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CNN
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Vietnam police broke up a demonstration Tuesday against China's policies ahead of the final international leg of the Olympic torch relay, witnesses said.
Officers detained several people for unfurling a banner and shouting, "Boycott the Beijing Olympic..
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CNN
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China said Thursday it had uncovered a criminal ring planning to kidnap athletes and others at the Beijing Olympic Games. Thirty-five members of a ring based in the restive western Xinjiang region were arrested, Ministry of Public Security Spokesman Wu He..
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wpherald.com
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China's communist leaders have forbidden reincarnation without government permission in largely Buddhist Tibet.
The reincarnation ban is part of a 14-part regulation issued by the Chinese government in an attempt to limit the influence of the Dalai Lam..
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BBC News
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A group of Tibetans were arrested in western China after public calls for the return of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, reports say.
The incident took place on 1 August at a festival in Litang town in western Sichuan, Radio Free Asia a..
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Yahoo News
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The United States expressed concern about China's announced increase in military spending as "inconsistent" with peaceful goals and hinted official figures do not reflect actual spending.
"This kind of spending not only concerns us but raises concerns..
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BBC News
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The US has asked China to explain its intentions after Beijing reportedly carried out a weapons test in space last week...
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Boston Globe
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China warned the United States on Thursday not to meddle in its trade relations with Iran after Washington expressed concern about a Chinese oil company's planned investment in an Iranian gas field...
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BBC News
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Russia and China have condemned a US plan for a missile defence shield, saying it will set back international disarmament efforts.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the joint statement with Chinese President Hu Jintao while in Beijing on his fir..
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BBC News
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The ship carrying weapons to Zimbabwe may return to China after being prevented from unloading in South Africa, a Chinese official has said.
Zambia's president has called on other African countries not to let the ship enter their waters, in case the ar..
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BBC News
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A prominent activist who publicised human rights abuses across China has been convicted of subversion and jailed for three-and-a-half years.
Hu Jia, 34, was convicted of "inciting subversion of state power and the socialist system", his lawyer said...
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SF Gate
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China called the Dalai Lama a "wolf in monk's robes" Wednesday and said it was locked in a "life-and-death battle" with his supporters after protests marking the biggest challenge to Chinese rule in Tibet in almost two decades.
State media, meanwhile,..
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CNN
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Chinese authorities have obstructed foreign journalists at least 30 times as they sought to cover unrest in Tibet and nearby provinces in recent days, an organization for international journalists in China said Tuesday. The Foreign Correspondents Club of..
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BBC News
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has accused the Dalai Lama of masterminding the recent days of demonstrations against Chinese rule in Tibet's capital, Lhasa.
Mr Wen said the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's claim of "cultural genocide" was "nothing but lie..
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BBC News
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Security forces in the Tibetan city of Lhasa are rounding up dissidents, exiled Tibetans say, as a deadline approaches for protesters to surrender.
China has given demonstrators in the city until midnight (1600 GMT) to give themselves up or face punish..
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Al Jazeera
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The report also detailed Beijing's drive to acquire modern warships, aircraft and missiles in what appeared to be part of a longer-term strategy to deny US forces access to the region.
But Zhang, the most senior Chinese official ever to attend the ann..
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FOX News
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Protesters broke into government offices, destroying furniture and setting vehicles ablaze in the second known outbreak of violence this month over China's strict family planning policies, local officials and state media said Wednesday.
The latest riot..
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BBC News
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The US has expressed concern over China's growing military might.
A Pentagon report given to Congress says Beijing is spending far more on its military budget than admitted and calls for greater transparency.
The report highlights China's greater ab..
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BBC News
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Sudan's key ally China has urged it to show greater flexibility in discussions over its war-torn Darfur region.
Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun told President Omar al-Bashir that he needed to do more to improve security, China's state media reports..
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NPR
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The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program have broken down in China, and Pyongyang's negotiator has left Beijing. The impasse revolves around North Korean funds frozen in a bank in Macau. The country refuses to talk until the account is..
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