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Symphony for a dying language

A Nu Shu woman
The Chinese language of Nu Shu was created by women for women in Hunan in the 13th Century, and is now being showcased in a new multimedia symphony.
  • 7 October 2015
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  • From the section Asia
India's shrimps are displayed at a supermarket, on December 21, 2012 at the Kremlin-Bicetre, outside Paris

Prawn scandal fuels consumer rights row

A plate of overpriced crustaceans in China has led to a hefty fine and renewed debate over the lack of consumer rights enforcement.
  • 9 hours ago
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  • From the section China
Giant Pandas Le Le (L) and Ying Ying (R) chew on bamboo shoots on their joint fourth birthday at Ocean Park in Hong Kong in 2009

Hong Kong panda suffers miscarriage

Giant panda Ying Ying, who was due to give birth to Hong Kong's first giant panda cub, suffers a miscarriage.
  • 9 hours ago
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  • From the section Asia

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Features

Pharmacologist Tu Youyou attends a award ceremony in Beijing, November 15, 2011. William Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Tu jointly won the 2015 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology for their work against parasitic diseases, the award-giving body said on 5 October 2015.

No degree, no problem

Ancient remedy helps China win Nobel Prize
  • 6 October 2015
Hong Kong dragon

Blocked paths

Hong Kong's minorities miss out at school
  • 8 hours ago
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  • From the section Business
A worker adjusts a Chinese national flag displayed for the country's national day at a park in Beijing

Communist-style fun

The Chinese theme park that fails to impress 
  • 6 October 2015
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  • From the section China
Yadan Desert

East meets West

Images from the ancient Silk Road town of Dunhuang

Metro maestros

Musicians make noise over HK underground size rules
  • 5 October 2015
University of Hong Kong law professor Johannes Chan

Meddling China?

The promotion that sparked a media freedom battle
  • 30 September 2015

Collision course? Rise of China a stress for the US

As Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the US, there is speculation that his country's rapid rise will have a dangerous effect on the power balance.
26 September 2015
Carrie Gracie China editor
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