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Japanese firms shut China plants, US urges calm

Article Kazunori Takada - 17 Sep 2012

Japanese firms have shut factories in China and urged expatriate workers to stay indoors in the wake of angry protests over a territorial dispute.

China’s Xi Jinping sets the tone for his leadership

Article bogdan TagDiv - 8 Feb 2012

Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping's visit to the US next week could set the mood for the next decade that he is likely to serve as president.

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China breaks out tear gas to disperse Tibet protesters

Article bogdan TagDiv - 24 Jan 2012

Chinese forces have fired tear gas to break up a protest by Tibetans in the province of Sichuan, the latest flare-up of volatile unrest there.

ICC looks to reel in Saif al-Islam

Article Mark John - 30 Oct 2011

The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said he has evidence that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, now on the run, had helped hire mercenaries.

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China’s Wen says jobs a priority despite economic headwinds

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Oct 2011

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says he will make job creation a more urgent priority in the face of slowed economic growth and weakened exports.

China seeks to tame the microblog tiger

Article bogdan TagDiv - 16 Sep 2011

A stream of warnings in state media has exposed how nervous Beijing is about microblogs and their potential to tear at the seams of party censorship.

Great Leap Backward for China’s bullet trains

Article bogdan TagDiv - 12 Aug 2011

China's second-biggest train maker will recall 54 bullet trains used on the new showcase Beijing-Shanghai line for safety reasons.

China’s media rein in criticism over train crash

Article bogdan TagDiv - 1 Aug 2011

China's media are curbing combative reporting of a train disaster after what observers said were orders from the Communist Party's propaganda arm.

Unhappy rural migrants threaten China stability

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Jun 2011

China's millions of rural workers will become a serious threat to stability unless they are better treated in their new urban homes.

Google shouldn’t point fingers, says Chinese paper

Article bogdan TagDiv - 6 Jun 2011

Google has become a "political tool" vilifying the Chinese government, an official Beijing newspaper has said of Google's hacking attack claims.

China rights lawyer Li missing, wife pleas for information

Article bogdan TagDiv - 2 May 2011

A prominent human rights lawyers in China remains missing three days after he called his wife to say he was led away by state security police.

Detained Chinese artist ‘suspected’ of economic crimes

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 Apr 2011

Chinese police said prominent artist and rights activist Ai Weiwei is under investigation "for suspected economic crimes".

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China says stealth jet test-flight should not scare US

Article bogdan TagDiv - 12 Jan 2011

China told the United States on Wednesday that its first test-flight of a stealth fighter jet should not be seen as a threat.

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N Korea says it will strike South if drill goes ahead

Article Yoo Choonsik - 17 Dec 2010

North Korea said on Friday it would strike again at the South if a live-firing drill planned by Seoul on a disputed island went ahead.

China concerned about US-Korea military drill

Article bogdan TagDiv - 25 Nov 2010

China expressed concern on Thursday about South Korea's planned joint military exercise with the United States.

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