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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.
How China is paying for its continuing growth
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China has played host to a Wingsuit Flying World Championship, with 15 competitors throwing themselves off Tianmen mountain wearing special flying suits.
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South KoreaTwo Japanese ministers visit the controversial Yasukuni shrine, as Beijing and Seoul criticise opposition leader Shinzo Abe's visit a day earlier.
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A leaked report into the activities of Huawei found no evidence that the firm was in league with the Chinese government.
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United KingdomThe number of people being trafficked into the UK is rising, with gangs in China, Nigeria and eastern Europe targeting the country, a government report says.
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The death of a truck driver sparks violent protests overnight in Luzhou city in Sichuan province, Chinese reports say.
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The Chinese rebel who thought he was Jesus's brother
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CambodiaThe body of former King Norodom Sihanouk is returned to Cambodia from China for a week of official mourning.
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Coca-Cola, the world's biggest soft-drinks maker, warns that it expects slower growth in China amid a slowdown in the Chinese economy.
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South KoreaChina protests to South Korea over the death of a fisherman killed after coastguards shot him with a rubber bullet during a raid.
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The high-flyer who tried to fix China's civil service - and failed
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The human cost of China's switch to free markets
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SpainDozens are arrested as Spanish police target Chinese criminal gangs in a nationwide operation against money-laundering.
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Foxconn, Apple's main supplier in China, admits it has employed interns as young as 14 years old.
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United StatesChinese views on the US have plummeted in the last two years, a study finds, with an increasing number of Chinese people seeing relations as hostile.
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The social inequality that could cause China to stumble
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China unveils a plan to open the site where it detonated its first atomic bomb to tourists, state-run Xinhua news agency reports.
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Cambodia mourns former King Norodom Sihanouk, as officials prepare to return his body from China after his death on Monday.
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A Chinese warlord who teaches us good management
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GhanaGhanaian police are investigating the killing of a Chinese boy during a security force crackdown on illegal gold mining last week.
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CambodiaNorodom Sihanouk, the former Cambodian king who was a key figure through decades of conflict and upheaval, dies at the age of 89.
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Shares of ZTE, the Chinese telecom equipment maker labelled a threat to the US, fall after it forecasts it will make its first quarterly loss.
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The 2,000-year-old emperor who showed Mao the way
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The increasing reach of China around the globe
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China's exports grow faster than expected in September, helping to ease worries about a slowdown in the economy.
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Nearly one hundred spectators have been injured during a fireworks display at the opening of the West Lake International Expo in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.
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An ethnic Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire in protest against Chinese rule over Tibet, rights campaigners say.
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Rare Chinese Cultural Revolution images go on display
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China is trying to force jailed Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo into exile by putting pressure on his anxious and unwell wife, the BBC has learnt.
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China releases a second giant panda bred in captivity into the wild after giving it special survival training, state-run media say.
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Chinese author Mo Yan, awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature, says he hopes jailed Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo will be freed as soon as possible.
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The three sisters who helped change Chinese history
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BurmaOne of the last surviving leaders of Burma's 1940s war of independence, Kyaw Zaw, dies in exile in China at the age of 93.
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Burberry confirms sharply slower demand growth in China, although stronger sale results elsewhere lift the fashion house's shares.
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Forced evictions in China have risen significantly in recent years as local officials sell off land to property developers, according to a report by Amnesty International.
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Chinese author Mo Yan, praised for his "hallucinatory realism", is awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature.
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United StatesThe US is to impose sharply higher tariffs on solar cells imported from China, which it says will offset the subsidies China pays its manufacturers.
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Forced evictions - many involving violent clashes - have risen significantly in recent years in China, fuelling public anger, Amnesty says.
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Chinese PC maker Lenovo replaces Hewlett-Packard as the world's top PC maker, according to figures released by research firm Gartner.
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Two 8th Century poets every Chinese child can recite
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JapanChina's central bank governor is missing the IMF and World Bank meetings in Japan, as a territorial row between the two nations rumbles on.
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Yum Brands, which runs the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurant chains, sees its profits boosted by strong growth in China.
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The 3,000-year-old teachings feted by today's Chinese leaders
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China is working to revise its system of labour camps, where people can be jailed for up to four years without trial, a senior judicial official says.
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United StatesChinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE pose a security threat to the US, a congressional panel warns after an investigation.
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China's efforts to force Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo into exile
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Sotheby's withdraws the sale of a painting by top Chinese artist Zhang Daqian after a Taiwanese Buddhist nun claims ownership.
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Five people - including three firefighters - were killed when a tanker carrying liquefied natural gas overturned and exploded in China's central Hunan province.
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As China prepares for a new leadership, the BBC's Martin Patience looks at one of the main challenges ahead, tackling corruption.
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The World Bank lowers its growth forecast for China citing weak demand for its exports and lower investment growth.
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Artist's creation symbolises China's corruption woes
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The ultimate dilemma faced by China's 'grand historian'
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Tons of rubbish is being collected by cleaners at Beijing's Tiananmen Square during an eight-day holiday
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FranceA French fashion designer apologises for telling a magazine that Chinese tourists would not be welcome at his new luxury hotel in Paris.
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All 18 children missing after a landslide buried their school in China's Yunnan province died in the disaster, officials confirm.
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Eighteen children have been confirmed dead after a landslide buried their primary school in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan.
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At least five children die after a landslide buried a school building in south-west China's Yunnan province, officials say.
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TaiwanFrank Hsieh, a key opposition politician in Taiwan, is on a private five-day visit to China that is viewed as an icebreaker for both sides.
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Oil prices fall sharply on Wednesday as economic data from China and Europe sparks worries about global demand.
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JapanChinese ships sail near islands disputed with Japan for a second day in a row, amid unconfirmed reports that Chinese banks pull out of meetings in Tokyo.
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United StatesA Chinese-owned firm in the US is suing President Barack Obama after he blocked a wind farm deal on national security grounds.
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Officials in China are revoking the business licence of artist Ai Weiwei's company for failing to re-register, he says.
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The Chinese children whose parents are too busy to see them
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The White House confirms one of its unclassified computer networks was breached, but will not say if the cyber-attack originated in China.
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Big wave surfers headed to the Qiantang River in Hangzhou, China, to surf the world's largest tidal bore known as the Silver Dragon.
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GermanySix people - including five German tourists - are killed as a tourist bus crashes and catches fire on a highway near the Chinese capital.
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JapanJapanese PM Yoshihiko Noda names new finance and education ministers, in a reshuffle aimed at revitalising his cabinet amid tensions with China.
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Manufacturing in China has contracted for a second month, another sign of economic slowdown in the world's second largest economy.
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Huge traffic jams have failed to dampen the start of the mid-Autumn Festival in China.
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Bo Guagua, the son of accused Chinese politician Bo Xilai, reportedly defends his father, in the face of allegations of abuse of power.
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Top politician Bo Xilai is to be stripped of his seat in China's national legislature, paving the way for corruption and abuse of power charges.
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No-one is immune from Communist Party discipline, warns China's state news agency, as top politician Bo Xilai is expelled to face criminal charges.
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Top politician Bo Xilai is expelled from China's Communist Party and is to face criminal charges for alleged abuse of power and corruption.
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Top politician Bo Xilai is expelled from China's Communist Party and is to face criminal charges for alleged abuse of power and corruption.
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United StatesPresident Barack Obama has stopped a private Chinese firm from building wind turbines in the US state of Oregon, citing national security concerns.
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Japan, United StatesChina's foreign minister accuses Japan of "stealing" islands both claim in a UN speech - prompting Japan to reply, as the US calls for calm.
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United StatesHow to bring American jobs home from China
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A Chinese forensic scientist casts doubt on the official version of the death of Briton Neil Heywood, which triggered a huge political scandal.
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