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Rare visit to remote Chinese region shows depth of Tibetan despair
The monk reached into the folds of his red robe, pulled out a small notebook, and gently slipped from its pages a tiny photograph. The man in the creased picture was a relative. He used to be a fellow monk at the monastery perched in snow-wrapped mountains outside the town of Aba. Then a Chinese security officer killed him, the monk said. | 02/14/12 15:12:00 By - Tom Lasseter
Rumors swirl around a famous Chinese crime-fighter
Rumors of a possible high-profile asylum attempt, purge or maybe just an awkwardly timed sick leave swirled Wednesday around a famous Chinese law enforcement official, in a case with possible implications for a rising star in China's national politics. | 02/08/12 14:09:00 By - Tom Lasseter
China denies latest Tibetan self-immolations happened in Sichuan province
Chinese officials denied reports that three ethnic Tibetans lit themselves on fire Friday, according to a story Monday in a state-controlled newspaper. | 02/06/12 08:25:44 By - Tom Lasseter
Three more Tibetans immolate themselves in apparent protest
Three ethnic Tibetans set themselves on fire in the Chinese province of Sichuan on Friday, bringing the total number of self-immolations to 19 in less than a year, according to a report released by a rights group over the weekend. | 02/05/12 09:56:59 By - Tom Lasseter
Chinese village leader snaps, and some locals applaud
On a chilly Sunday afternoon this month, Gao Jinghe walked up to the leader of his local township and stabbed him on the side of the face. After years of challenging what he called corrupt business deals involving officials, many here say, Gao Jinghe had finally snapped. News of the Jan. 15 attacks was all the more shocking because of Gao's background: He's the elected leader of Beitai Village, which is just down the road from Liuzhangzi and some 140 miles northeast of Beijing. | 01/29/12 11:52:00 By - Tom Lasseter
Author who fled China recounts beatings for book critical of prime minister
When Yu Jie wrote a book in 2010 slamming Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabo as a cynical actor at the head of a heartless Communist Party, it was unknown how Beijing's authoritarian government might react. | 01/19/12 14:25:00 By - Tom Lasseter
Fate of U.S. effort to isolate Iran could rest with China
Most days, the announcement of an $8.5 billion joint venture oil deal between Saudi Arabia and China wouldn't raise eyebrows. Riyadh, after all, is China's largest supplier of oil. But with the United States pushing for an oil embargo against Iran, China's third-largest oil provider, the calculus has changed. | 01/16/12 18:00:00 By - Tom Lasseter and Kevin G. Hall
Some worry 'new' U.S. military focus on Asia is a muddle
The Obama administration pledge to shift American military strategy toward Asia overlooks a key fact: The United States never really dropped its focus on the region. But the current budget proposal might cut big-ticket items needed to increase its presence in Asia and counter China. | 01/12/12 15:22:00 By - Nancy A. Youssef and Tom Lasseter
In central China, shadowy sex case ensnares local officials
Lured to a drab spa on the edge of an industrial park in central China, high school students were forced either to strip naked or to have sex — accounts vary — and their naked bodies were photographed. The pictures allegedly constituted a threat: Bring your classmates to the club, or your nude image will be passed around the streets of Chengguan. | 12/29/11 15:43:00 By - Tom Lasseter
China's rebellious villagers halt protest after apparent intervention
A tense standoff between rebellious villagers and local officials in the fishing town of Wukan on China's eastern coast appeared to come to an end on Wednesday, though the tentative agreement did not untangle allegations of official corruption and land grabs. Stretching more than a week, the takeover of Wukan from police and officials was arguably the most dramatic example of social unrest in a year marked by bursts of tumult around the country. | 12/21/11 16:38:00 By - Tom Lasseter
Fishing — and normal life — on hold in Wukan, China
Locals say that after they fought off a police advance on Dec. 11 and closed off the town to village security forces and Chinese Communist Party officials, government boats chased the fisherman from open waters into a harbor of the South China Sea. While there's no blockade to be seen, the fear of the unknown is enough to keep most of the boats moored. | 12/19/11 14:14:00 By - Tom Lasseter
Between jubilation and foreboding in Wukan, China
Perched close to the glistening waters of an inlet of the South China Sea, with a large tile fountain cascading from its doorstep, the Haiyun Holiday Hotel cuts a grand figure on the Wukan coastline. | 12/18/11 15:32:00 By - Tom Lasseter
Villagers take a stand in Wukan, China — but for how long?
Lin Zulian and Yang Semao are wanted men. The mayor of the city that oversees this farming and fishing village has publicly named the pair as main agitators of Wukan's recent rebellion against the local government. Such a threat would terrify most Chinese in a nation infamous for police state tactics. But on Friday morning, both men stood in front of a crowd of thousands here and railed against local corruption. | 12/16/11 15:17:00 By - Tom Lasseter
In rebellious Wukan, China, a rare sight: No authorities
It's the Chinese Communist Party's nightmare in miniature: Locals stage protests against their land being taken away by shady real estate deals, police respond with heavy-handed tactics and suddenly, with years of frustration and allegations of official corruption bottled up, an entire village erupts in open revolt. | 12/15/11 14:41:00 By - Tom Lasseter
Chinese suspect Beijing's air more polluted than reported
Sitting on a park bench in downtown Beijing on Tuesday afternoon, Wang Kuang paused to consider the air in front of his face. The sky in Beijing is often a murky color, something between gray and brown. But the past few days have been particularly bad: hundreds of flights canceled, sections of highway temporarily closed and entire buildings seemingly vanished from the horizon. | 12/06/11 14:56:00 By - Tom Lasseter
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