… Nobel Peace Prize for “his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.” Liu’s wife tweeted at the time that, upon hearing the news from her during a prison visit, he started…
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Hong Kong in Beijing’s shadow 20 years after handover
When Xi Jinping lands in Hong Kong on Thursday for the first time since becoming China’s president, he will step into a deeply divided city uncertain of its future. The visit marks 20 years since…
China accuses India of border incursion
China has accused India of a border incursion between Sikkim and Tibet, according to Reuters, warning the development could “threaten peace”. The news agency quoted officials as saying that Indian troops had crossed the border,…
China’s imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate given medical parole
Geng Shuang, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, said Monday he was not aware of the latest development in Liu’s case. The news of Liu’s diagnosis shocked and saddened fellow human rights activists who have…
China’s jailed Nobel Peace laureate given medical parole
Geng Shuang, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, said Monday he was not aware of the latest development in Liu’s case. The news of Liu’s diagnosis shocked and saddened fellow human rights activists in China.…
China landslide: More than 90 missing as search continues
The landslide blocked a 2km (1.2-mile) stretch of a river, China’s Xinhua state news agency said. Local police said a lack of vegetation had made the landslide worse. Local officials said some 8m cubic metres…
China landslide rescuers find bodies, search for dozens of missing people
China June 25, 2017. As heavy machines removed debris and men scoured the rubble for survivors on Sunday, relatives from nearby villages sobbed as they awaited news of their loved ones. “It was as if…
China sentences 16 from Australia’s Crown Resorts to prison
Casino gambling, the marketing of casinos and organizing overseas gambling trips involving 10 or more people are illegal in China. Eleven defendants were sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment and five defendants to 10 months, Crown…
China landslide: More than 100 missing as search continues
But geological experts at the site on Sunday said that the chance of finding survivors was becoming “really slim”, China’s Xinhua news agency reports. The landslide blocked a 2km (1.2-mile) stretch of a river, the…
10 confirmed dead after landslide buries scores in China
Crews searching through the rubble left by a landslide that buried a mountain village under tonnes of soil and rocks in southwestern China on Saturday found 10 bodies, but about 100 more people remained missing.…
Ten bodies found, scores missing in massive China landslide
MAO COUNTY, China — Rescuers recovered 10 bodies and were still searching … relatives from nearby villages sobbed as they awaited news of their loved ones. “It was as if strong winds were blowing by,…
China landslide: 15 bodies recovered, 118 reported missing
Beijing (CNN)At least 15 bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a landslide in southwestern China, state news outlets reported Sunday, citing emergency officials. CCTV also said 118 people were missing in the disaster,…
Hopes fade in China for 93 missing in landslide
MAO COUNTY, China Rescue workers in southwestern China pulled bodies … contradicting a report by the Xinhua state news agency on Saturday saying that 15 people had been confirmed killed. On Sunday industrial excavators removed…
