BEIJING (Reuters) – China sentenced a prominent rights activist to eight years … Chinese state media branded those reports “fake news” and said the accounts were concocted as a means of gaining attention. Xie’s lawyer…
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China sentences ‘Vulgar Butcher’ activist to 8 years’ prison
Add China as an interest to stay up to date on the latest China news, video, and analysis from ABC News. A prominent activist who called himself the Ultra Vulgar Butcher as he mocked and…
China hands down harshest sentence in multi-year rights crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – China sentenced a prominent rights activist to eight years … Chinese state media branded those reports “fake news” and said the accounts were concocted as a means of gaining attention. Xie’s lawyer…
Beijing’s migrant crackdown leaves up to 15,000 children without education
The debris of a demolished kindergarten is covered at a village, which is mainly inhabited by migrant workers, in Tongzhou district of Beijing, China. Source: Reuters/Jason Lee IN what is called its most aggressive crackdown…
China regulator summons founder of debt-laden LeEco back to China
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s securities regulator has formally ordered the founder of indebted tech conglomerate LeEco to return to China and sort out a mounting debt pile linked to his firms, ramping up pressure on…
China hands down harshest sentence yet in multi-year rights crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – China sentenced a prominent rights activist to eight years in jail for subversion on Tuesday, his lawyer said, the harshest sentence to be passed so far in a government crackdown on activism…
How China’s first emperor searched for elixir of life
China’s first emperor launched an obsessive search for the elixir of life before dying aged 49 in 210 BCE, new archaeological research has revealed. Qin Shi Huang, who created the world-famous terracotta army, ordered a…
China urges restraint after N. Korea calls sanctions ‘war’
Add North Korea as an interest to stay up to date on the latest North Korea news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The Chinese government has urged countries to act with restraint and work…
China shuts down over 13,000 websites in past three years, to ‘maintain a clean cyberspace’
China has shut down more than 13,000 websites since the beginning of 2015 in a continuous campaign against “illegal information” online, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. The closures are part of Beijing’s moves…
China shuts down thousands of websites in Internet network crackdown
Chinese authorities shut down more than 13,000 websites for breaking laws and regulations governing the country’s Internet network since 2015, reported China’s state-run news agency Xinhua. An additional 2,220 website operations had been summoned for…
One Target in Beijing’s Migrant Crackdown: Schoolchildren
BEIJING — Ding Fei, a truck driver from rural China, was thrilled to find a school in a crowded migrant neighborhood where his 7-year-old daughter might flourish. Finally, he thought, she could learn to read…
China launches world’s largest amphibious aircraft with an eye on South China Sea
“Its successful maiden flight makes China among the world’s few countries capable of developing a large amphibious aircraft,” chief designer Huang Lingcai told Xinhua state news agency. The aircraft has military applications but will also…
In ‘China’s Jerusalem’, Christians say faith trumps official Sunday School ban
Christian news site World Watch Monitor reported in September. Sources spoken to by Reuters were unaware if the policy was a local government initiative or centrally mandated. They also did not know of any similar…
