Tourists visit Tiananmen Square in Beijing on April 29, 2013 during the May Day holiday.

Activists Warned Off Tiananmen Memorial March

Chinese police issue veiled threats to dissidents who applied to hold a demonstration on the anniversary of June 4.

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China's Elderly Bereaved Parents Protest Lack of Help

More than a million people have no one to provide for them after the death of their allotted child.
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Democracy Veteran Warns Beijing of 'Brutal End' to Power

Qin Yongmin makes a call for constitutional government.
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China's Disabled Slam Government as Biggest Discriminator

An open letter hits out at stringent medical assessments for Guangdong teachers.
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Guangzhou's Elite Cemetery Plans Spark Chinese Ire

Netizens joke they 'can't afford to die,' while hitting out at further privileges for those in power.
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Police Probe Fresh Clashes in Inner Mongolia

Rights groups say ethnic Mongolian herders were 'severely beaten' in a face-off with Han Chinese residents.
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Parole Refusal Sparks Fears For Jailed Chinese Dissident's Health

Veteran democracy activist Zhu Yufu's wife is warned not to speak out about his health.
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Mayor's Tweet Sparks Anger Over Chinese PX Plan

While government censors bar talk of the protest, comments fly thick and fast.
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Death Sentence for Zhejiang Woman Who Played Markets

Lin Haiyan is found guilty of illegal fundraising in what some say is a harsh blow to private enterprise in China.
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China Graft Probe 'Likely First of Many'

Top planning official Liu Tienan's dismissal is seen as an attack on political interests linked to ex-premier Li Peng.
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China's Sex Workers Suffer Attacks, Abuse

Chinese prostitutes risk HIV infection and fear harassment and violence from police, a report says.
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Man Sues Chinese Hospital Over Forced Psychiatric Admission

Lawyers say a new law should make it harder to commit people.
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Bereaved Parents 'Let Down' After 2008 Sichuan Quake

They say the ruling Communist Party has never investigated the widespread collapse of schools in the disaster.
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Lawyers Held, Beaten After Sichuan 'Black Jail' Visit

They were trying to help several hundred people held illegally, a lawyer says.
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China To Probe Zhang Yimou Amid Online Anger Over Children

The director faces the prospect of being fined millions of dollars.
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Mongolian Medical College Founder Jailed For Three Years

He is arrested in Guangzhou and accused of seeking political asylum.
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Chinese Police Detain Anti-Graft Activist's Supporters

Police question a lawyer who tried to visit Liu Ping, detained on subversion charges after calling for transparency.
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China's State Media Hits Out at Big Tweeters

Some fear the articles may herald a fresh crackdown on the country's hugely popular Twitter-like services.
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Chinese Netizens' White House Petition Draws Beijing Response

The appeal over the 19-year-old poisoning case gets more than 100,000 signatures.
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Official Children Get Crop of Chinese Graduate Jobs

Graduates with a parent in officialdom earn on average 15 percent more than their peers in their first job.
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