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20 Nov 09 visit Student leader on trial in China
A former leader of the Tiananmen democracy protests, handed over by Hong Kong to China, goes on trial in what his supporters call political persecution.
20 Nov 09 visit China 'steps up US cyber-spying'
Chinese spies are aggressively stealing secrets to help build up China's military and economic power, a US advisory panel says.
19 Nov 09 visit Hitting the wall
Barack Obama leaves China with little to show for it
19 Nov 09 visit China Mobile business rebounds
The world's biggest mobile operator, China Mobile, says its business has returned to levels seen before the global downturn.
19 Nov 09 visit Business rebounds at China Mobile
The world's biggest mobile operator, China Mobile, says its business has returned to levels seen before the global downturn.
19 Nov 09 visit 'Black clinics'
Beijing's poor rely on illegal medical centres for care
18 Nov 09 visit India English growth 'too slow'
India is falling behind countries such as China in its attempts to teach more of its people to speak English, a report says.
18 Nov 09 visit Ramzi stripped of Olympic title
Bahrain's Olympic 1500m champion Rashid Ramzi is stripped of his gold medal after testing positive for doping at the 2008 Beijing Games.
18 Nov 09 visit Reaching out
Obama looks to China for help on global problems
18 Nov 09 visit Microsoft hit by Chinese ruling
A court in China orders Microsoft to stop selling versions of Windows that include fonts designed by a Chinese firm.
18 Nov 09 visit Trade talks end Obama China trip
US President Barack Obama meets Premier Wen Jiabao on the last day of his much-watched visit to China.
17 Nov 09 visit Trade focus for Obama China talks
US President Barack Obama is to meet Premier Wen Jiabao on the last day of his much-watched visit to China.
17 Nov 09 visit Can a deal with China and the US work? China and the US have agreed to tackle some of the world’s pressing problems. Can they find solutions?
17 Nov 09 visit Mao and Chiang heirs bridge gap
The grand-children of former combatants over the fate of China, Mao Tse-tung and Chiang Kai-shek, meet in Taiwan.
17 Nov 09 visit Massive China landslide kills 23
A massive landslide near a coal mine in northern Shanxi province kills at least 23 people, state media say.
17 Nov 09 visit China and US 'to work together'
The presidents of China and the US say they have agreed to work together on climate change and other pressing problems.
17 Nov 09 visit What can Obama achieve on Asian tour? Barack Obama has said that individual freedoms should be available to all, on his first trip to China. Do you agree?
17 Nov 09 visit End protectionism, China tells US
Hu Jintao says at a news conference with Barack Obama that China and the US must oppose protectionism.
17 Nov 09 visit Summit talks for Obama in Beijing
Barack Obama is set for a summit with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing as he continues his first presidential tour of Asia.
16 Nov 09 visit China joins supercomputer elite
China becomes one of a handful of nations to own one of the top five fastest supercomputers in the world.
16 Nov 09 visit Obama addresses China youth forum
President Obama begins his China visit with a town hall-style meeting with young people in Shanghai.
15 Nov 09 visit Obama set for China youth meeting
President Obama begins his China visit with a town hall style meeting with young people in Shanghai.
15 Nov 09 visit Rolls-Royce in $2bn engine orders
UK engineering firm Rolls Royce wins orders to supply jet aircraft engines to Air China and to Ethiopian Airlines.
15 Nov 09 visit Obama joins Apec Singapore summit
US President Barack Obama joins Asian leaders in Singapore for an economic forum, before he continues to China later.
14 Nov 09 visit US welcomes strong China - Obama
President Obama says the US welcomes a strong, prosperous China on the world stage and "does not seek to contain it".
14 Nov 09 visit US leader welcomes China's rise
President Obama says the US welcomes a strong, prosperous China on the world stage and "does not seek to contain it".
14 Nov 09 visit Obama affirms commitment to Asia
US President Barack Obama welcomes a bigger international role for China and pledges greater cooperation with Asian countries.
13 Nov 09 visit Gaming doctor 'caused baby death'
A five-month-old baby dies in China while his doctor played online games, reports say.
13 Nov 09 visit Angolan 'mafia targets Chinese'
Chinese workers in Angola are being targeted by "mafia-style" gangs, business leaders say.
13 Nov 09 visit Chinese schools collapse in snow
Heavy snowfall in China causes 38 deaths in road accidents and collapsed buildings, state news media report.
12 Nov 09 visit Boost for Chinese football league
China's troubled football league says it has enjoyed its best attendances as well as healthy sponsor revenues.
12 Nov 09 visit China activist 'in airport limbo'
A prominent Chinese dissident says he has been stuck at Tokyo airport for nine days because China will not let him in.
12 Nov 09 visit Back to the future
Obama returns to Asia to reassure allies and China
12 Nov 09 visit China 'running illegal prisons'
China is running unlawful detention centres in which its citizens can be kept for months, Human Rights Watch says.
12 Nov 09 visit Crime rings boost ivory smuggling
The last year has seen a big increase in illegal ivory trade with China the main destination, says the world's monitoring agency.
11 Nov 09 visit Miners 'damage' Great Wall of China
Authorities in China's Inner Mongolia accuse a mining company of destroying part of the Great Wall.
11 Nov 09 visit China production and retail rise
China's industrial production rises faster than expected and Chinese people are spending more.
10 Nov 09 visit Ghost Town Inside the city devastated by Sichuan earthquake
10 Nov 09 visit Yangtze 'facing climate threat'
Environmentalists say China's Yangtze river basin faces a future of more extreme weather events, threatening its ecosystems.
10 Nov 09 visit Chinese students disgruntled over university 'kissing patrols'
Students at a university in eastern China are complaining on the internet about kissing patrols set up by the authorities.
10 Nov 09 visit Chinese university sets up patrols to stop students kissing
Students at a university in eastern China are complaining on the internet about kissing patrols set up by the authorities.
10 Nov 09 visit State of flux
Lack of trust makes India-China ties uncertain
10 Nov 09 visit China's Hu set for Malaysia visit
Chinese President Hu Jintao is to hold talks in Malaysia, as the country prepares to issue a licence to a major Chinese bank.
09 Nov 09 visit Top China magazine editor leaves
Hu Shuli, the founder and editor-in-chief of the Chinese business magazine Caijing, is leaving the publication.
09 Nov 09 visit Money talks
What does China want for its $10bn loan to Africa?
09 Nov 09 visit Chinese bank to list in Hong Kong
China's seventh-largest bank, Minsheng, is planning to list it shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange, reports say.
09 Nov 09 visit China official dies from alcohol A Chinese Communist Party official dies through excess drinking, the third such case this year, state media say.
09 Nov 09 visit Nine executed over Xinjiang riots China executes nine people who had been convicted over deadly ethnic riots in Xinjiang region, state media say.
08 Nov 09 visit Mickelson holds off Els in China
Phil Mickelson edges out Ernie Els by a shot to win the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai.
08 Nov 09 visit China pledges $10bn Africa loans
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledges $10bn in loans to Africa over the next three years, reports say.

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