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China boasts breakthrough in nuclear technology
Jan 02, 2011 23:21 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in spent fuel reprocessing technology that could potentially solve China's uranium supply problem, state television reported on Monday.
China's spats call into question 'peaceful rise'
Dec 29, 2010 06:25 EST
China's year of diplomatic spats calls into question its promised 'peaceful rise'. China's high-profile feuds with the United States, along with territorial spats with Southeast Asian neighbors and Japan, showed a more muscular foreign policy in 2010 that called into question Beijing's promise of a "peaceful rise."
Report: Laos deports Uighurs back to China
Dec 28, 2010 23:43 EST
Report: Laos deported 7 Uighurs who fled in wake of ethnic riots back to China. A media report says Laos has deported seven Uighurs who fled China after ethnic riots last year, raising concerns over the treatment of Uighurs forcibly returned to face prosecution by the Chinese government.
Chinese investigative reporter dies after attack
Dec 28, 2010 05:39 EST
Chinese investigative reporter dies from injuries sustained in beating by 6 men. A Chinese journalist died Tuesday from injuries sustained in a gang beating that some say was linked to his investigative work, a colleague at his newspaper said.
Police in China enlist Internet users for help
Dec 25, 2010 12:32 EST
Police in China are offering cash and other rewards to encourage the country's millions of Internet users to help solve criminal investigations, state media said Saturday.
China sentences Uighur to life for reporting riots
Dec 24, 2010 01:04 EST
China sentences Uighur journalist to life in prison for reporting work on 2009 ethnic riots. A Uighur journalist who worked for an official Chinese radio service was sentenced to life imprisonment for transmitting information about the 2009 ethnic riots in western China ? one of dozens jailed since the violence, an overseas Uighur advocacy group said.
Beijing traffic official resigns amid gridlock woes
Dec 23, 2010 23:59 EST
The vice-mayor of Beijing in charge of traffic management has resigned and been sent to the far-western region of Xinjiang as officials take drastic steps to ease chronic gridlock in the Chinese capital.
On the frontlines in Italy's 'little China'
Dec 19, 2010 20:13 EST
Italian police officers sweep through the mosquito-infested clothes workshop, rifling through personal belongings and cracking jokes about the foreign food as six Chinese labourers look on in fear.
Italian city cracks down on Chinese community
Dec 19, 2010 06:12 EST
Italian police officers sweep through the mosquito-infested clothes workshop, rifling through personal belongings and cracking jokes about the foreign food as six Chinese labourers look on in fear.
HRW tells China to explain fate of Uighurs from Cambodia
Dec 18, 2010 04:51 EST
Human Rights Watch has called on Beijing to explain the fate of 20 Uighurs deported from Cambodia a year ago who had sought asylum following deadly ethnic violence in China's far-western Xinjiang region.
China asked to explain fate of Uighurs from Cambodia
Dec 18, 2010 03:54 EST
Human Rights Watch has called on Beijing to explain the fate of 20 Uighurs deported from Cambodia a year ago who had sought asylum following deadly ethnic violence in China's far-western Xinjiang region.
Mongolian activist likely released from China jail
Dec 13, 2010 03:00 EST
Relative: Mongolian activist appears released from China jail, but likely still detained. An activist who campaigned for Inner Mongolia's independence from China appears to have been released from prison after a 15-year term but is likely still being detained somewhere by state security, a relative said Monday.
China releases long-serving dissident from jail: group
Dec 12, 2010 23:42 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has released from jail one of its longest-serving dissidents, the ethnic Mongolian rights activist Hada, but his whereabouts are not known and he is likely still being detained, an exiled group said Monday.
Chinese basketball league to open with NBA bang
Dec 09, 2010 09:13 EST
A group of former NBA players led by one-time All-Star Stephon Marbury hope to woo fans with high-flying dunks, fast breaks and stellar play when the Chinese Basketball Association league opens Friday.
Chinese basketball league to open with NBA bang
Dec 08, 2010 23:25 EST
A group of former NBA players led by one-time All-Star Stephon Marbury hope to woo fans with high-flying dunks, fast breaks and stellar play when the Chinese Basketball Association league opens Friday.
Sina launches developer fund for China's Twitter
Nov 16, 2010 04:09 EST
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Sina Corp, China's largest Internet portal website, launched on Tuesday a two billion yuan ($301 million) fund for developers to create applications for its highly popular Twitter-like microblog, Weibo.
China, France sign big contracts, unite for G20
Nov 04, 2010 23:27 EDT
Hu also threw China's weight behind President Nicolas Sarkozy's goal of using France's upcoming presidency of the G20 group of the world's largest economies to reform the global financial system.
China trials yuan investment settlement in Xinjiang
Oct 30, 2010 02:26 EDT
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will let some cross-border investment flows in the far western region of Xinjiang be settled in yuan, the country's first such trial after a scheme for yuan trade settlement was expanded this year, the Xinhua news agency said.
U.S. man hurt in Beijing blast, cause unclear: report
Oct 21, 2010 09:11 EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - An American man was injured in a small explosion near a busy underground station in the Chinese capital Thursday, police told the official Xinhua news agency.
U.S. sees crisis fears easing over South China Sea
Oct 12, 2010 07:59 EDT
HANOI (Reuters) - Asian nations appeared to be moving to ease the risk of an immediate crisis over territorial disputes in the South China Sea, where concern has risen over China's growing military reach and assertiveness.
