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Activists burn Japanese flags during a demonstration over a group of disputed islands outside the Japanese consulate in Hong Kong.

Japanese firms shut China plants, US urges calm

Japanese firms have shut factories in China and urged expatriate workers to stay indoors in the wake of angry protests over a territorial dispute.

Escaped Chinese activist seeks refuge in the US

Escaped Chinese activist seeks refuge in the US

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is now under US protection in Beijing after fleeing from house arrest, a US-based rights group said on Saturday.

Syria accepts rough peace plan

Syria accepts rough peace plan, says Annan

Syria has accepted a ceasefire and peace plan drawn up by Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan as Syrian troops thrust into Lebanon to battle rebels.

China’s Xi Jinping sets the tone for his leadership

Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping’s visit to the US next week could set the mood for the next decade that he is likely to serve as president.

China breaks out tear gas to disperse Tibet protesters

China breaks out tear gas to disperse Tibet protesters

Chinese forces have fired tear gas to break up a protest by Tibetans in the province of Sichuan, the latest flare-up of volatile unrest there.

ICC looks to reel in Saif al-Islam

ICC looks to reel in Saif al-Islam

The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said he has evidence that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, now on the run, had helped hire mercenaries.

China’s Wen says jobs a priority despite economic headwinds

China’s Wen says jobs a priority despite economic headwinds

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says he will make job creation a more urgent priority in the face of slowed economic growth and weakened exports.

China seeks to tame the microblog tiger

A stream of warnings in state media has exposed how nervous Beijing is about microblogs and their potential to tear at the seams of party censorship.

Great Leap Backward for China’s bullet trains

Great Leap Backward for China’s bullet trains

China’s second-biggest train maker will recall 54 bullet trains used on the new showcase Beijing-Shanghai line for safety reasons.

China’s media rein in criticism over train crash

China’s media are curbing combative reporting of a train disaster after what observers said were orders from the Communist Party’s propaganda arm.

Prominent Chinese dissident freed from jail

Prominent Chinese dissident freed from jail

One of China’s most prominent dissidents, Hu Jia, was reunited with his family early on Sunday after serving three-and-a-half-years in jail.

Unhappy rural migrants threaten China stability

China’s millions of rural workers will become a serious threat to stability unless they are better treated in their new urban homes.

Google shouldn’t point fingers, says Chinese paper

Google has become a "political tool" vilifying the Chinese government, an official Beijing newspaper has said of Google’s hacking attack claims.

China rights lawyer Li missing, wife pleas for information

A prominent human rights lawyers in China remains missing three days after he called his wife to say he was led away by state security police.

China tells US not to interfere on human rights

Detained Chinese artist ‘suspected’ of economic crimes

Chinese police said prominent artist and rights activist Ai Weiwei is under investigation "for suspected economic crimes".

Obama presses China on human rights

Obama presses China on human rights

United States President Barack Obama delivered a strong message on US concerns over Beijing’s human rights record at a summit on Wednesday.

China says stealth jet test-flight should not scare US

China says stealth jet test-flight should not scare US

China told the United States on Wednesday that its first test-flight of a stealth fighter jet should not be seen as a threat.

N Korea says it will strike South if drill goes ahead

N Korea says it will strike South if drill goes ahead

North Korea said on Friday it would strike again at the South if a live-firing drill planned by Seoul on a disputed island went ahead.

China buoys climate talks with ‘binding’ target

China buoys climate talks with ‘binding’ target

China on Monday offered for the first time to submit its voluntary carbon emissions target to a binding United Nations resolution.

China concerned about US-Korea military drill

China concerned about US-Korea military drill

China expressed concern on Thursday about South Korea’s planned joint military exercise with the United States.