Story Archive
2014-12-31
The blasts came as the government says it will punish officials responsible for a massive factory blast in August.
2014-12-31
The 14-year-old had scribbled a flower in chalk on the democracy movement's former "Lennon Wall."
2014-12-31
Existing laws need updating, but analysts say even these rules aren't being enforced.
2014-12-30
He is jailed for 'running an illegal business,' although he lost money on the project, his lawyer says.
2014-12-30
A small occupation near the city's legislature has been slowly expanding ahead of a government consultation on political reform.
2014-12-29
Authorities close a loophole, cutting off Chinese users who prefer to use overseas servers.
2014-12-26
Wang Zang had posted a defiant selfie with an umbrella in support of Hong Kong's democracy movement.
2014-12-26
They will be paid to deliver at least five reports of 'illegal online information' daily, a recruiting advertisement says.
2014-12-26
The woman held up a placard saying that 'God is calling' Xi Jinping, who heads an officially atheist county.
2014-12-25
The move is part of a nationwide drive by President Xi Jinping to encourage traditional Chinese culture.
2014-12-24
Rights groups expect further sentences to be handed down to the regime's critics during the holidays.
2014-12-24
The sentences handed down o a former chief secretary and a property tycoon spark fears of further unseen graft.
2014-12-23
The investigation of an aide to former president Hu Jintao suggests a strong political motivation, analysts say.
2014-12-22
The local government is worried about the spread of Protestant beliefs in the eastern city of Wenzhou.
2014-12-22
Tie Liu is being charged with running an illegal business and a public order offense.
2014-12-19
The authorities are 'very nervous' over the visit, which marks the 15th anniversary of the 1999 handover to China.
2014-12-19
Protestant congregations are mounting a round-the-clock guard on their churches amid an ongoing demolition campaign.
2014-12-18
The teachers say they have nothing to live on in retirement and no health care coverage.
2014-12-17
Police detain at least two people who showed up in support of four practitioners accused of public order charges.
2014-12-17
Hada says his family has no income, is vulnerable to retaliation and subject to police "conditions."
2014-12-16
Vietnam appears to have adopted the 'China model' of press censorship, a report says.
2014-12-16
Dozens of activists who planned to visit Lin Zhao's tomb in Suzhou are prevented from doing so by a heavy police presence.
2014-12-15
The city's chief executive says the movement is over, as police launch a probe of protest leaders.
2014-12-12
The three are handed jail terms of up to two years on public order offenses.
2014-12-12
Smaller protests and sit-ins continue following police clearance of the main pro-democracy camp.
2014-12-11
Many say they want the Occupy Central campaign to continue in another form, in a continuing bid for fully democratic elections.
2014-12-11
Zhang Lin's daughter Anni fled to California with her sister after being held under house arrest and barred from school in China.
2014-12-11
Hada is under guard, and has been cut off from communication with the outside world.
2014-12-10
Police swoop on activists as rights groups list more than 80 Chinese prisoners of conscience.
2014-12-09
Further allegations of vote-rigging dog village elections near Laizhou city in the eastern province of Shandong.
