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AP is reporting that four South Korean journalists from JoongAng Ilbo newspaper have been detained by Chinese security forces near the North Korean border. Few details are available about their current situation: The Chosun Ilbo...
Read MoreRiots broke out in Guangdong when thousands of people attacked government buildings in protest over the sale of their land to developers, Reuters reports: Witnesses in Lufeng city said the protests, in which around a dozen...
Read MoreEver since he bought his own coffee in the airport en route to his new posting in Beijing, U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke has been the topic of much discussion among netizens and others in China. The Christian Science Monitor...
Read MoreUbiquitous smoking in China has led to high rates of lung cancer and other illnesses; the World Health Organization has estimated that two million people will die every year of smoking-related illness by 2020. Perhaps in order...
Read MoreFor Al Jazeera, Melissa Chan reports from a village where farmers had their land confiscated only weeks before the autumn harvest: Documents provided to Al Jazeera by township-level officials showed contracts the government...
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