Chinese police arrested thousands in a drive against internet pornography throughout 2009, officials said, vowing a deepening crackdown.
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/ 29 December 2009
China has executed a British citizen caught smuggling heroin, the British Foreign Office said, in a move condemned by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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/ 25 December 2009
A court on Friday sentenced dissident Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison for subversion, prompting the US to accuse China of persecuting its opponents.
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/ 22 December 2009
China has issued new internet regulations, including what appears to be an effort to create a ”whitelist” of approved websites.
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/ 19 December 2009
A global warming deal worked out by US President Barack Obama and four other countries, including SA, faces mass opposition at Copenhagen.
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/ 12 December 2009
Chinese police have detained about 3 470 people so far this year during a crackdown on online pornography and closed thousands of websites.
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/ 4 December 2009
China has sentenced 13 low-level officials to jail for an iron mine dam collapse just before the Olympic Games opened in Beijing last year.
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/ 4 December 2009
With just days to go before the Copenhagen climate talks, the world waits for China to set its carbon target.
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/ 2 December 2009
Police in northern China have sentenced five Christian church leaders to two years of ”education through labour”, a rights group said on Wednesday.
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/ 28 November 2009
A Zimbabwe cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off on Saturday from Shanghai’s main international airport, killing three crew members.
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/ 26 November 2009
China unveiled its first firm target to curb greenhouse gas emissions on Thursday, a goal that Premier Wen Jiabao will take to climate talks.
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/ 26 November 2009
Rory McIlroy propelled Ireland into a three-shot lead over Argentina as they ended the first day of the Golf World Cup in style on Thursday.
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/ 23 November 2009
Hundreds of rescuers in northern China are battling to reach 21 miners trapped after a huge gas explosion killed at least 104 of their colleagues.
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/ 22 November 2009
The death toll from China’s latest coal mine disaster reached 87 as hopes dimmed on Sunday that more survivors would be found.
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/ 21 November 2009
A gas explosion killed 42 miners in a Chinese mine on Saturday and 66 remain trapped hundreds of metres underground.
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/ 18 November 2009
Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao mostly lauded the increased cooperation between their countries at a meeting this week.
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/ 17 November 2009
The Tibetan government-in-exile said on Tuesday it was willing to talk to China after Barack Obama called for resumption of dialogue.
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/ 17 November 2009
Japan’s football chief has raised the decibel level against vuvuzelas at next year’s World Cup.
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/ 16 November 2009
United States President Barack Obama on Monday called al-Qaeda the biggest threat to US security.
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/ 13 November 2009
Likening slavery in US to that of Tibetan society under Dalia Lama, Beijing says "black president" should be sympathetic.
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/ 11 November 2009
Delta has been warming faster than global average for a decade, and the impact is already being felt, according to WWF China.
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/ 10 November 2009
Tucked into a grimy building in Guangzhou, a small band of Chinese master carvers chip away at ivory tusks with chisels.
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/ 9 November 2009
Despite falling short at the HSBC Championships in Shanghai, Ernie Els was glad to walk away from a week of golf where he felt he regained his touch.
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/ 9 November 2009
Emerging economies, smarting under rampant currency appreciation, are finally daring to join a chorus of protests against China’s weak yuan.
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/ 9 November 2009
China on Monday offered full assistance to Africa in agriculture and infrastructure following its pledge of -billion in concessional loans.
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/ 9 November 2009
Phil Mickelson left Shanghai on Monday for an extended break, wrapping up a difficult season on a high and excited about his prospects for 2010.
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/ 6 November 2009
Chinese scientists claim to be able to control precipitation. But is so-called geo-engineering more than wishful thinking?
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/ 6 November 2009
Tiger Woods stormed into a share of the lead with Nick Watney at the WGC-HSBC Champions on Friday, with Phil Mickelson one shot behind.
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/ 6 November 2009
Xie Caiping’s trial has revealed all the hallmarks of a typical gang boss, writes Tania Branigan.
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/ 5 November 2009
Nick Watney made an immediate impression in the HSBC Champions by tying the course record with an 8-under 64 to build a two-shot lead on Thursday.
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/ 5 November 2009
The US will not agree to targets cutting greenhouse gas emissions unless developing countries, particularly China, make similar moves.
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/ 4 November 2009
Although United States President Barack Obama has never set foot there, China cast a long shadow in the Pacific region where he grew up.