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16 million Chinese women married to gays: Expert

At least 16 million women in China are married to gays, a leading expert has said.

Professor Zhang Bei-chuan of Qingdao University, an authority on AIDS and HIV, said that due to traditional family v

Facebook hopes to re-friend China despite censors

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As Facebook prepares to go public it has its sights on China, where the social media titan is blocked, but analysts say its chances of re-entering the market of half a billion Internet users are slim.

All 25 Chinese workers kidnapped in Egypt freed

China said on Wednesday that 25 Chinese workers captured by Egyptian locals demanding the release of their Islamist relatives had been released, state media reported.

The official Xinhua news agency

China factory activity falls for third month - HSBC PMI

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China's factory activity shrank for a third successive month in January, a private-sector survey of purchasing managers showed on Wednesday, reinforcing views that Beijing's pro-growth policy stance w

China tightens controls over temples, monasteries in Tibet

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In the wake of protests by Tibetans in Sichuan province over self-immolations by monks, China has tightened its control over Buddhist temples and monasteries in Tibet and is taking steps to prevent 't

China detains seven as water pollution fears widen

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China has detained seven company executives after suspected industrial waste discharges polluted a river with toxic cadmium, threatening drinking supplies for millions, state media said on Tuesday.

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Free Internet service in Beijing to boost tourism

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China will provide free Internet service at its major tourist attractions in the capital to boost tourism, a top official said today.

"Beijing will this year cover all its 211 A-class tourist attrac

Drinking water scare in Chinese city after industrial pollution

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Authorities in China have swooped into action to monitor drinking water safety more closely after cadmium pollution, caused by a mining firm, has been found downstream of a China river.

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Chinese police shoots more tibetans dead

The police in China shot dead two more protesters in Tibetan-inhabited areas as unrest spread, official media and an advocacy group said Wednesday, amid signs of a physical and virtual lockdown on the region.

Deadly unrest spreads in Tibetan areas of China

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Police in China shot dead more protesters in Tibetan-inhabited areas as unrest spread, official media and an advocacy group said Wednesday, amid signs of a physical and virtual lockdown on the region.

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