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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

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Explosion in China railway during presidential visit kills three

Photographs posted on Chinese social media sites showed blood-spattered luggage and debris scattered across a street outside the station  
Dozens injured as an explosion rocks station in the capital of China’s Xinjiang province on the last day of Xi Jinping's visit
30 Apr 2014

New York shopper finds note made by Chinese prisoner

A shopper buying boots from New York department store Saks Fifth Avenue was left shaking after finding a note from a man claiming to be held unfairly in a Chinese prison factory  
Cry for help from Chinese prison factory hidden in shopping bag given to woman buying boots in New York department store
30 Apr 2014

China’s corn not enough for diet change

 
China is changing its diet to include more meat, meaning the country will soon be the world’s leading importer of corn
30 Apr 2014

Truck pushes car for half a mile after crash

 
Video Shocking CCTV footage captures the moment a freight truck pushes a car hald a mile down a busy road in China
30 Apr 2014

Fears for China's churches as Christianity rises

On Monday night excavators laid waste to one of the city’s largest places of worship, the state-sanctioned Sanjiang church  
Comment Demolition of state-sanctioned church in eastern China stokes fears Communist Party will unleash nationwide campaign against fast-growing Christian community
30 Apr 2014

Over 27? Unmarried? Female? You're 'leftover'

China has been peddling the notion of a ‘leftover woman’ - a highly educated, urban, professional woman over the age of 27 who is still single - for years. Marta Cooper meets the Chinese woman behind a new book rubbishing it
30 Apr 2014
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World's first Tiananmen massacre museum opens in Hong Kong

Curator says he hopes museum will help educate younger generations in China about an event they are largely unaware of
29 Apr 2014

Tiananmen Square: Chinese police try to silence 25th anniversary

Six weeks before the most sensitive date in China's calendar, a campaign to make sure the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen protests passes unmarked is in full swing
29 Apr 2014

China denies declaring war on Christians after mega-church is razed

Communist Party officials deny the controversial demolition of a church in China's 'Jerusalem' is designed to discourage Christianity amid fears of nationwide clampdown on religion
29 Apr 2014
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3D printer makes houses in China

A Chinese builder is using a giant 3D printer to build houses and says it could produce up to ten houses a day
28 Apr 2014

China's slowdown 'is good for stocks'

Trevor Greetham, director of asset allocation at Fidelity, discusses investing strategies amid the slowdown in China and what he sees as a recovery in the US
28 Apr 2014
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Hit American dramas banned in China

A Chinese ban on legal dramas has triggered a massive backlash from fans
28 Apr 2014

China demolishes church amid 'barbaric anti-Christian campaign'

Activists accuse Communist Party of ‘barbaric’ campaign against Christianity after demolition teams and police descend on a church that became a symbol of resistance
28 Apr 2014

Philippines to sign security pact with US

Ten-year deal designed to support Washington ally in territorial disputes with China
27 Apr 2014

Boy stuck in washing machine rescued

Video Firefighters rescue a boy stuck in washing machine in the city of Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu Province
26 Apr 2014

Beijing attacks claim China to become 'world's most Christian nation'

A top Communist Party official hits back at predictions highlighted by the Telegraph that an explosion in the number of churchgoers will see China become the world's largest Christian nation by 2025
25 Apr 2014

Inform on your neighbour if he grows a big beard says China

Chinese authorities are offering rewards for people who tip off anti-terrorist police about individuals who may act suspiciously
25 Apr 2014

Chinese man develops taste for iron nails

Long Yunsheng regularly swallows nails up to five centimetres long
25 Apr 2014

Frustrated MH370 relatives threaten hunger strike

Hunger strike threats as MH370 search predicted to take years
25 Apr 2014

Malaysian prime minister refuses to declare MH370 lost

Najib Razak, Malaysian prime minister, says he must respect wishes of next of kin
24 Apr 2014

Young Chinese Maoists set up 'hippy' commune

Filled with nostalgia for an era they never experienced, admirers of Chairman Mao have set up a commune where young Chinese can escape the pressures of capitalism
24 Apr 2014
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'Fake' government toppled by Chinese police

Police in central China say they have brought down a 'counterfeit government' that had been operating under the noses of Communist Party officials
24 Apr 2014

Tony Blair’s fine words mask poor judgment

Telegraph View: Few people will take Mr Blair’s advice on how to handle the Middle East - he has a tarnished record
24 Apr 2014
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Strongest sandstorm in decades sweeps China

Video Sand envelopes Gansu Province in northwest China reducing visibility to less than 65ft, in the strongest sandstorm since 1996
23 Apr 2014

Blair: radicalised Islam biggest world threat

Video The former British prime minister says that "the threat of this radicalised Islam is not abating, it is growing, it is spreading across the world"
23 Apr 2014
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