I spent nearly seven years in a Chinese prison for being a leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. I was freed in 1998, and the Chinese government let me leave the country. I chose…
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China’s RYB Education fires head of Beijing kindergarten embroiled in abuse scandal
A security camera is pictured at the kindergarten run by pre-school operator RYB Education Inc being investigated by China’s police, in Beijing Thomson Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese educational services provider RYB Education Inc said…
Explosion in China port kills 2, injures 30
Add China as an interest to stay up to date on the latest China news, video, and analysis from ABC News. An explosion in a port city south of Shanghai on Sunday killed two people…
Teacher Detained After Abuse Allegations at Beijing Kindergarten
BEIJING — A kindergarten teacher suspected of abusing children was detained by the police in China’s capital, state media reported on Saturday, as the city government tried to contain public fury over claims that children…
Police investigate claims of sexual abuse at Beijing kindergarten
Chinese police are investigating claims of sexual molestation and needlemarks on children at a Beijing kindergarten, the latest case in a booming childcare industry to spark outrage among parents. The official Xinhua news agency said…
Beijing steps up evictions in gentrification push
Beijing has started a citywide wave of demolitions and evictions within migrant worker communities, the biggest city clean-up campaign in a decade. The surge in evictions was prompted by an apartment fire last week that…
Factory explosion in China port kills 2, injures 30
Add China as an interest to stay up to date on the latest China news, video, and analysis from ABC News. A factory explosion in a port city south of Shanghai on Sunday killed two…
China factory explosion injures 30, causes buildings to collapse
The explosion at a factory in Ningbo, one of China‘s busiest ports, struck a neighbourhood along the Yong River at about 8:55 a.m., the official Xinhua News Agency and other outlets reported. No other details…
Police investigate Beijing kindergarten over molestation claims, children leaving with needle marks
Police in Beijing are investigating claims of molestation and needlemarks on children at a kindergarten. China’s childcare industry is booming as the middle class rises. The story is huge in China, with 76 million mentions…
Beijing Kindergarten Is Accused of Abuse, and Internet Erupts in Fury
BEIJING — A kindergarten in Beijing run by a New York-listed company has been engulfed by a wave of public suspicion and wrath after parents charged that children in a class there were fed pills,…
China says it will inspect kindergartens after chilling abuse report
It’s the latest case involving schools to spark online outrage in China. “Laws must be enforced, supervision strengthened, teacher wages increased,” an editorial by the official Xinhua News Agency said. “The child-care industry cannot be…
China launches national kindergarten probe after ‘needle marks’ found on toddlers
Its shares plunged by more than 40 percent in after-hours trading. China’s official Xinhua news agency said children were also “reportedly sexually molested” but gave no further details. Li Jing, mother of a three-year-old girl,…
China reports breaking up gang that moved $3 billion abroad
Seven suspects were detained in the case centred in the southern city Shaoguan near Hong Kong but as many as 10,000 people might have been involved, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Chinese authorities have…
