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Chinese dissidents hail late democracy activist Fang Lizhi
Beijing - Chinese dissidents praised democracy activist and astrophysicist Fang Lizhi on Sunday following his death in exile in the United States.
China suspends popular websites to curb political debate
Beijing - At least three popular political websites in China were suspended on Friday as analysts said the country's ruling Communist Party was trying to curb debate ahead of a leadership change expected in October.
Chinese premier calls for break-up of banking monopoly
Beijing - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on Wednesday called for a fundamental reform of the country's financial sector, including the break-up of the monopoly of state banks, a news report said.
China replaces 'princeling' party chief of scandal-hit city
Beijing - China's ruling Communist Party on Thursday said it had replaced the party leader of a major city that was hit by recent scandals over an anti-crime drive and the downfall of its police chief.
China's premier rebukes leaders of scandal-hit city
Beijing - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday rebuked leaders of a scandal-hit city that has promoted itself as a model of reform, urging them to learn from the recent demise of their former police chief.
Embattled Chinese leader defends 'model' city
Beijing - The leader of a scandal-hit Chinese city once seen as a model for economic development, social control and anti-crime campaigns on Friday defended the city's progress and claimed he did not know why its police chief had fled.
Embattled Chinese leader defends 'model' city's development
Beijing - The leader of a scandal-hit Chinese city once seen as a model for economic development, social control and anti-crime campaigns on Friday defended the city's progress and claimed he did not know why its police chief had fled.
Whistleblower from China's scandal-hit city disappears
Beijing - A whistleblower has disappeared from his Beijing apartment after he was reportedly seized by authorities from a scandal-hit city in south-western China, his attorney said Thursday.
China lowers economic growth target
Beijing - Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday set a lower target of 7.5 per cent for China's economic expansion this year, saying the country had been affected by global financial woes but would promote domestic consumption to offset flagging export growth.
Chinese leadership rejects 'absurd' power struggle speculations
Beijing - China's political leadership on Friday rejected speculation over a power struggle sparked by the unexplained recent fall of former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun as 'absurd.'
No slot with name rss_item_list_every_5 defined!PROFILE: Bo Xilai: Leftist, rightist or savvy populist?
Beijing - He studied history and journalism, joined the Red Guards, played a leading role in China's integration into global trade, confronted organized crime in one of China's most notorious cities, and he still promotes Maoist values.
PREVIEW: Spotlight falls on 'princeling' at China's democracy show
Beijing - As the ruling Communist Party prepares for its 10-yearly change of leadership later this year, a recent scandal has forced the spotlight onto rising star Bo Xilai at the annual National People's Congress, China's annual parliament.
Victims' relatives urge China to probe 1989 crackdown
Beijing - A group of victims' relatives on Wednesday urged the Chinese government to investigate the deaths of hundreds of people during the 1989 military crackdown on democracy protesters and allow public discussion of the event.
Tibetan new year begins under security blanket
Beijing - The Tibetan lunar new year began amid heavy security in Tibetan areas of China on Wednesday, as India-based Tibetan exiles held a day of mourning and fasting.
Ex-police chief spent one day in US consulate, China says
Beijing - A former police chief spent one day in a US consulate in the south-western city of Chengdu, the Chinese government said on Friday, following unconfirmed reports that he sought asylum in the compound.
Fall of anti-mafia hero shakes China's model city
Beijing - A purported open letter from China's most famous law enforcement officer on Thursday intensified rumours of in-fighting, corruption and organized crime in a city that one of the Communist Party's rising stars had turned into a model of security and harmony.
YEARENDER: Trust us, China's Communist Party urges world
Beijing - 'Trust us' is the implicit message from China's ruling Communist Party to 1.3 billion Chinese people and the rest of the world.
China hands dissident artist 2.4-million-dollar tax bill
Beijing - Chinese tax authorities on Tuesday ordered the company of artist and rights activist Ai Weiwei to pay some 2.4 million dollars in unpaid taxes and fines, Ai said.
Rights defenders spur debate over detained blind activist
Beijing - When Qi Jianxiang supported his mother, Wang Lihong, at her trial in August for 'creating a disturbance,' he wore a T-shirt with a message calling for the release of fellow human rights activist Chen Guangcheng.
China's Communist Party opens key meeting
Beijing - Some 350 top members of China's ruling Communist Party began a four-day meeting on Saturday to plan future policies ahead of a scheduled leadership change next year.
No slot with name rss_item_list_every_5 defined!China marks 1911 uprising with Taiwan unification call
Beijing - Chinese President Hu Jintao marked the 100th anniversary of China's republican revolution with a call on Sunday for the unification of Taiwan and mainland China.
China convicts monk of murder over self-immolation
Beijing - A court in south-western China on Monday convicted a Tibetan Buddhist monk of murder and sentenced him to 11 years in prison following the death of a younger monk who set fire to himself to protest Chinese rule.
Outspoken artist attacks 'constant nightmare' of Beijing
Beijing - Outspoken artist and rights activist Ai Weiwei on Monday risked the wrath of authorities with an attack on the 'constant nightmare' of life in the Chinese capital under the ruling Communist Party.
Chinese dissident plans literary treatment of 1989 massacre
Erlangen, Germany - Chinese dissident writer Liao Yiwu, who fled his country last month, is planning a literary treatment of the June 1989 massacre in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, he told a German cultural gathering Saturday evening.
Police control Tibetan town after monk's suicide protest
Beijing - Paramilitary police controlled a monastery town in south-western China's Sichuan province on Tuesday following the death of a Tibetan monk who set fire to himself to protest Chinese rule, sources said.
Tibetan monk dies after self-immolation in China, group says
Beijing - A Tibetan monk died on Monday after setting fire to himself in protest against Chinese rule in the south-western region of Sichuan, London-based Free Tibet reported.
China's Ai Weiwei 'close to death' in detention, source tells BBC
London - Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei believed he was 'close to death' during his more than 80 days of detention at a secret location, a source close to him has told the BBC.
Chinese artist rallies support for fellow activist
Beijing - Artist Ai Weiwei renewed his political activism with a rallying call for fellow activist Wang Lihong on Wednesday in apparent defiance of the Chinese government's attempts to silence him.
Dalai Lama suggests his successor be elected, pope-style
Paris - The Dalai Lama suggested that his successor could be elected in a papal-style conclave instead of his reincarnation being automatically picked for the role, in interview remarks published Tuesday in Le Monde newspaper.
China celebrates Tibet 'liberation,' slams Dalai Lama
Beijing - Chinese authorities on Tuesday staged a celebration of the anniversary of Tibet's 'peaceful liberation,' state news agency Xinhua reported.
No slot with name rss_item_list_every_5 defined!China jails three Buddhist nuns over 'Free Tibet' protest
Beijing - Three Tibetan Buddhist nuns were sentenced to three years in prison by a court in south-western China's Sichuan province after they called for freedom and the return of the exiled Dalai Lama, a human rights group said Friday.
Ai Weiwei was under 24-hour watch during detention, sister says
Beijing - Police guards kept artist and political activist Ai Weiwei under 24-hour monitoring during his recent detention, sharing his small room and even watching him use the shower and toilet, his sister said on Friday.
Artist Ai Weiwei unsure when he can leave China for Berlin post
Beijing - Artist and political activist Ai Weiwei on Thursday said he planned to take up a visiting professorship in Berlin but was waiting for the Chinese government to allow him to leave the country.
Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei accepts visiting professorship in Berlin
Berlin - The Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei has accepted a post of visiting professor at Berlin's University of the Arts (UdK), it was announced Wednesday.
INTERVIEW: Dissident writer flees China to publish prison memoir
Beijing - Dissident writer Liao Yiwu arrived in Germany this week after months of unsuccessful attempts to leave China to attend literary festivals.
Chinese author Liao goes into exile, promoting book in Berlin
Berlin - Dissident Chinese author Liao Yiwu, 52, has confirmed that he has gone into exile, and was in Germany on Friday to promote a book about his time in prison and his two decades of criticizing Chinese authorities.
China rejects rumours of former leader's death
Beijing - China on Thursday denied that former president and Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin had died, saying online speculation and media reports of his death were 'pure rumour.'
China's Hu rules out democratic reform as party turns 90
Beijing - Chinese President and Communist Party leader Hu Jintao marked the party's 90th anniversary Friday with a speech ruling out any moves towards multiparty democracy and urging continued economic development, stability and 'harmony.'
Hu lighter on Marxism, heavy on harmony
Beijing - Chinese President Hu Jintao referred to Marxism 23 times on Friday in his speech marking the Communist Party's 90th anniversary, roughly half as many times as his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, 10 years ago.
China's Hu rules out democratic reform on party's 90th anniversary
Beijing - Chinese President and Communist Party leader Hu Jintao marked the party's 90th anniversary Friday with a speech ruling out any moves towards multiparty democracy and urging continued economic development, stability and 'harmony.'
No slot with name rss_item_list_every_5 defined!Ai Weiwei's studio queries China's tax demand
Beijing - Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was released from detention last week, has requested an appeal hearing in the tax evasion case against him, a lawyer representing his studio said Thursday.
China's bloated party debates its next 90 years
Beijing - 'Long live the great, glorious, correct Chinese Communist Party!' said the slogan on a red banner hung across a bridge in the Chinese capital on Wednesday.
China tax authorities ask Ai Weiwei for nearly 2 million dollars
Beijing - Friends and supporters of artist Ai Weiwei offered to contribute on Tuesday after tax authorities demanded nearly 2 million dollars from Ai's Fake Studio.
China defends media ban on freed dissident Hu Jia
Beijing - China on Tuesday defended its media ban and other controls on dissident Hu Jia following his release from prison, saying the restrictions were in accordance with Chinese law.
Ai Weiwei's driver freed on bail; three others 'could follow'
Beijing - China has released the cousin of artist and activist Ai Weiwei on bail and could be planning to release three other people linked to Ai and detained shortly after he was seized on April 3, Ai's sister said Friday.
China's Communist Party membership hits 80 million
Beijing - The world's largest political party got even bigger last year, expanding its membership past 80 million, an official from the Chinese Communist Party said on Friday.
China rejects diplomatic links to artist's release
Beijing - China on Thursday denied that its release on bail of artist and activist Ai Weiwei was linked to international pressure or to high-profile diplomatic meetings scheduled in the next few days.
Global outcry helps Ai but 'troubling questions' linger
Why did China free 'Love' artist Ai Weiwei?
Beijing - Activists and international rights groups welcomed Wednesday's release on bail of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, but questions remained about his legal status and why the ruling Communist Party decided to free him.
Renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei released on bail
Beijing - Chinese police have released renowned artist Ai Weiwei - whose arrest earlier this year prompted an international outcry - on bail after he 'confessed his crimes,' the Chinese government's official Xinhua agency reported on Wednesday.
No slot with name rss_item_list_every_5 defined!PROFILE: Ai Weiwei: Artist, architect, satirist, activist
Beijing - Rights activist Liu Shasha received a surprise visitor after plain clothes police had kidnapped, tortured and threatened her and then dumped her on the outskirts of Beijing last year.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei released - report
Beijing - Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, detained since April 3, has been released, the news agency Xinhua reported, citing a Beijing police department statement.
Security forces blanket Beijing for Tiananmen anniversary
Beijing - China's capital mobilized hundreds of thousands of paramilitary, uniformed and plainclothes police, security guards and volunteers on Saturday for the 22nd anniversary of the 1989 military crackdown on democracy protesters.
Groups slam China's 'worst repression in a generation'
Beijing - Human rights groups on Thursday accused China of conducting its worst repression of dissent since troops put a brutal end to the country's 1989 democracy movement.
Rights groups slam China's 'worst repression in a generation'
Beijing - Human rights groups on Thursday accused China of conducting its worst repression of dissent since troops put a brutal end to the country's 1989 democracy movement.
China broaches 'under the table' payment to Tiananmen family
Beijing - A group of victims' relatives on Tuesday said the government had raised the issue of 'under the table' compensation to the family of one of the hundreds of people who died during China's 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
Victims, family defy threats to mark Tiananmen deaths
Beijing - Even if they wanted to forget that another anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown is approaching, police harassment and surveillance ensure that the Tiananmen Mothers and other rights activists are always reminded of the approach of June 4.
China discusses 'under the table' payments for Tiananmen victims
Beijing - A group of victims' relatives on Tuesday said the government had raised the issue of 'under the table' compensation to families of some of the hundreds of people who died during China's 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
Mongolians protest after two deaths in Chinese region
Beijing - Mongolian students marched through a town in China's Inner Mongolia to urge the government to protect the rights of traditional herding families on the region's vast grasslands, a US-based rights group reported on Wednesday.
Ai Weiwei's sister denies tax evasion charges against brother
Beijing - The sister of detained activist Ai Weiwei rejected accusations Saturday that a company under his control had evaded taxes.
No slot with name rss_item_list_every_5 defined!Artist's plight highlights abuses by China's police
Beijing - 'Liu Yanping, if you dare put this on the internet, don't blame me if I use my own method to settle it,' Beijing police officer Zhao Chenxing threatened during questioning last month.
Wife meets detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei
Beijing - Chinese police allowed detained artist Ai Weiwei to meet his wife at the weekend, his first family visit since his April 3 arrest, his sister said Monday.
China frees veteran labour activist after 10 years
Beijing - China has freed a veteran labour rights activist after he served 10 years in prison for 'inciting subversion of state power,' a fellow activist said on Friday.
Chinese activist Ai Weiwei offered Berlin university post
Berlin - Arrested Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has been offered a visiting professorship at Berlin's University of the Arts, the city's education authorities said on Wednesday.
Protest outside Chinese embassy in Berlin over Ai Weiwei's arrest
Amnesty joins call by Germany's Merkel to release Ai Weiwei
Report: Merkel calls on China to release Ai Weiwei
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made a personal plea to the Chinese government for the release of artist and activist Ai Weiwei, Speigel magazine reported Saturday.
Critics seek recall of German art to protest Ai Weiwei arrest
Berlin - German critics of the Chinese government have called for art lent to a Chinese museum to be recalled to protest Beijing's recent arrest of artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei.
Wife appeals for justice amid report of artist's confession
Beijing - Family and friends of detained artist Ai Weiwei on Friday appealed to Chinese police to uphold justice for Ai and accused them of kidnapping several of his colleagues.
Detained artist Ai Weiwei confesses to crimes, newspaper says
Hong Kong - Artist and rights activist Ai Weiwei, who has been held in detention by Chinese authorities for 12 days, has reportedly begun confessing to crimes, a Hong Kong newspaper said Friday.
No slot with name rss_item_list_every_5 defined!China detains artist's studio partner, starts tax probe
Beijing - Chinese authorities have detained a business partner of dissident Ai Weiwei and begun examining the artist's tax affairs, sources said on Tuesday.
China investigates artist for 'economic crimes'
Beijing - The Chinese government said Thursday that police were investigating renowned artist Ai Weiwei for economic crimes, four days after his detention at Beijing's main airport.
Family, supporters press for information on detained artist
Beijing - Family and supporters pressed for information on detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei Wednesday as state media broke its silence by calling him a 'maverick' who sailed 'close to the red line of Chinese law.'
Critics suffer in China's 'lawless' crackdown
Beijing - 'I don't need it. I can just do it,' a uniformed police officer told Teng Biao last month when the dissident lawyer questioned the legal basis of the officer's demand to check his identity card.
Amnesty: Artist's detention part of 'chilling' crackdown
Beijing - Amnesty International on Monday said the detention of renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was part of a 'chilling' crackdown following calls last month for anti-government protests.
PROFILE: Ai Weiwei: Artist, architect, satirist, activist
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei missing after arrest
Beijing - Supporters and assistants said they had no news of renowned artist and rights activist Ai Weiwei on Monday, nearly 36 hours after border police stopped him from boarding a flight to Hong Kong.
Chinese police detain artist Ai Weiwei, question staff
Beijing - Chinese border police detained renowned artist and rights activist Ai Weiwei at Beijing's main airport on Sunday, while other officers took away about eight employees from his main studio, supporters said.
Police detain artist Ai Weiwei, question staff
Beijing - Chinese border police detained renowned artist and rights activist Ai Weiwei at Beijing's main airport on Sunday, while other officers detained eight employees of his main studio, supporters said.
Beijing screens more 'jasmine' sites but no sign of protest
Beijing - Hundreds of police maintained heavy security at several busy commercial sites in China's capital on Sunday for the fifth week of planned 'Jasmine' rallies against the government.
No slot with name rss_item_list_every_5 defined!BACKGROUND: China's 2011-2015 economic and social development plan
Beijing - China's five-year plans outline the ruling Communist Party's economic and social policies, creating a framework for provincial and local governments to develop their own plans.
China launches five-year plan to rebalance economy
Beijing - China's annual parliament on Monday approved a five-year plan designed to transform the nation's economy, raise rural incomes and promote social stability.
China's parliament approves five-year plan
Beijing - China's annual parliament on Monday approved a five-year plan designed to transform the nation's economy, raise rural incomes and promote social stability.
China keeps heavy security on fourth 'Jasmine' day
Beijing - Hundreds of police maintained heavy security at two busy commercial sites in China's capital on Sunday for the fourth week of planned 'Jasmine' rallies against the government.
ANALYSIS: China's Communist Party dabbles in 'socialist' democracy
Beijing - China's ruling Communist Party is again trumpeting the minor but slowly widening debate at its annual state parliament meeting as a reflection of the country's democratic development.
China to protect reincarnation of Dalai Lama, official says
Beijing - China plans to protect the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama after his death if the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader tries to end the traditional practice, an official said on Monday.
China's foreign minister denies shift in reporting rules
Beijing - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Monday denied that his government had tightened its rules for foreign media despite recent restrictions on reporting anti-government 'strolling' protests.
China intensifies propaganda against 'street politics'
Beijing - Intensifying propaganda against anonymous calls for peaceful anti-government rallies, Chinese state media and officials Sunday said the 'street politics' of recent protest movements in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya would not succeed in China.
Scores gather for Shanghai 'stroll'; Beijing quiet
Beijing - Scores of people gathered in Shanghai Sunday at the site for weekly 'strolling' protests against the government, surrounded by hundreds of uniformed and plain clothes police.
Police arrest protesters near China congress
China airs five-year plan, targets stability
Beijing - Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday aired China's five-year plan to transform its economy, raise rural incomes and promote social stability.
China focuses on stability during annual parliament session
Beijing - China on Saturday opened the 10-day annual session of its National People's Congress, the nominal state parliament, amid continuing calls for peaceful anti-government rallies.
Berlin summons Chinese envoy over threats to foreign media
Berlin - German authorities summoned a senior Chinese diplomat in Berlin on Friday over what they called the intimidation of foreign correspondents in Beijing.
BACKGROUND: China's 2011-2015 economic and social development plan
Beijing - China's five-year plans outline the ruling Communist Party's economic and social policies, creating a framework for provincial and local governments to develop their own plans.
PREVIEW: Worried Chinese leaders to air plan to rebalance economy
Beijing - A fledgling democracy movement is adding to pressure on China's leaders as they prepare for the annual National People's Congress, where they are to showcase their plans to tackle inflation, income gaps, corruption, waste, environmental pollution and other problems that they said have brought the economy to a critical stage.
German foreign minister calls for journalistic freedom in China
Bratislava/Berlin - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle called Thursday on Chinese authorities to allow accredited German journalists to conduct 'unhampered and free' reporting, amid pressure on foreign media in the Asian country.
China threatens foreign journalists, imposes new rules
Tiananmen Mothers demand inquiry into China's 1989 crackdown
Beijing - A group of victims' relatives on Wednesday urged the Chinese government to investigate the deaths of hundreds of people during the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
ANALYSIS: China's suppression of 'strollers' echoes Olympic crackdown
Beijing - When Danish sculptor Jens Galschiot ended his 'Colour Orange' campaign after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he accused the thousands of foreign sports journalists of failing to confront China's 'totalitarian dictatorship with a massive violation of human rights.'
Chinese premier promises changes amid protest calls
Beijing - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised economic policy changes designed to benefit ordinary people Sunday amid calls for anti-government protests across the nation.
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