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Chinese journalist jailed over leak

Gao Yu, seen here in a file image taken in Hong Kong on 5 February 2007
China jails prominent journalist Gao Yu for seven years for leaking a confidential Communist Party strategy paper to a foreign website.
  • 17 April 2015
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  • From the section China

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China 'building runway in Spratlys'

Satellite images show China is making progress on building an airstrip on a reef in disputed territory in the South China Sea, a report says.
  • 17 April 2015
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  • From the section Asia

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Chinese rival Ninebot buys Segway

Chinese vehicle maker Ninebot has bought iconic US rival Segway for an undisclosed amount, the company announced.
  • 15 April 2015
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China targets human rights group

  • 15 April 2015
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China's growth slows to 7%

  • 15 April 2015
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China restricts Hong Kong visits

  • 13 April 2015
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Features

Crossing the river

Two become one 

A blind man and a double amputee on a 10-year mission
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Mooncakes

Mooncakes and shampoo

What shoppers from China like to buy in Hong Kong
  • 13 April 2015
  • From the section China
Staff at Kingdom of the Little People

Little kingdom

The theme park where all the staff have dwarfism
  • 11 April 2015
  • From the section Magazine
Young children sporting 'Mao' jackets and caps gape at George Michael (left) and Andrew Ridgeley, of the pop group Wham who are visiting the Great Wall as they promote the first-ever gig by a Western pop band in communist China, on 7 April 1985.

Waking up to Wham!

When China hosted its first Western pop concert
  • 9 April 2015
A model presents a creation by Ban Xiaoxue during the Shanghai Fashion Week
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Shanghai fashion week

Are middle class consumers ignoring home-grown designer talent?
  • 9 April 2015
Mr and Mrs Zhang

'Son was suffering' 

Search for justice after China school sex abuse
  • 6 April 2015
  • From the section China

China Week: Zhou charged, the AIIB and a lotus

China's new bank, the importance of a lotus and the latest on fallen security chief Zhou Yongkang - BBC China Editor Carrie Gracie on what's been making news this week.
3 April 2015

Carrie Gracie

 
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