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Police in China arrest earthquake activist

Beijing - Police in south-west China arrested an activist who supported protesting parents following the country's massive earthquake in May, a Chinese human rights organization reported Saturday.

Moderate earthquake hits remote area of Tibetan plateau

Beijing - An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit a remote area of the Tibetan plateau in China's Qinghai province Thursday, the State Seismological Bureau said.

China's monthly inflation dips to 7.1 per cent

Beijing - China on Thursday reported another slight fall in monthly inflation to 7.1 per cent year-on-year in June, as it recorded estimated economic growth of 10.4 per cent in the first half of th

Petitioners rounded up in Beijing

Beijing  - In a pre-Olympic purge in Beijing around 1,500 petitioners were taken into custody, during which a 54-year-old woman lost her life, a Hong Kong-based human rights group said Wednesday.

Olympic checkpoints cause huge jams outside Beijing

Beijing  - The opening of Olympic security checkpoints on major roads leading into Beijing has caused long traffic jams and forced some drivers to sit in stationary vehicles for up to two hours, st

China says BBC Darfur report "strongly biased"

Beijing - A BBC television report alleging that China violated a UN embargo by selling arms used by the Sudanese government in its embattled Darfur region was "strongly biased," China's envoy to t

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