Story Archive
2014-06-30
Five more high-ranking officials are disciplined by the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
2014-06-30
Riot police attack thousands of people who had blockaded the plant since last week.
2014-06-27
The territory's legal profession says recent assertions of power by Beijing could compromise the rule of law.
2014-06-27
Ordinary Chinese are sent en masse to unofficial detention centers after trying to lodge complaints in the capital.
2014-06-25
The international body calls for Chen Kegui’s immediate release.
2014-06-25
Hong Kong's lawyers call for protest over Beijing's white paper asserting its power over the city.
2014-06-25
Authorities in Jiangsu province had forced them from their homes.
2014-06-24
But commentators say his comments are more of an exercise in damage control than genuine support for democracy.
2014-06-24
Dozens more Protestant groups have been ordered to remove crosses visible from highways and train routes.
2014-06-23
The three lawyers had originally been held on a lesser, public order charge.
2014-06-20
The State Department says Beijing is striving to meet minimum standards for fighting human smuggling.
2014-06-20
But relatives and fellow activists fear he may not truly regain his freedom.
2014-06-20
The poll is an unofficial referendum on universal suffrage in the 2017 race for chief executive.
2014-06-19
However, a lack of funding is engendering widespread corruption, a veteran journalist warns.
2014-06-19
Liu Ping, Wei Zhongping and Li Siyu are found guilty of public order offenses.
2014-06-18
The attacks come just days after similar attacks on a public poll site campaigning for full democracy.
2014-06-18
Hundreds of residents of middle-class residential developments protest over 'stinking air.'
2014-06-17
Many sign an open letter in protest at proposed formal limits on their rights and powers.
2014-06-17
The move comes after another official blamed excessive lead levels on ‘pencil chewing.’
2014-06-16
Organizers say the attack serves the interests of the Chinese government.
2014-06-16
A former top official hits out at 'double standards' over large-scale bloodshed in 1989.
2014-06-13
Liu Xiaobo's refusal to "admit to his crimes" will likely stand in the way of an early release.
2014-06-13
She is held for sending a message about publicizing the anniversary of the brutal students' movement crackdown.
2014-06-12
The case will be sent back for a retrial, as the victim's mother says she is saddened by the decision.
2014-06-12
Diplomatic observers are denied access amid a heavy police presence around the court.
2014-06-11
More public participation is needed to hold the government to its promises, analysts say.
2014-06-11
Dozens of legal experts call for an end to the system, under which people can be locked up for up to two years without trial.
2014-06-10
A new policy document warns Hong Kong that there is no such thing as 'residual power' amid a campaign for wider democracy.
2014-06-10
Guangdong targets hundreds of party cadres with spouses or children permanently resident overseas.
2014-06-09
More than a million decide to skip the test and head to overseas institutions.
