Chinese teen commits suicide over dress code
A 14-year-old student who jumped to her death in China to protest her school's dress code has triggered an online debate among the netizens.
Ying Ying succumbed to her injuries on April 14. She was a
China censors squelch web searches in activist case
Chinese censors on Monday blocked web searches of a host of terms related to blind activist Chen Guangcheng, from his name to 'Shawshank Redemption', the prison-break film being compared to his case.
129 Chinese kids hospitalised after school meal
As many as 129 kindergarten students in China's Yunnan province fell ill after having breakfast at school, officials said.
According to the publicity department of Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous
Blind China activist makes mystery 'escape'
Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, one of the China's most prominent human rights advocates, has escaped from home imprisonment, activists said on Friday, but uncertainty over his whereabouts and f
Russia to build two more nuclear reactors in China
Russia and China have firmed up their nuclear cooperation, with Moscow set to build two more high-power reactors in this country's Tianwan atomic plant.
Russia had earlier helped China build two reac
Blind Chinese activist under US protection
A blind legal activist who fled house arrest in his Chinese village is under the protection of American officials, overseas activists said on Saturday, putting the U.S. in a difficult position days ah
Blind Chinese activist 'escapes' from house arrest
Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese lawyer who won global acclaim for uncovering rights abuses under China's ‘one child’ policy, has escaped from house arrest, his supporters said Friday.
Chen had bee
Bo bugged phone call to China President Hu: Report
A wiretapping network run by Chongqing officials was detected on a phone call made to Chinese President Hu Jintao in August, a discovery that helped topple the city's ambitious party chief Bo Xilai, t
Panchen Lama delivers first speech out of Chinese mainland
Panchen Lama, being groomed by China to rival exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, on Thursday made his first speech outside the Chinese mainland, highlighting the emergence of Dharma from
Moody's confirms China Aa3 rating, outlook positive
China's sovereign rating outlook remains positive, supported by favourable medium-term growth prospects and strong government debt dynamics, Moody's Investors Service said in a report on Thursday.
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