Story Archive
2012-12-31
The Chinese authorities refuse to issue a visa to a New York Times reporter.
2012-12-28
Chinese police drag a South Korean pastor away as he gives his sermon.
2012-12-28
China 'reiterates' a widely ignored ban on abuses in its jails and prisons.
2012-12-28
China grapples with growing calls for transparency.
2012-12-27
Chinese workers demand compensation for work performed during a period of 'restructuring.'
2012-12-27
Seventy-one intellectuals in China ask the country's new leaders to embrace moderate political reforms.
2012-12-26
Chinese dissident had posted photos of the death scene of an activist declared a 'suicide' by authorities.
2012-12-26
Chinese authorities round up petitioners and 'unofficial' worshippers during Christmas.
2012-12-26
China moves to further tighten restrictions on Internet usage in 2012.
2012-12-25
A Chinese campaigner for victims of the devastating 2008 Sichuan earthquake is ordered jailed for 'disrupting public order.'
2012-12-24
The Chinese activist gets a severe punishment after complaining about beatings he received at a labor camp.
2012-12-24
Chinese netizens are encouraged to send Christmas cards to incarcerated dissident Gao Zhisheng.
2012-12-21
There is no letup in China's state control of the media.
2012-12-20
Thousands of Chinese are drawn to countries that protect investments and uphold the rule of law.
2012-12-19
China seeks to downplay concerns that the world will end this week amidst police clashes with members of a religious sect.
2012-12-18
Chinese villagers in Hainan province are punished after they opposed plans to build a power station in their township.
2012-12-18
Authorities reverse the convictions after the fall of former party secretary Bo Xilai from political grace.
2012-12-17
Chinese authorities say the man who stabbed 23 children was 'psychologically affected' by doomsday predictions.
2012-12-17
Authorities have detained a number of car owners following a melee in southern China.
2012-12-14
Activists demand that China's leaders fulfill their pledge to fight corruption.
2012-12-13
A near-confrontation in airspace over islands disputed by China and Japan sparks diplomatic tensions.
2012-12-13
Chinese religious group sees world ending soon as government tries to control independent worship.
2012-12-13
Chinese high-school student had complained about China's restrictive household-registration system.
2012-12-12
A Chinese protester swallows sleeping pills amid clashes between retired mine workers and security guards.
2012-12-12
The Chinese Catholic had resigned from the state-controlled church to protest government interference in religious life.
2012-12-11
The law professor had criticized the ruling Chinese Communist Party's grip on power.
2012-12-11
Police break up an 'unofficial' church meeting about the meaning of Christmas.
2012-12-10
Chinese police round up and detain thousands of petitioners in Beijing.
2012-12-07
China labels Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo a criminal amid growing calls for his release from jail and his wife's freedom from house arrest.
2012-12-06
A former Chinese official who spoke out against a planned power station is released with a suspended sentence as work on the plant begins.
