Bad Air Dims Olympic Effort
2008-08-01
China mulls new emergency measures to achieve "blue skies" as the Olympics approach, but experts say the event is a false test of the country's environmental ...
Beijing's Spy in the Cab
2008-08-01
Taxis in Beijing and other Chinese cities get high-tech security and surveillance equipment, including live microphones capable of transmitting audio from ...
Under Olympics House Arrest
2008-08-01
Key rights advocates and social activists across China will spend the Olympics confined to their homes under round the clock surveillance. Some have been ...
Press Freedom at the Olympics?
2008-07-30
Updated on August 1 - China confirms that foreign journalists working out of Olympics press facilities won't have unfettered Internet access, although some ...
Labor Camp for Quake Teacher
2008-07-28
Authorities in China sentence a teacher who criticized the construction in quake-hit schools to one year in a labor camp, his wife says.
China Prices Blamed on Partial Reform
2008-07-25
China is struggling with the inflationary effects of its currency policy three years after launching a partial reform. Speculative "hot money" is pouring into ...
Beijing Rounds Up Its Unwanted
2008-07-25
Chinese citizens hoping to lodge complaints about alleged mistreatment or injustice at the hands of local officials are being tricked into filling in a form at ...
Homes Raided in Xinjiang
2008-07-23
Chinese authorities in Gulja, which saw an armed crackdown on protests in 1997, are raiding homes in a security campaign they say is aimed at the country's ...
Olympics Sap China's Power Supplies
2008-07-21
China's energy supplies are under severe strain as the Olympic Games approach. The country's main coal-producing province has run short of coal and power as it ...
Dissident Jailed Ahead of Olympics
2008-07-21
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hubei send a prominent cyber-activist serving a suspended sentence back to jail. Meanwhile, in neighboring ...
Burmese Women in Abuse Claims
2008-07-17
Three Burmese women who went to work legally in Malaysia are now being held in one of the country's notorious immigration jails after they lodged a complaint ...
Quake Parents Sign Deal
2008-07-15
Bereaved parents who lost children when their schools collapsed in the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan have vowed to continue their legal battle after officials ...
'Abuses' Under Population Policies
2008-07-12
As the Olympic torch makes its way north to Beijing, authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong boost security around the home of a jailed family ...
China Executes Two Uyghurs
2008-07-11
Authorities in Xinjiang execute two Uyghurs for alleged terror links. Fifteen others are sentenced.
World Bank Backs Food Reserve Plan
2008-07-10
World Bank backs proposal for an international food reserve to meet emergencies and curb runaway prices, as G8 nations pledge to study the plan.
Uyghurs Killed in Raid
2008-07-10
Chinese police stage a dramatic raid on a flat occupied by ethnic Uyghurs in the restive Xinjiang region.
Guizhou Girl 'Drowned', Officials Say
2008-07-07
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou say a teenage girl whose death sparked mass riots in Weng'an county died from drowning, as police ...
Grisly Job for Burma's Volunteers
2008-07-06
A monk describes the grisly task faced by his team of volunteers in dealing with the bodies of those who died in Cyclone Nargis.
China's Demand Still Surging
2008-07-02
China’s price hike for fuel has created demand for more oil, which may be just the opposite of what the government planned, experts say.