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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.
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/ 22 November 2008
A UN body has expressed deep concern over allegations of widespread torture in China and called on the country to fully probe rights abuses.
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/ 12 November 2008
Police chief Laobu Laluo prides himself on dispensing justice unflinchingly — whoever the criminal may be.
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/ 12 November 2008
Few in the West have heard of Dongguan, but the chances are that your shoes, your TV or your children’s toys originated here.
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/ 11 November 2008
Evidence of a weakening Chinese economy and poor data from Japan and UK reinforced fears on Tuesday of a prolonged recession.
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/ 11 November 2008
Top seed Roger Federer remained undaunted despite a shock defeat that put his bid for a Masters Cup hat-trick in serious jeopardy.
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/ 11 November 2008
The Chinese government will never accept the Dalai Lama’s calls for ”high-level autonomy” for Tibet, an official said at a briefing on Monday.
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/ 10 November 2008
China defended itself against allegations of torture before a UN watchdog on Monday, saying it had ”zero tolerance” for abuses in its police stations.
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/ 6 November 2008
China will spend one trillion yuan (about -billion) over the next three years to rebuild areas ravaged by the Sichuan earthquake.
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/ 5 November 2008
A Chinese official has revealed fresh sentences for Tibetans accused of rioting in Lhasa in March, state media reported.
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/ 1 November 2008
China’s Health Ministry has penalised three hospitals for illegally selling human organs to foreigners, a local media report said on Saturday.
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/ 30 October 2008
Less demand for exports is hurting GDP growth, Graeme Wearden and David Stanway report.
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/ 24 October 2008
China’s president said on Friday the economic outlook was grim and companies from Japan to France were punished.
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/ 22 October 2008
Chinese internet users have expressed fury at Microsoft’s launch of an anti-piracy tool targeting Chinese computer users.
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/ 20 October 2008
The effect of the financial crisis on major economies was brought into focus on Monday, though markets rallied at the start of the week’s trading.
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/ 19 October 2008
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday but was denied the world championship by title rival Felipe Massa, who finished second.
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/ 18 October 2008
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton drove a flawless final lap on Saturday to snatch pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix.
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/ 17 October 2008
Lewis Hamilton, chasing the world title at the Chinese Grand Prix, believes criticism of his driving style is an inevitable result of his success.