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• China Warns Against Protesting at Games

  Published: November 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: China, Warns, Against, Protesting, Games, Beijing, Cao Dongxiang, Liu Shaowu, Tibet, Yu Zaiqing, Beijing Organizing Committee For The Olympic Games, Interpol, People S Liberation Army, Sudan, Xinhua News Agency

  BEIJING, Nov. 16 -- A top Chinese security official vowed Friday to punish anyone who takes part in a political, religious or ethnic demonstration or protest "in any form" at an Olympic site during the 2008 Beijing Games.

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• Death Toll Exceeds 30 In Slide Near Chinese Dam

  Published: November 24, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Death, Toll, Exceeds, Slide, Near, Chinese, Dam, China, Three Gorges Dam, Hubei Province, Zhang Xinzhou, Three Gorges Project Construction Committee, Xinhua News Agency

  BEIJING, Nov. 23 -- The death toll from a landslide near China's controversial Three Gorges Dam rose to more than 30 people after workers clearing the site discovered a bus in the rubble and identified 24 bodies, the New China News Agency reported Friday.

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• Officials Violating 'One-Child' Policy Forced Out in China

  Published: January 8, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Officials, Violating, One Child, Policy, Forced, Out, China, Hubei Province, Xinhua News Agency, Wang Yukai, China S National School

  BEIJING, Jan. 7 -- Officials in Hubei province have expelled 500 people from the Communist Party for violating China's "one-child" family planning policy, state media reports said Monday.

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• Chinese Blogger Murdered by Cheng Guan

  Published: January 12, 2008, 5:01 pm

  Tags: China, Tianmen, Blogger, Chinese Blogger, Opinions, People Amp 039 S Republic Of News Service, Qu Zhengjun, Reporters Without Borders, Water Resources Construction Co, Wei, Wei Wenhua, Xinhua News Agency

  Just when you thought it was safe to be a blogger.Well you may be right if you're speaking about the United States and/or any other western country - but in China - Wei Wenhua was beaten to death simply because he...read more

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• Australians Unhurt in China After Bus Hijacker Is Killed

  Published: March 6, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Australians, Unhurt, China, After, Bus, Hijacker, Killed, Beijing, Xinhua News Agency, Reuters Group Plc, Stephen F Smith Executive

  BEIJING, March 5 -- A man armed with explosives hijacked a bus carrying Australian tourists Wednesday in the historic city of Xian, a rare act of violence against foreign visitors to China. The man negotiated for nearly three hours until police shot him dead as he headed toward the airport, Chine...

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• Chinese Court Sentences 30 to Prison in Lhasa Rioting

  Published: April 30, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Chinese, Court, Sentences, Prison, Lhasa, Rioting, China, Tibet, Beijing, Dalai Lama, Human Rights Watch, Nepal, Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, Cheng Hai, Edward Cody, Jiang Yu, Jiang Zaiping, Lama Cedain, Liu Liu, Nicholas Bequelin, Qiangba Puncog, Chinese Ministry O

  BEIJING, April 29 -- A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced 30 people to jail for alleged participation in last month's deadly rioting in Lhasa, the first convictions following an aggressive hunt for the leaders of anti-government protests that swept through Tibetan areas on China's western plateau.

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• Envoys for Dalai Lama, China to Meet Again

  Published: May 5, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Envoys, For, Dalai, Lama, China, Meet, Again, Dalai Lama, Beijing, Tibet, Xinhua News Agency, Dharamsala, Hu Jintao, Kate Saunders, Shenzhen, Communist Party S United Front, India, International Campaign For Tibet, Japan, Kyodo News Agency, People S Daily, Switzerland, Work

  BEIJING, May 5 -- Chinese officials and representatives of the Dalai Lama resumed talks Sunday for the first time in nearly a year and agreed to hold another round of discussions at a later date, sources told the New China News Agency.

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• Aftershock Hits China; 2 Dead, Hundreds Hurt

  Published: May 26, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Aftershock, Hits, China, Dead, Hundreds, Hurt, Beijing, Chengdu, Guangyuan, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Deyang, Xiao Zhihu, Sichuan Province, U S Geological Survey, Xinhua News Agency, China

  CHENGDU, China, May 25 -- The strongest aftershock since a May 12 earthquake devastated parts of Sichuan province struck the area Sunday afternoon, killing two people, injuring more than 480 and spreading panic through a region just beginning to move from rescue operations to rebuilding.

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• China Faces Aftershocks, Flood Fears

  Published: May 28, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: China, Faces, Aftershocks, Flood, Fears, Xinhua News Agency, Sichuan Province, Liu Ning, Wen Jiabao, Reuters Group Plc, State Council Of The People S Republic Of China, Shaanxi Province

  CHENGDU, China, May 27 -- More than two weeks after a catastrophic earthquake, a pair of powerful aftershocks collapsed hundreds of thousands of homes in central China on Tuesday, as soldiers and engineers worked feverishly to prevent a swelling lake from inundating nearby towns.

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• School Collapse Furor Gives Rise to Contrition

  Published: May 30, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: School, Collapse, Furor, Gives, Rise, Contrition, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Sichuan Province, Xinhua News Agency, Lin Qiang, Liu Ning, Mianyang, Wen Jiabao, Zhang Hemin, Primary School, State Information Center, The Associated Press, Water Resources Ministry

  MIANYANG, China, May 29 -- A local Sichuan province official has withdrawn from the Olympic torch relay after acknowledging that lax government oversight of construction may have contributed to the collapse of dozens of schools that killed at least 9,000 children in this month's earthquake.

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• 'Quake Lake' Drainage Eases Danger in China

  Published: June 8, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Quake, Lake, Drainage, Eases, Danger, China, Mianyang, Chengdu, Jiangyou, Wang Xiaoquan, Wen Jiabao, Zhang Lihua, Zhang Jie, Mianyang High School, Xinhua News Agency, Sichuan Province

  TAOHUA MOUNTAIN, China, June 7 -- The residents of low-lying areas of Mianyang city who had not yet been ordered to evacuate trudged up nearby hills, scouting out the best places to set up tents and checking their emergency supplies.

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• 28 Chinese Officials Cited for Quake Laxity

  Published: June 11, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Chinese, Officials, Cited, For, Quake, Laxity, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Beijing, Mianyang, Organization Department, Xinhua News Agency, Sichuan Province, Communist Party Of China, Hu Jintao, Jiang Rong, Liu Dinghuang, Wen Jiabao, Xiao Rong, China, Politburo Stan

  BEIJING, June 11 -- The Chinese Communist Party has disciplined 28 officials and promoted 50 as a result of their performances during rescue operations after the devastating May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province, the party said Tuesday.

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• After Hike In China, Global Oil Prices Fall

  Published: June 20, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: After, Hike, China, Global, Oil, Prices, Fall, China, United States, Beijing, Annapolis Maryland, John Lonski, Adam E Sieminski, Christopher Twarowski, Moody S Corporation, New York Mercantile Exchange Inc, Petrochina Co Ltd, Xinhua News Agency, Deutsche Bank Ag, Washing

  SHANGHAI, June 19 -- China, the world's second-largest consumer of oil, said Thursday that it would dramatically raise domestic fuel prices after resisting international pressure to hike them for 7 1/2 months.

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• Beijing Officials Announce a New Round of Talks With Dalai Lama's Envoys

  Published: June 30, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Beijing, Officials, Announce, New, Round, Talks, With, Dalai, Lama S, Envoys, Dalai Lama, China, Dharamsala, Jill Drew, Tibet, Xinhua News Agency, India

  BEIJING, June 29 -- Chinese officials will hold a second round of meetings early next month with envoys of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, state media reported Sunday.

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• Anger Over Rape-Murder Case Sparks Riot in China

  Published: June 30, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Anger, Over, Rape Murder, Case, Sparks, Riot, China, Center For Human Rights, County People S Hospital, Reuters Group Plc, The Associated Press, Xinhua News Agency, Guizhou Province, Hong Kong

  BEIJING, June 29 -- Thousands of people thronged a police station in southwestern China to protest the alleged coverup of a teenage girl's rape and murder, witnesses and officials reported Sunday. The crowd set fire to a government complex and several police vehicles.

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