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British award for Chen Guangcheng set to worsen UK-China relations

Britain's relationship with Beijing was set to chill further last night when the British Parliament gave a human rights award to blind activist Chen Guangcheng.

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Li Keqiang visits New Delhi, vows to end border disputes

China and India agreed yesterday to launch a fresh round of talks to settle their long-running border disputes. They also pledged to draw up a roadmap to reach a "dynamic balance" in trade between...

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Taiwan vows to protect Filipinos from attacks

Taiwan yesterday ordered all law-enforcement personnel to step up the protection of Filipinos on the island, after a suggestion that Manila might evacuate its nationals from the island after...

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Li Keqiang on charm offensive in India after meeting Manmohan Singh

Premier Li Keqiang exchanged banter with Indian reporters and officials as he embarked on a charm offensive in New Delhi yesterday during his maiden foreign trip.

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Rape victim's petitioning mother Tang Hui wins court review

Hunan's high court agreed to hear an appeal by Tang Hui, the mother of a teenage girl who was raped and forced into prostitution by local officials.

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Heilongjiang governor Lu Hao heads 'next generation' of leadership

The overseas edition of People's Daily ran a prominent profile of rising political star Lu Hao yesterday, with analysts saying it was part of a propaganda campaign ahead of his elevation to the...

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Call for moral education to tackle violence by students

A spate of stabbings by pupils in schools in the past month has prompted calls for more attention to be paid to moral education.

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Pair get 1.1m yuan each after decade in jail for murder they didn't commit

The high court in Zhejiang province has ruled that two men wrongfully convicted of murder should each receive about 1.1 million yuan (HK$1.25 million) in compensation after serving 10 years in...

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Irritated Beijing tells Pyongyang to resolve kidnapping of fishing crew

China has urged North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat that the owner says was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations...

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Activist Chen Fengqiang fights for answers over disabled boy

Long-time petitioner Chen Fengqiang expected to be questioned or taken into custody when police entered his apartment in Zhuhai on the evening of April 28, but instead they brought him a disabled...

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China Red Cross donations in doubt after new figures show discrepancies

A public outcry against missing donations by the Red Cross Society of China has morphed into subdued scepticism after the Ministry of Civil Affairs reviewed figures at the weekend that indicated...

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Half of the silk on sale in Beijing contains little or no silk, study finds

Just weeks after it emerged that Shanghai hotpot was found to contain rat meat instead of lamb, a survey in Beijing has found that half of the silk products on sale in China's capital contain...

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Five dead, 20 missing in factory explosion in China's Shandong province

A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory on Monday in eastern China, killing five people and leaving another 20 missing, state media reported.

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