers $10bn to the IMF to boost credit to developing countries, ahead of a summit with Russia, India and China.
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Studio justice

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 23:32

Chinese put their faith in television court judgements
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China's computers at hacking risk

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 22:48

Independent tests of screening software to be installed on all Chinese computers finds it opens users to serious security risks.
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China's computers at hacking risk

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 22:48

Independent tests of screening software to be installed on all Chinese computers finds it opens users to serious security risks.
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India military air crash kills 13

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 15:20
related countries: India

The Indian Air Force says no one survived when a transport plane carrying 13 people crashed near the border with China.
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China bans parts of gay festival

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 14:51

Organisers of China's first Gay Pride are told to cancel two of their sessions, despite receiving praise from state media.
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State media praises Shanghai gays

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 5:57
related places: Shanghai

Chinese state media praise Shanghai's gay pride festival in a sign of new official acceptance of homosexuality.
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Palau to take Guantanamo men

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 4:37
related countries: Palau, United States
related places: Pacific

The Pacific nation of Palau agrees to temporarily take 17 Chinese Muslims from the US detention centre in Guantanamo.
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Breaking the wall

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 0:10

Twitterers defy China's attempts to censor the web
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China defends screening software

Tuesday, June 9th 2009, 11:22

China installs new filter software in all computers, to weed out violent and - critics say - politically sensitive material.
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Hanoi protests China fishing ban

Monday, June 8th 2009, 14:53
related countries: Vietnam
related places: Hanoi

Vietnam asks China to stop preventing its fishermen from working in what Hanoi says are its territorial waters.
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Testing times

Monday, June 8th 2009, 12:52

Chinese students sweat out college entrance exams
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Dalai Lama made citizen of Paris

Monday, June 8th 2009, 12:35
related countries: France
related places: Paris

The exiled Tibetan leader becomes an honorary Parisian - a move China calls "grave interference" in Sino-French ties.
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Shenzhen mayor faces graft probe

Monday, June 8th 2009, 6:39
related places: Shenzhen

The mayor of Chinese boom town Shenzhen is investigated as part of a corruption investigation, state media reports.
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Hunt for China landslip survivors

Sunday, June 7th 2009, 15:40

Hundreds of rescue workers search for survivors of a landslide in south-western China that has left scores of people missing.
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China landslide 'buries dozens'

Friday, June 5th 2009, 14:18

Nearly 60 people have been buried in a landslide in an iron-ore mining area of south-western China, state media report.
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China deploys video cameras to thwart hi-tech exam cheats

Friday, June 5th 2009, 8:54

China deploys video cameras to counter hi-tech cheats in nationwide college entrance examinations.
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Bus fire kills 25 in Chinese city

Friday, June 5th 2009, 5:58
related places: Chengdu

A bus fire in the central Chinese city of Chengdu kills at least 25 people and wounds 78, state media reports.
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Hummer to be sold to Chinese firm

Tuesday, June 2nd 2009, 21:53

General Motors is to sell its Hummer brand to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery.
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Shoe thrower cleared of offence

Tuesday, June 2nd 2009, 16:17
related countries: Germany, United Kingdom
related places: Cambridge

A Cambridge student who threw a shoe at the Chinese PM is cleared by a judge who said the evidence of harassment was insufficient.
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China blocks Twitter and Hotmail

Tuesday, June 2nd 2009, 13:29

China blocks websites and arrests a dissident ahead of the 20th anniversary of the crackdown on Tiananmen protests.
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Markets up on good economic news

Monday, June 1st 2009, 21:18
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

Encouraging economic data from China, the US and the UK sends stock markets rising around the world.
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HK cardinal criticises Beijing

Monday, June 1st 2009, 11:24
related places: Beijing

Hong Kong's Cardinal Zen, an adviser to the Pope, says China should reassess its verdict on the Tiananmen massacre.
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Snake-bite chicken 'off the menu'

Monday, June 1st 2009, 9:54

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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Geithner assures China investors

Monday, June 1st 2009, 9:23
related countries: United States

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tells China's government its huge investments in the US are "very safe".
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Hong Kong protest over Tiananmen

Sunday, May 31st 2009, 12:08
related countries: Hong Kong

Thousands 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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Back to Beijing

Saturday, May 30th 2009, 23:33

Kate Adie returns to Tiananmen, 20 years on
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Chinese woo business in Bangladesh

Saturday, May 30th 2009, 11:43
related countries: Bangladesh

Duncan Bartlett describes some of the tactics used by the Chinese they seek stronger business ties with Bangladesh.
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US presses Australia to take Uighurs

Saturday, May 30th 2009, 10:56
related countries: Australia

The US asks Australia to accept a group of Chinese Muslim detainees waiting to be freed from Guantanamo prison camp.
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Chinese ships 'quit Korea waters'

Friday, May 29th 2009, 12:53
related countries: North Korea, South Korea

Chinese shipping is said to be leaving North Korean waters after the North's threats of military action against South Korea.
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Tiananmen past

Thursday, May 28th 2009, 18:26

Key people recall events in Beijing 20 years ago
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Briton appeals China death term

Tuesday, May 26th 2009, 15:28
related countries: United Kingdom

A UK citizen sentenced to death for drugs trafficking in China is to plead his case at an appeal court.
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China farmers raid police station

Tuesday, May 26th 2009, 10:35

Hundreds of Chinese tea farmers attack a police station over a row about social security payments, state media reports.
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Pope urges China reconciliation

Monday, May 25th 2009, 23:31

Pope Benedict tells the official Chinese Patriotic Church and those who worship in secret to take steps towards reconciliation.
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China bridge jumper pushed over the edge by passer-by

Saturday, May 23rd 2009, 8:07

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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Chinese spa murder sparks concern

Friday, May 22nd 2009, 19:37

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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Arrests in Chinese slavery case

Friday, May 22nd 2009, 9:55

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 EU not to interfere

Wednesday, May 20th 2009, 16:27

China warns the EU not to interfere in its affairs, at a summit previously delayed by a row over Tibet.
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