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Former China mining boss, linked to ex-security chief’s son, on trial for murder

December 23, 2018 at 5:20 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A former Chinese mining magnate with links to the eldest son of retired security tsar Zhou Yongkang went on trial on Monday over charges including murder after...

Chinese parents, trapped in one-child web, give babies away on Internet

May 14, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

GANZHOU, China (Reuters) - Lu Libing knew he had only one choice as the birth of his third child approached. He couldn't afford hefty fines that would be meted out...

With legal reforms, China wants less interfering in cases, fewer death penalty crimes

December 23, 2018 at 4:38 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has curtailed the power of the ruling Communist Party's Political and Legal Committee, a secretive body overseeing the security services, to interfere in most legal cases,...

Man becomes first to sue Chinese government over severe smog

August 24, 2021 at 8:18 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A man in a smog-ridden northern city has become the first person in China to sue the government for failing to curb air pollution, a state-run newspaper...

Obama meets with Dalai Lama, upsetting China

November 3, 2021 at 8:10 p.m.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - President Barack Obama held low-key talks with the Dalai Lama on Friday, prompting the Chinese government to ask why the White House ignored Beijing's warnings that the...

Obama meets with Dalai Lama, upsetting China

December 23, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - President Barack Obama held low-key talks with the Dalai Lama on Friday, prompting the Chinese government to ask why the White House ignored Beijing's warnings that the...

China convicts two anti-graft activists in crackdown

August 24, 2021 at 7:48 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China convicted two anti-graft campaigners on Wednesday for their roles in a protest urging officials to reveal their assets, the latest measures in a crackdown that has...

China sentences six Mongol herders in land-grab case

August 24, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Six herders in China who tried to defend grazing land from expropriation by a forestry firm have been sentenced in the resource-rich Inner Mongolia region, a lawyer...

Government sees Pacific trade pact talks taking time

August 24, 2021 at 6:24 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Negotiations on a trade pact between a dozen countries around the Pacific Rim will take whatever time they need as the deal has to be both ambitious...

Jailing of wheelchair-bound Beijing airport bomber sparks anger

December 24, 2018 at 4:59 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese man in a wheelchair who detonated a home-made bomb in Beijing's airport after trying to draw attention to a nearly decade-long legal battle was sentenced...

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