China has blamed Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and his government-in-exile for plotting the riots, in which at least 18 "innocent civilians", according to Beijing, were killed by Tibetan mobs in the regional capital, Lhasa, last month. Lhasa Intermediate
BEIJING-China's lawyers face official harassment, meddling, even jail for defending suspects and sensitive causes, a rights group said in a new report, adding to criticism of the nation's r...
BEIJING-A Chinese court jailed 17 people for terms ranging from three years to life on Tuesday for their roles in the Tibet protests, which triggered anti-China protests ahead of the Beijing Olym...
The intestinal virus called enterovirus 71 or EV71, one trigger of hand-foot-mouth disease, began spreading in Fuyang in Anhui province from early March, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday, citing the city health office. The young victims went to hospitals
Authorities were quoted as saying that human error was to blame. The death toll could rise, with 70 people hospitalized in critical condition after the pre-dawn crash in a rural part of Shandong province, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Xinhua said authorities had determined the crash was caused by 'human error', but did not elaborate. One train was en route from Beijing to the seaside resort of Qingdao when the accident happened in Zibo, Shandong province. The second train
The probe panel set up by the State Council, the state cabinet, has said excessive speed was responsible for yesterday's mishap in east Shandong province, official Xinhua news agency said. The railway line was reopened for traffic early today, 20
New York's Pace Wildenstein gallery is the first Manhattan gallery to open a branch in Beijing's 798 arts district, according to the New York Times:The $20 million project is scheduled to open on Aug. 8, in time for the Summer
German scholar, Gudrun Wacker, takes a new approach to the recent Olympic human rights controversy. From German Institute of International and Security Affairs: Did the Chinese government know what they were in for when they applied for host the Olympics
Willy Lam writes in the Jamestown Foundation's China Brief about the role young Chinese nationalists are playing in the run-up to the Olympic Games:There are signs that the CCP leadership has started to try reining in the excesses of the
Anti-Chinese Sentiment Looms After Torch Relay" Kim Tae-jong reports in Korea Times:Violence by Chinese during the Olympic flame relay in Seoul, Sunday, has ignited anti-China sentiment among Koreans.The Beijing Olympic torch was successfully relayed from the South to North Korea,
From the Washington Post:The Olympic torch left China only a month ago on what was billed as "a journey of harmony." Instead, the torch became a moving target for protesters worldwide. The focus of most demonstrations was China's crackdown against
From AP:Investigators on Tuesday blamed speeding for China's worst train accident in a decade, a disaster that killed at least 70 people and injured more than 400.The finding was announced by an investigation panel set up by China's Cabinet, the
From AFP:Chinese authorities on Tuesday jailed 17 people for between three years and life for their role in last month's Tibetan unrest, state press reported.The 17 were involved in violence on March 14 in Tibet's capital, Lhasa, the Xinhua news
From Toronto Star:One fine fall afternoon last year, Li Heping was making his way towards a newspaper kiosk not far from his office when a man approached, grabbed him by the arm and said sternly, "Come with me.""I said, `I
The foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Tuesday his country supported the measures China had taken in Tibet to safeguard social stability there. The visiting DPRK Foreign Minister, Pak Ui-chu ...
The Chinese Embassy in Indonesia confirmed Tuesday that five Chinese citizens who worked for a mining firm in Aceh province had been kidnapped by gunmen over the weekend and remained hostages. A group of gunmen abducted seven Chines ...
China will shape top 10 city agglomerations including the Wuhan city circle, which is expected to top 10 supporting points of national economy," said Xiao Jincheng, an expert from China's National Development and Reform Commission, in a sp ...
China has donated 600,000 U.S. dollars for Cambodia to clean the mines and unexploded ordnances (UXO) along National Road No. 7 from Kratie province to Stung Treng province in the country's eastern part bordering Laos, said government offic ...
China will succeed in organizing the Beijing Olympic Games and Cambodia conveys its best wishes for China, Cambodian Prime minister Hun Sen said here on Tuesday while inaugurating National Road No. 7. "We all will watch and follow t ...
