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Activists' families targeted in harassment campaign

The elder brother of blind activist Chen Guangcheng was woken when a torrent of rocks, bricks and beer bottles flew into his family's courtyard, smashing roof tiles and windows.

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Taiwanese investigators quit shooting probe, calling Philippine officials 'dishonest'

The 17 Taiwan investigators, led by Chen Wen-chi, a senior justice ministry official, returned to Taipei yesterday empty-handed a day after arriving in Manila for what was originally meant to be a...

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Poultry farms may be H7N9 source, study finds

The study, compiled after a week-long field assessment of the influenza by a panel of experts commissioned by the WHO, was publicised by the National Health and Family Planning Commission...

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Landmark decision sees China join Arctic Council as an observer

China's diplomats have won a long-running cold war with the country's marine officials over the Arctic. For years they debated whether China should join the Arctic Council as an observer, giving...

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State Council orders probe into pricey buildings

According to its "urgent notification", the State Council ordered thorough checks to see whether central or local government agencies had used public funds to build extravagant offices, halls or...

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EU trade chief alleges subsidies to Huawei, ZTE

The European Union's top trade official has raised the rhetoric in a brewing telecoms trade row with China, citing Huawei and ZTE for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines, but...

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Several arrests as Kunming protest over petrochemical plant ends

Hundreds gathered outside government offices on Thursday morning to protest against plans for a petrochemical plant, in the second major public display against the project.

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Three new suicides at Foxconn China factory

Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in China in the past three weeks, a labour rights group said on Saturday.

All three jumped to their deaths at a plant in the...

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Philippines rejects Taiwan ‘murder’ claims

The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan’s allegations that its coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat.

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Pakistan adopts Chinese rival GPS satellite system

Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China’s domestic satellite navigation system which was launched as a rival to the US global positioning system, a report said on Saturday...

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LGBT activists detained during celebrations of International Day Against Homophobia

Activists in at least two Chinese cities were detained by police as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates across China, with unprecedented enthusiasm, took to the street...

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Death toll from new bird flu in China rises to 36

Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36 from 131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday....

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Cultural attitudes impede organ donations in China

China is phasing out its reliance on executed prisoners for donated organs, but an architect of the country’s transplant system said on Friday that ingrained cultural attitudes are impeding the...

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