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Chinese petitioner wins a court hearing on accusations of abuse.

Sun Wenlin is taking his local civil affairs bureau to court, arguing that the terms 'husband' and 'wife' need not be gender-specific.

Hundreds of workers protest outside government buildings in Guangdong in a call for compensation for work-related illness.

The suicide comes amid popular protests against the rerouting of a state highway through village land, disturbing family graves.

Suicide is a leading cause of death for Chinese women, and China is the only country in which the suicide rate for females is higher than for males.

Officials in the Chinese province say there is 'no evidence' to support suspicions over the death of a dissident's father.

The former pro-independence activist was jailed after losing his presidential immunity for misuse of public funds.

Zhu Tiezhi is found hanged after warning the ruling party over growing factional strife.

An official probe into the death of a blind Chinese dissident continues to point to suicide but his supporters reject the new verdict.

One group drinks the poison in a police station while another takes pesticide outside a newspaper headquarters.

The woman's death after a pay cut brings hundreds to the streets.

Growing social pressures make suicide the leading cause of death in young people.

And in Fujian, a woman drinks pesticide after being taunted by a local official.

Villagers say they were driven to desperation when Chinese authorities seized their land.

A Chinese protester swallows sleeping pills amid clashes between retired mine workers and security guards.

High-tech giants pledge to probe conditions at a factory plagued by suicides.

The two powers will grapple with a plethora of issues at White House talks.

Analysts say North Korea and trade are more likely to be top of the agenda than the plight of the country's detained human rights lawyers.

The pressure comes as Obama and Xi prepare to meet in California.

Local residents say the security measures are more stringent than those in place for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Veteran Chinese rights activist Sun Wenguang describes life at close quarters with state security police.

President Tsai Ing-wen also moots a bilateral trade deal to make the island less economically dependent on China.

President Tsai Ing-wen says the island, like the US, can revoke Hong Kong's separate trading status if Beijing imposes a draconian subversion law on the city.

Protesters want chief executive Carrie Lam to withdraw a bill that would allow the rendition of criminal suspects to mainland China.

The city's usually-neutral civil servants say the government needs to take steps to heal rifts in an increasingly polarized city.

Democratic Party founder Martin Lee says the US has a responsibility to support the city's traditional freedoms and democratic aspirations.

Ye Haiyan is taken away from her home by Wuhan police after she shaves her head in support of Occupy Central.

Rights campaigners point to a 'serious level of oppression' in China.

Police question a lawyer who tried to visit Liu Ping, detained on subversion charges after calling for transparency.

But lawyers say his attempts to undermine the evidence will have little impact on the result.