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The women are suffering physical and mental health problems amid continuing harassment and restrictions.

Han Kuo-yu is voted out of office after he made a bid for the presidency soon after winning the election.

Experts say additional models of China’s bullet trains may suffer from design flaws.

One report says that Beijing is also hoping to rewrite international guidelines to enable it to export its surveillance technology overseas.

A new report says Asian-Pacific governments did little to improve their human rights records in 2010.

Beijing doesn't believe in the universality of human rights and refuses to cooperate with U.N. monitoring, activists say.

Beijing's order hits back over a US decision to view its state media organizations as foreign embassies.

State security police are 'very interested' in the activities of pro-democracy groups and other exiles critical of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

Recruitment drives target the 'inner provinces' of China, making a large influx of highly educated Han Chinese migrants likely.

Petitioners who use Maoist songs to highlight grievances are told to keep quiet.

Huang Wenxun is under formal arrest on suspicion of 'picking quarrels and stirring up trouble.'

The Chinese author of a novel about the Cultural Revolution wins a coveted Asian literary award.

A Chinese rights lawyer 's conviction for 'fraud' is thrown out, but she remains in prison on another charge.

Sex workers can be locked up in 'custody and education' centers, where they are vulnerable to abuse, for up to two years.

The president-led 'working group' will set up another power structure above existing bodies, analysts say.

Officials move ahead with plans to criminalize any 'insult' to China's national anthem, without specifying which situations could result in prosecution.

A Chinese magazine slams official corruption and the growing gap between rich and poor.

The children of China’s revolutionary leaders want elections.

The city's government and pro-Beijing politicians dismiss calls for a public referendum on the plan.

A former Chinese official says Beijing's refusal to consider political reform could have dangerous consequences.

Chinese authorities round up supporters of outgoing premier's call for reforms.

A proposed reform to Hong Kong's electoral process launches a debate on how new legislative seats will be chosen.

Four provinces have reportedly switched over to provide drug rehabilitation services.

Pro-democracy groups say the consultation process left them out, while the government has ignored public opinion.

The pair of activists pushing for political reform in China could receive up to 10 years in prison.

Chinese officials round up petitioners during a high-level political meeting.

Discussion of reforms in China's state media fosters speculation about Beijing's next generation of leaders.

A state media article suggests Chinese politics should remain on course.

Seventy-one intellectuals in China ask the country's new leaders to embrace moderate political reforms.

A veteran member of the Chinese Communist Party says the government must abandon Marxist and Maoist thought to survive.