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/ 23 January 2009
China sought on Friday to portray its internet crackdown as a campaign to protect youth from filth and nothing to do with stifling political dissent.
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/ 22 January 2009
A Chinese court on Thursday gave the death penalty to a man involved in making tainted milk that killed six babies and sickened about 300&000 others.
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/ 21 January 2009
China offered a nervous welcome on Wednesday to US President Barack Obama, expressing concern over the direction he may take Sino-US relations.
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/ 19 January 2009
Lawyers for more than 200 families said on Monday they were turning to China’s highest court for higher compensation for their affected children.
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/ 14 January 2009
Two golden labradors sporting uniforms and leather shoes launched China’s first drug-sniffing dog patrol on flights to Beijing this week.
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/ 13 January 2009
Chinese authorities defended their internet censorship practices on Tuesday after a rights group accused them of cracking down.
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/ 12 January 2009
China is likely to establish a holiday to mark what it calls the ”liberation” of Tibetan serfs, state media said on Monday.
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/ 12 January 2009
China posted a sharp fall in 2008 car sales growth on Monday as makers worldwide grapple with slowing demand.
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/ 12 January 2009
China has shut down 91 websites for pornographic and other ”vulgar” content, as well as a political blog portal.
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/ 12 January 2009
A 107-year-old Chinese woman who was afraid to marry when she was young has decided to look for her first husband.
China on Friday launched a campaign to curb the overuse of antibiotics and slow the development of drug-resistant bacteria.
China issued long-awaited third-generation mobile phone licences Wednesday, a move that will pour billions of dollars into new networks.
Websites and blogs popular among China’s young generation extol the virtues of frugality as the global financial crisis bites the country’s economy
China has launched a crackdown against websites that officials accused of spreading pornography and threatening youth morals, including Google.
China has launched a crackdown on a new network of political activists, writers and lawyers who have supported a bold new manifesto.
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/ 31 December 2008
The chairperson of a Chinese diary company went on trial on Wednesday over a tainted milk scandal that has killed at least six children.
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/ 30 December 2008
The biggest migration in human history has gone into reverse. China’s ocean of blue-collar workers are streaming back to the country’s hinterland.
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/ 26 December 2008
China said on Friday many of its schools were structurally unsafe more than seven months after a devastating earthquake.
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/ 26 December 2008
The morning before China’s vast earthquake killed Kang Ergui’s son, the father worked as a security guard at the boy’s school.
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/ 25 December 2008
A man was given three days in detention for breaking a non-smoking rule on a new high-speed rail line, Chinese state media said.
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/ 19 December 2008
China is set this year to become the world’s largest physical market for gold, precious metals analyst GFMS said on Friday.
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/ 18 December 2008
Battery-maker turned car company BYD has launched China’s first hybrid electric vehicle for the retail market.
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/ 14 December 2008
Dozens of people in Hong Kong were hurt after two bottles containing an acidic liquid were dropped from a building into a busy commercial district.
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/ 14 December 2008
Two Hong Kong Airlines pilots have been sacked after trying to take off from a taxiway rather than the main runway at the city’s airport.
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/ 10 December 2008
On the eve of reform, China’s regimented media relied on daily slogans, but 30 years on journalists are pushing the envelope.
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/ 8 December 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will pay a ”heavy price” for meeting the Dalai Lama, a Chinese state paper said on Monday.
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/ 8 December 2008
A young woman in southern China has partially lost her hearing after her boyfriend ruptured her eardrum during an excessively passionate kiss.
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/ 4 December 2008
United States Treasury chief Henry Paulson led a high-powered delegation for bilateral talks that opened in Beijing on Thursday.
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/ 2 December 2008
China’s health ministry says six babies may have died from consuming poisoned milk – this is up from a previous confirmed death toll of three.
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/ 1 December 2008
Zeng Yawen’s outdoor laboratory in the hills of southern China is a trove of potential — rice that thrives in cool temperatures or high altitudes.
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/ 30 November 2008
The new face of Aids in China is a shy man with a heavy provincial accent, a weathered face and the rough hands of a manual worker.
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/ 29 November 2008
Internet giant Baidu has promised to overhaul its operations after accusations it allowed unlicensed medical services to buy high search rankings.