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China warns US on Asia strategy
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| Jan.13 |
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Scuffles halt China iPhone sales
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| Feb.5 |
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 Beijing defends Syria veto at UN Chinese state-run media have defended Beijing's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's crackdown on anti-government protesters
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| Feb.13 |
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 China vice-president in US visit  The man likely to become China's next leader, Vice-President Xi Jinping, has begun a closely watched visit to the United States
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| Feb.14 |
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China's Xi defends rights record China's leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, has defended his country's human rights record, at a State Department lunch
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| Feb.15 |
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China's Xi meets with congressional leaders
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China's next leader visits Iowa
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| Feb.16 |
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Xi Jinping on last leg of US trip
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| Mar.4 |
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China's military budget tops $100bn
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China begins parliament session
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| Mar.7 |
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U.S., North Korean officials meet about food aid
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| Mar.13 |
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China's Wen says 'reforms urgent'
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| Mar.30 |
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China arrests over coup rumours
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| Apr.9 |
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China jails land rights lawyer Ni
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| Apr.16 |
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China increases US debt holding
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| Apr.23 |
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China pledges N Korea friendship
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| Apr.27 |
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 China dissident 'in US embassy' Chen Guangcheng is in the US embassy in Beijing following his dramatic escape from house arrest, fellow activist Hu Jia has told the BBC
| Chen - who is blind - had scaled a high wall and was driven hundreds of kilometres to Beijing
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| May.1 |
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  Escape overshadows US-China talks US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in China, where the escape of a Chinese activist threatens to overshadow key talks
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| May.2 |
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Chinese activist wants to go to U.S. Chen Guangcheng who walked out of the U.S. Embassy after what officials said was a decision he had made on his own said that he regrets the move
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| May.12 |
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'No China war footing' over shoal China has denied reports its military forces are preparing for war amid tensions over a disputed territory in the South China Sea
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| May.15 |
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Chen tells U.S. lawmakers of reprisals A Chinese human rights activist told U.S. lawmakers Tuesday that his relatives continue to suffer government reprisals
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| May.18 |
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China's Chen 'set to fly to US'
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| May.25 |
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China hits back on U.S. human rights China criticized a 'woeful' human rights record in the United States, a day after a U.S. report said Beijing's own record is getting worse
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| Jun.4 |
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China arrests Tiananmen activists  Map of Tiananmen Square China China has arrested activists and placed others under increased surveillance to stop them from marking the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown
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Putin arrives for key China visit New
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| Jun.5 |
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China and Russia in group talks
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| Jun.7 |
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China cuts rates as growth slows China has cut its key interest rates for the first time since 2008, in an attempt to boost its slowing growth
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| Jul.18 |
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China pledges credit for Africa China has pledged $20bn in credit for Africa over the next three years, in a push for closer ties and increased trade
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| Jul.23 |
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Heaviest rain in 60 years kills dozens
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| Jul.27 |
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China doubles Beijing flood death toll
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| Aug.13 |
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  China hosts aide to Syria's Assad Bouthaina Shaaban has flown to China for talks on the crisis, officials say
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| Aug.22 |
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 Chemical weapons 'excuse for US' Chinese state media have accused US President Barack Obama of planning to use Syria's chemical weapons as an excuse for intervening militari...
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| Aug.28 |
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Japan and North Korea renew talks
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| Sep.4 |
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Clinton meets Hu amid sea tension
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| Sep.10 |
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Absent Chinese VP prompts rumours
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| Sep.14 |
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Vice-President Xi Jinping in public appearance
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| Sep.18 |
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China's Xi Jinping meets Panetta
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| Sep.28 |
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China Communist Party ousts Bo Xilau | The politician, who fell from grace amid a scandal, has been expelled from the Communist Party and relieved of his duties, is to face criminal charges | |
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China discipline warning over Bo China's official news agency Xinhua has warned that no-one, no matter what rank, will be immune from Communist Party discipline
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| Oct.1 |
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German tourists among 6 killed in bus crash
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| Oct.14 |
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 Cambodia's ex-King Sihanouk dies Cambodia's former King Norodom Sihanouk - a revered figure in his country - has died of a heart attack aged 89
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| Oct.25 |
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China parliament expels Bo Xilai Chinese lawmakers have formally expelled disgraced politician Bo Xilai from the top legislature, state media has announced
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| Nov.7 |
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 Hu Jintao opens Chinese congress| Chinese President Hu Jintao has opened a Communist Party congress that begins a once-in-a-decade power transfer with a stark warning on corruption | |
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| Nov.13 |
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China's party congress wraps up Communist Party is concluding a week-long congress that will usher in the new leaders. 2,200 delegates are choosing a new Central Committee
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| Nov.14 |
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Xi heads new Chinese leadership Xi Jinping has been confirmed as the man chosen to lead China for the next decade as his elevation to the top of China's ruling Communist Party
| He led the new Politburo Standing Committee out onto the stage at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi replaces Hu Jintao. He was followed by Li Keqiang, the man set to succeed Premier Wen Jiabao. The size of the Standing Committee had been reduced from 9 to 7
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| Dec.25 |
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China opens longest bullet route Map of Guangzhou China| China has officially opened the world's longest high-speed rail route, linking the capital Beijing with the southern commercial hub of Guangzhou | |
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| Dec.28 |
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China tightens rules on internet China has tightened its rules on internet usage to enforce a previous requirement that users fully identify themselves to service providers
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