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fffc3ce3bc6b4acdbc2eddaab09243a6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-35173709 | China smog sparks red alerts in 10 cities | China smog sparks red alerts in 10 cities
Hazardous smog blanketing China's north-east has sparked more red alerts, with authorities advising residents in 10 cities to stay indoors.
The announcement follows last week's warning that a vast area of China would be badly hit by pollution.
Beijing saw its second red alert o... |
2306d25fa69b8f63a17bae1fd8f5db7a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-35437098 | China jails rights activists 'over pro-democracy books' | China jails rights activists 'over pro-democracy books'
China has jailed three pro-democracy activists for "inciting subversion", rights groups and relatives say.
Lawyer Tang Jingling, and activists Wang Qingying and Yuan Xinting were given jail terms of between two and five years by a Guangzhou court.
The main evidenc... |
a60ce2d2c821cb9fb1e7dad6df3f2389 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-36771749 | South China Sea: Tribunal backs case against China brought by Philippines | South China Sea: Tribunal backs case against China brought by Philippines
An international tribunal has ruled against Chinese claims to rights in the South China Sea, backing a case brought by the Philippines.
The
Permanent Court of Arbitration
said there was no evidence that China had historically exercised exclusive ... |
f199fd47269ffa340108b4147dc7d6be | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-36950013 | Dutch man waits 10 days in Chinese airport for 'girlfriend' | Dutch man waits 10 days in Chinese airport for 'girlfriend'
You might expect love to hurt, but for one lovesick Dutch man in China it resulted in a hospital trip for exhaustion.
Alexander Pieter Cirk, 41, recently flew from Holland to Hunan province in the hope of meeting his online girlfriend, a Chinese woman known on... |
7beee69ac8e56b9efee7aa52e69d2aa1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-37103447 | China's ghost weddings and why they can be deadly | China's ghost weddings and why they can be deadly
Police in north-west China have charged a man with murdering two women with mental disabilities, alleging that he wanted to sell their corpses to be used in so-called "ghost weddings".
It has put a spotlight on the ancient shadowy ritual, still practised in certain part... |
f0df75de08e406b4f4b6a34639d3a256 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-37267372 | South China Sea: Obama urges Beijing to abide by ruling | South China Sea: Obama urges Beijing to abide by ruling
US President Barack Obama has urged China to abide by its obligations under an international treaty in its activities in the South China Sea.
He made the comments during a "candid exchange" with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Hangzhou before the G20 summi... |
4ea32690fbf234ce238048592fd25e7a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-40269462 | Wu Xiaohui: China 'detains' Anbang Insurance chairman | Wu Xiaohui: China 'detains' Anbang Insurance chairman
The head of Chinese insurance and financial giant Anbang is reported to have been detained by the authorities.
The company, one of the country's richest and most powerful, said Wu Xiaohui was stepping aside as chairman.
It gave few details but said he was no longer... |
929982af2a6161d88e256c271de53c9a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-40465359 | Xi Jinping warns Hong Kong over sovereignty 'red line' | Xi Jinping warns Hong Kong over sovereignty 'red line'
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against "impermissible" challenges to Beijing's authority over Hong Kong.
Mr Xi was speaking at the swearing-in of the territory's new leader
Carrie Lam
, as Hong Kong marked 20 years since its handover to China from Britain.... |
1c5b27b9a9b27c47decf64a856cc1dbe | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-41730948 | Xi Jinping 'most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong' | Xi Jinping 'most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong'
China's ruling Communist Party has voted to enshrine Xi Jinping's name and ideology in its constitution, elevating him to the level of founder Mao Zedong.
The unanimous vote to incorporate "Xi Jinping Thought" happened at the end of the Communist Party congress... |
c18e778f5db739916637e44894c3ec4f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-42335014 | Wu Yongning: Who is to blame for a daredevil's death? | Wu Yongning: Who is to blame for a daredevil's death?
Last month, Wu Yongning went out to do what he loved best - scale a skyscraper without safety equipment and film himself dangling off its roof by his fingertips.
What happened next almost seems inevitable - the Chinese climber fell, plunging 62 storeys to his death.... |
a7912c1ee6b044721a89d95de121c43f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45240298 | China arrests over Tang Dynasty relic thefts | China arrests over Tang Dynasty relic thefts
Chinese police have arrested 26 people suspected of stealing relics from an ancient burial site.
The gang allegedly seized almost 650 objects, including gold and silver cutlery and jewellery, from the Dulan Tombs, which lie on the ancient Silk Road in northwest China.
The st... |
208355cc69b6dca666fed5e3a011ccbb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45806904 | China disappearances show Beijing sets its own rules | China disappearances show Beijing sets its own rules
The recent disappearances of two high-profile Chinese citizens have once again focused international attention on China's legal system and its use of secret detentions.
First to vanish was A-list actress Fan Bingbing, who appeared in the X-Men and Iron Man film franc... |
f0b6a6f260fb20edfec443759899edf1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-46111865 | Xinjiang: China's Muslim camp spending 'revealed' | Xinjiang: China's Muslim camp spending 'revealed'
China massively increased security spending in 2017 in the far-western region of Xinjiang, where hundreds of thousands of Muslims are alleged to have been detained, a new report says.
Spending in areas "that explain nearly all security-related facility construction" ros... |
d81aec2e8e026da7f2f507db76a86503 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-46257578 | Hong Kong activists on trial for pioneering the 'Umbrella' protests | Hong Kong activists on trial for pioneering the 'Umbrella' protests
Nine pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have pleaded not guilty in a trial seen as a test of judicial independence from Beijing.
They have been charged with "public nuisance" over the 2014 "Umbrella" movement that demanded Hong Kong choose its own le... |
eec8c7a6615b1eeeb405bced8058feb5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-48832910 | Hong Kong police evict protesters who stormed parliament | Hong Kong police evict protesters who stormed parliament
Police firing tear gas have evicted protesters who stormed and vandalised Hong Kong's parliament.
Activists had occupied the Legislative Council (LegCo) building for hours after breaking away from a protest on the anniversary of Hong Kong's transfer of sovereignt... |
e1c422a3985f9c38ec9bdbd949c2e194 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-49505901 | Hong Kong: Protesters join MeToo rally against police | Hong Kong: Protesters join MeToo rally against police
Several thousand people have rallied in Hong Kong to protest against alleged sexual violence by police during the past months of demonstrations.
The rally was billed as a #MeToo event, echoing global protests to end sexual assault and harassment.
Organisers said som... |
f55b9fcc4cccc243c4b5522b61137cda | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-50511063 | Data leak reveals how China 'brainwashes' Uighurs in prison camps | Data leak reveals how China 'brainwashes' Uighurs in prison camps
Leaked documents detail for the first time China's systematic brainwashing of hundreds of thousands of Muslims in a network of high-security prison camps.
The Chinese government has consistently claimed the camps in the far western Xinjiang region offer ... |
706e6aecadb9970810fe9aee2b603fb0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-50626796 | China suspends US Navy visits to Hong Kong over support for protests | China suspends US Navy visits to Hong Kong over support for protests
China has suspended visits by US Navy ships and aircraft to Hong Kong after Washington passed legislation last week backing pro-democracy protesters.
Beijing also unveiled sanctions against a number of US human rights groups.
It comes after
President ... |
313dec48c74640040305f01794bf7f39 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-50712126 | China Uighurs: Detainees 'free' after 'graduating', official says | China Uighurs: Detainees 'free' after 'graduating', official says
A senior Chinese official has said that all of the people sent to detention centres in the western region of Xinjiang have now been released.
Regional government chairman Shohrat Zakir told reporters those held in what Beijing say are "re-education camps... |
a63beb635002096d1bfa3de21e20e5df | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-50818647 | Chinese mines: At least 14 dead in latest disaster | Chinese mines: At least 14 dead in latest disaster
An explosion at a coal mine in south-west China has killed at least 14 people - the latest in a string of deadly mining accidents.
The local authorities said two people were still trapped underground at the mine in Guizhou province.
At least 37 people have died in five... |
0b626166f4ae294e8493081e88846e6e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51188669 | Pyjamas in public: Chinese city apologises for 'shaming' residents | Pyjamas in public: Chinese city apologises for 'shaming' residents
Officials in a Chinese city have apologised for "shaming" people for wearing pyjamas in public.
Government officials in Suzhou in Anhui province released pictures of seven people wearing their nightwear, calling it "uncivilised behaviour".
The online "s... |
34f1fc9a591bc2300186561e0171c4cd | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51226494 | Coronavirus: Life as a foreigner in Wuhan | Coronavirus: Life as a foreigner in Wuhan
At least 10 Chinese cities are in lockdown in a bid to manage the spread of a new strain of coronavirus but what's it like for those in the quarantine zone?
The country's death toll has so far risen to 41 and
authorities have put in place travel restrictions
in Hubei province.
... |
5458658c873c0282b08e8549778031e0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51245156 | Coronavirus: How can China build a hospital so quickly? | Coronavirus: How can China build a hospital so quickly?
The Chinese city of Wuhan is set to complete a hospital in six days in order to treat patients suspected of contracting the coronavirus.
There are now about 10,000 confirmed cases in China, 213 of whom have died.
The outbreak began in Wuhan, home to around 11 mill... |
39760835409e0dbedd95ebf6a94d725c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51379088?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D | Coronavirus in Wuhan: ‘We’d rather die at home than go to quarantine’ | Coronavirus in Wuhan: ‘We’d rather die at home than go to quarantine’
Wenjun Wang is a resident of Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Ms Wang, a 33-year-old housewife, and her family have remained in the city since it was sealed off on 23 January.
Since then, the virus has infe... |
9d7a99e7613d79d5814ad371cab988ed | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51408516 | Coronavirus nurse describes 'heartbreaking' job | Coronavirus nurse describes 'heartbreaking' job
More than 600 people have been killed by a new strain of coronavirus since its outbreak began in China at the end of last year.
But while infection numbers rise, information about conditions on the ground in China is limited.
Initially, news organisations in the country w... |
c7e268fb3635e2a57e40278f383e170e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51439450 | Coronavirus claims 97 lives in one day - but number of infections stabilises | Coronavirus claims 97 lives in one day - but number of infections stabilises
The number of people killed by the new coronavirus rose by 97 on Sunday, the highest number of casualties in a day.
The total number of deaths in China is now 908 - but the number of newly-infected people per day has stabilised.
Across China, ... |
f0a747154c9c2d91838511e2b4a99efb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51509248 | Coronavirus: Beijing orders 14-day quarantine for returnees | Coronavirus: Beijing orders 14-day quarantine for returnees
Beijing has ordered everyone returning to the city to go into quarantine for 14 days or risk punishment in the latest attempt to contain the deadly new coronavirus, state media report.
Residents were told to "self-quarantine or go to designated venues to quara... |
feae8d5117ad6ec1854955650564be62 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51519055 | Coronavirus: China announces drop in new cases for third straight day | Coronavirus: China announces drop in new cases for third straight day
China has announced a drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak for a third consecutive day.
On Sunday, authorities reported 2,009 new cases and 142 more deaths nationwide.
New cases spiked earlier in the week after a change in the way they wer... |
271726dfb72be4a60a6aa4db737ee52f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51527043 | Coronavirus: Armed robbers steal hundreds of toilet rolls in Hong Kong | Coronavirus: Armed robbers steal hundreds of toilet rolls in Hong Kong
Armed robbers in Hong Kong made off with hundreds of toilet rolls worth more than HKD1,000 ($130; £98).
Toilet rolls are currently in short supply in Hong Kong due to shortages caused by panic-buying during the coronavirus outbreak.
Knife wielding m... |
8549d335fa4e646a4b1464ef121e2d02 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51540981 | Coronavirus: Largest study suggests elderly and sick are most at risk | Coronavirus: Largest study suggests elderly and sick are most at risk
Health officials in China have published the first details of more than 44,000 cases of Covid-19, in the biggest study since the outbreak began.
Data from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) finds that more than 80% of the ca... |
2d8562b925363169852b03057f14b8ed | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51614957 | Coronavirus: Rescuing China's animals during the outbreak | Coronavirus: Rescuing China's animals during the outbreak
Volunteers in China say they're struggling to keep up with the number of animals being abandoned as the country battles the virus outbreak.
More than 2,000 people in China have died and more than 78,000 infections have been reported in the country.
Pet owners wh... |
76a5a08074d616b5e433343d999e1af3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51784167 | Coronavirus: Dozens trapped as China quarantine hotel collapses | Coronavirus: Dozens trapped as China quarantine hotel collapses
About 70 people were trapped after a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in the Chinese city of Quanzhou collapsed.
About 47 of the 70 had been pulled from the rubble of the five-storey Xinjia Hotel by Sunday, state media says.
Videos pos... |
98367e22ae2fe2614a5d82621d1b8abb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-52059085 | Coronavirus travel: China bars foreign visitors as imported cases rise | Coronavirus travel: China bars foreign visitors as imported cases rise
China has announced a temporary ban on all foreign visitors, even if they have visas or residence permits.
The country is also limiting Chinese and foreign airlines to one flight per week, and flights must not be more than 75% full.
Although China r... |
48d2babafd0e73fd41a444fc9bb9499d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-52103106 | Chinese forest fire: Firefighters and guide killed in Sichuan blaze | Chinese forest fire: Firefighters and guide killed in Sichuan blaze
Eighteen firefighters and their guide have died while battling a forest fire in China's Sichuan province, state media has reported.
The Xinhua news agency said a sudden change in wind direction led to the group becoming trapped early on Tuesday morning... |
73a1b0e17ee849f50c1e097524c294bf | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-52157968 | Coronavirus: Chinese explorers start Everest climb amid pandemic | Coronavirus: Chinese explorers start Everest climb amid pandemic
A group of Chinese mountaineers has begun an expedition on Everest while the site is closed to foreign climbers because of coronavirus.
Only Chinese climbers are permitted this spring season because of the pandemic, operators told the BBC.
The highest pea... |
fb3d5acce5fbf0fc845a100a4ca518b3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-52195034 | Coronavirus: China reports no Covid-19 deaths for first time | Coronavirus: China reports no Covid-19 deaths for first time
China reported no coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, the first time since it started publishing daily figures in January.
The National Health Commission said it had 32 confirmed cases, down from 39 on Monday.
It comes as the government is under scrutiny as to whe... |
7e9ddc11e5ef08dca4d861c366e97fc4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-52274326 | China McDonald's apologises for Guangzhou ban on black people | China McDonald's apologises for Guangzhou ban on black people
McDonald's in China has apologised after a branch in the industrial city of Guangzhou barred black people from entering.
A video shared on social media showed a notice that read: “We’ve been informed that from now on black people are not allowed to enter the... |
f87546d73729a87a72b345bdcf4437ab | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-52325269 | Jack Ma: The billionaire trying to stop coronavirus (and fix China's reputation) | Jack Ma: The billionaire trying to stop coronavirus (and fix China's reputation)
The richest man in China opened his own Twitter account last month, in the middle of the Covid-19 outbreak. So far, every one of his posts has been devoted to his unrivalled campaign to deliver medical supplies to almost every country arou... |
81fac5f7a7244a663d6ad07cdf7746f8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-52765838 | Hong Kong security law: What is it and is it worrying? | Hong Kong security law: What is it and is it worrying?
China has passed a wide-ranging new security law for Hong Kong which makes it easier to punish protesters and reduces the city's autonomy.
Critics have called it "the end of Hong Kong" - so what do we know, and what do people fear the most?
Hong Kong was always mea... |
48793d78948f1f46f01c2b29655d51da | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-52877411 | Tiananmen: Police ban Hong Kong vigil for victims of 1989 crackdown | Tiananmen: Police ban Hong Kong vigil for victims of 1989 crackdown
Hong Kong police have banned a vigil marking the Tiananmen Square crackdown for the first time in 30 years.
Authorities said the decision was due to health concerns over coronavirus.
However, there are fears this may end the commemorations, as China se... |
917d0424e2fdb227bbbd8057273c9eab | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-52920083 | Hong Kong: Tens of thousands defy ban to attend Tiananmen vigil | Hong Kong: Tens of thousands defy ban to attend Tiananmen vigil
Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Hong Kong have defied a ban to stage a mass vigil for the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.
Officers erected barricades around the city's Victoria Park, but some pro-democracy protesters knocke... |
16cfe4629804bdf5aa8e4bbea1450d16 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55357495?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D | The Hong Kong migrants fleeing to start new lives in the UK | The Hong Kong migrants fleeing to start new lives in the UK
The UK will introduce a new visa at the end of January that will give 5.4 million Hong Kong residents - a staggering 70% of the territory's population - the right to come and live in the UK, and eventually become citizens.
It is making this "generous" offer to... |
89bd07cdcca04b7a5e8b4eb7c6b323d4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55729437? | Prada drops Chinese actress over alleged surrogacy row | Prada drops Chinese actress over alleged surrogacy row
Luxury fashion house Prada has dropped a popular Chinese actress at the centre of a row over surrogacy.
It has been alleged that Zheng Shuang abandoned two children born to surrogates abroad, after splitting up with her partner.
Condemnation of the actress poured o... |
22cb6ec98d9ffdf3d86f6eed4d249c3a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55926248 | China promotes education drive to make boys more 'manly' | China promotes education drive to make boys more 'manly'
A notice from China's education ministry has caused a stir after it suggested young Chinese men had become too "feminine". The message has been criticised as sexist by many online users - but some say China's male celebrities are partly to blame.
For a while Chin... |
481362a680ea4fd4f6c7417b82623875 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56194622 | China's Xi declares victory in ending extreme poverty | China's Xi declares victory in ending extreme poverty
Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country has achieved the "miracle" of eradicating extreme poverty.
His government says that over an eight-year period, nearly 100 million people have been lifted out of poverty.
Speaking at a ceremony in Beijing, Mr Xi said it w... |
8f049a73d5aa4fec5d33b2134e50fbb2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56196977 | China denies requiring anal swabs from US diplomats | China denies requiring anal swabs from US diplomats
China has denied that it required US diplomats to undergo anal swab tests for coronavirus.
US media reported that diplomats had complained after being made to undergo the procedure.
Some Chinese cities have introduced anal swabs, with experts there claiming they can "... |
6e0fa4b6c85068d4d7c1f9ca52b02a3d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56215627 | China celebrates colourful Lantern Festival | China celebrates colourful Lantern Festival
Villages and cities all over China have been transformed into a sea of bright light to mark the end of Chinese New Year celebrations.
The Lantern Festival comes two weeks after Chinese New Year's day, which was on 12 February.
It is a time for family reunions and visits to cr... |
9b33ed8de3cbca2a23f635582eac445d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56228363 | Hong Kong charges 47 activists in largest use yet of new security law | Hong Kong charges 47 activists in largest use yet of new security law
Police in Hong Kong have charged 47 activists with "subversion", in the largest use yet of the territory's controversial security law.
The 47,
among a group of 55 arrested in dawn raids last month
, were told to report to police stations for detentio... |
4a8fc9be4bdeda38f4bea2ff1a862703 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56250915 | 'If the others go I'll go': Inside China's scheme to transfer Uighurs into work | 'If the others go I'll go': Inside China's scheme to transfer Uighurs into work
China's policy of transferring hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang to new jobs often far from home is leading to a thinning out of their populations, according to a high-level Chinese study seen by the B... |
90fe021a2898e47254afd1a081bc4478 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56264117 | China NPC: Beijing to overhaul Hong Kong electoral system | China NPC: Beijing to overhaul Hong Kong electoral system
China's top law-making body has unveiled plans to ensure only "patriots" can govern Hong Kong, as Beijing tightens its grip on the city with changes to the electoral system.
Premier Li Keqiang, addressing the National People's Congress (NPC), warned the world no... |
41bb3b89cad68ce5c3b64fa55b0e965f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56281684 | Hong Kong activists: 15 of 47 granted bail but remain detained pending appeal | Hong Kong activists: 15 of 47 granted bail but remain detained pending appeal
Fifteen of 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists charged with subversion have been granted bail after a marathon hearing, but the entire group remains in custody pending an appeal.
They were charged under a new security law that critics say is... |
3394c62099f2f63e75d3d615bfe74b51 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56296848 | China NPC: US condemns 'assault on Hong Kong democracy' | China NPC: US condemns 'assault on Hong Kong democracy'
The United States has condemned China's "continuing assault on democratic institutions in Hong Kong", after Beijing announced plans to change the electoral system there.
China's National People's Congress (NPC) unveiled the plans on Friday.
One proposal would requ... |
037e17b6d0cbba3cac0aef938424e50c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56299849 | China zoo 'tries to pass dog off as wolf' | China zoo 'tries to pass dog off as wolf'
A zoo in central China has raised eyebrows this week after it was caught seemingly trying to pass off a dog as a wolf.
Social media footage appeared on Tuesday showing a visitor to the Xiangwushan Zoo in Xianning, Hubei province, visiting the zoo's wolf enclosure.
He filmed an ... |
fc2aa174b646f0b63a15eebeb6866481 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56311759 | Uighurs: Chinese foreign minister says genocide claims 'absurd' | Uighurs: Chinese foreign minister says genocide claims 'absurd'
China's foreign minister says allegations his country is carrying out genocide against Muslim ethnic Uighurs are "ridiculously absurd" and "a complete lie".
Wang Yi made the comments during his annual news conference on Sunday.
A number of nations, includi... |
8249345fa7295dca7e147a3747d31858 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56563449 | The cost of speaking up against China | The cost of speaking up against China
Women who made allegations last month of rape and sexual abuse in Chinese detention camps have been harassed and smeared in the weeks since. Rights groups say the attacks are typical of an aggressive campaign by China to silence those who speak up.
Qelbinur Sedik was making breakfa... |
a52ff86ad44ccadcfb0681c4b0991195 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56581246 | Coronavirus: More work needed to rule out China lab leak theory says WHO | Coronavirus: More work needed to rule out China lab leak theory says WHO
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said further investigation is needed to conclusively rule out that Covid-19 emerged from a laboratory in China.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that although a lab leak was the least likely cause... |
c6b694e57ab83eee1c33b6f07a54d22e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56607815 | 'The grim reality of reporting in China that pushed me out’ | 'The grim reality of reporting in China that pushed me out’
It was a reminder of the grim reality of reporting in China to the very end.
As my family scrambled to the airport - late and unprepared from the last-minute packing - we were watched outside our home by plainclothes police, who then followed us to the airport... |
1644aa980711d22a31e170e6b72fbb58 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56658455 | Xinjiang cotton: Western brands blurred on China TV | Xinjiang cotton: Western brands blurred on China TV
Chinese TV stations have been blurring out Western brand logos in their programmes, in a show of support for China's Xinjiang cotton campaign.
The move has delayed some broadcasts, as post-production editors censor everything from T-shirts to shoes.
Western retailers ... |
d57cb17237e9ad91cb1c175f725c4a57 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-15885055 | Changing the way Indians shop | Changing the way Indians shop
India's decision to open up to the supermarket giants could revolutionise the way the country shops - some people are happy, but many fear the consequences. The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi looks at why it has taken so long to open up India's $450bn retail market.
Large international sup... |
afa34f9427ef80124f04b0b1aab151aa | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16104610 | India hospital fire in Calcutta kills dozens | India hospital fire in Calcutta kills dozens
At least 89 people have been killed in a fire that broke out in a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta (Kolkata), officials say.
Most of the victims were patients who were trapped after the flames spread through the AMRI hospital.
The fire started in the multi-sto... |
61454a8a50e760022b261f0a9a5a36bb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16588835 | Salman Rushdie Jaipur trip in doubt after India protest | Salman Rushdie Jaipur trip in doubt after India protest
Salman Rushdie will miss the opening day of the Jaipur literary festival, organisers say, after protests by influential Muslim clerics in India.
The author had been due to speak at three sessions during the five-day event, which begins on Friday.
But organisers ha... |
9db773cf2d501710b3056364747a5118 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16724191 | India President Pratibha Patil cautions on reform | India President Pratibha Patil cautions on reform
India's president has said the country must be cautious on reform, amid the ongoing anti-corruption movement.
Pratibha Patil said in her traditional address on the eve of Republic Day that in "shaking the tree to remove the bad fruit, we do not bring down the tree".
A g... |
30a5969fcbbe56a656952f16f7e594cc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17037399 | India village in Rajasthan relocates to protect tigers | India village in Rajasthan relocates to protect tigers
An entire village has been relocated in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan to protect tigers, officials say.
More than 350 people from 82 families in Umri village, in the Sariska tiger reserve, moved to a new location.
The number of tigers in Sariska had dwindl... |
00601e2015053c05d6700a6303c43d11 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17595100 | Mahatma Gandhi's blood-stained soil for auction in UK | Mahatma Gandhi's blood-stained soil for auction in UK
A small lump of soil and blades of grass with a drop of Mahatma Gandhi's blood from the scene of his assassination will be auctioned in England later this month.
The item will be among many other rare pieces from India to be sold by British auction house, Mullock's.... |
9e6ec53f3edbce0e15c6939be6bb3a0b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17664751 | India Gujarat Chief Minister Modi cleared in riots case | India Gujarat Chief Minister Modi cleared in riots case
A court in India says investigators have found no evidence against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with a riots case in 2002.
The inquiry into a massacre during the riots also found no evidence against the 58 co-accused.
Ehsan Jafri, a prominent... |
1726529268140e6fc98e04e8fff3d28c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17987662 | India's Supreme Court orders Hajj subsidy cut | India's Supreme Court orders Hajj subsidy cut
India's Supreme Court has barred the government from giving subsidies to Muslim pilgrims going on the Hajj.
The court said the policy was "best done away with" and told the authorities to gradually reduce the subsidy and abolish it in 10 years.
The court also said that the ... |
e89b88fdf0d970b61f32489c8d5ff4d0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-18420045 | India to hold presidential election in July | India to hold presidential election in July
Elections for India's 13th president will be held on 19 July, the country's electoral authorities have announced.
Presidential candidates have a deadline of 30 June by which to file their nominations, and the results will be announced on 22 July.
Reports say that Finance Mini... |
467a4d3cf8c543ddcdb34007650d234a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-18621931 | India's oldest auction house fights for survival | India's oldest auction house fights for survival
Auctioning was once a thriving business in India's eastern city of Calcutta. With changing times most of the auction houses have gone out of business. Documentary filmmaker Ed Owles visits one of India's oldest surviving auction houses - the Russell Exchange.
In the midd... |
2911f09206e29334d44e5ed9494960d5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19407100 | India riots: Court convicts 32 over Gujarat killings | India riots: Court convicts 32 over Gujarat killings
A court in India has convicted 32 people for involvement in the 2002 religious riots in Gujarat state.
The court acquitted 29 others in the case known as the Naroda Patiya massacre.
Among those convicted were former minister Maya Kodnani and Babu Bajrangi, a former l... |
9fa14c439b8c3bf04d043ca73da9e2ff | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19473368 | Why do Indian-Americans flock to the Democratic Party? | Why do Indian-Americans flock to the Democratic Party?
As the US gets ready for elections later this year, Washington-based journalist Seema Sirohi explores why many Indian-Americans support the Democratic Party.
A young Indian-American recounted recently that his mother, who is working hard on President Barack Obama's... |
19183a65aad319f401485c8b1b9679ef | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19481400 | India's Hitler clothing shop owners to choose new name | India's Hitler clothing shop owners to choose new name
The owners of a new Indian clothing store called Hitler say they will rename it after receiving complaints.
Rajesh Shah, one of the shop's co-owners, told the BBC there would be a new name "tomorrow or the day after".
Jews in the city of Ahmedabad, where the shop o... |
7e1e8a11aa14940900417f3ec148bfd4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19796415 | India activist Arvind Kejriwal launches anti-corruption party | India activist Arvind Kejriwal launches anti-corruption party
A leading campaigner in India has announced the establishment of a political party to fight corruption.
Arvind Kejriwal said his party would fight against the culture of "bribe-taking" and pledged to contest the next general elections due in 2014.
The launch... |
6151a30ff06f30cd45835536338aa40f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20353039 | Can Western chefs curry favour in India? | Can Western chefs curry favour in India?
Generations of Indians left the country for the West taking with them their culinary influences to start restaurants around the world. Now, as more people are moving back to India, they are changing tastes in the reverse direction too.
"Some of our customers have never eaten tru... |
fbe23d9053b51067d3e930e51e826fb3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20405193 | Outrage at India arrests over Facebook post | Outrage at India arrests over Facebook post
The arrest of two women on Monday over a comment on Facebook has sparked off widespread anger in India.
One of the women had criticised the shutdown of Mumbai in her post, after the death of politician Bal Thackeray, while the other "liked" the comment.
The women, accused of ... |
422136469a4389685eecc9bd88d95c32 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20765320 | Shock and outrage over India Delhi bus gang rape | Shock and outrage over India Delhi bus gang rape
There has been shock and outrage in India over the gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a city bus in the capital, Delhi.
The student and a male friend she was travelling with were beaten, stripped and thrown off the bus in the attack on Sunday evening.
The couple have ... |
b1539877409ab98d312c448dac128bb4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20779477 | Delhi bus gang rape: Water cannon used on protesters | Delhi bus gang rape: Water cannon used on protesters
Police in the Indian capital Delhi have used water cannon to disperse protesters angry at Sunday night's gang rape of a 23-year-old student.
The protesters were hosed as they tried to bring down metal barricades outside Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's home.
Meanwhile... |
1b2556ac06b1292c84e034e2846da041 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21598743 | India issues optimistic economic growth forecast | India issues optimistic economic growth forecast
India's growth rate is set to rise over the coming year after two years of slowdown, according to a forecast from the finance ministry.
The ministry released its figures in an economic survey ahead of the unveiling of the budget on Thursday.
It predicts that economic gro... |
1459b04c1047f7f0ad7d1af0511a9e7e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21665513 | US bravery award for Delhi rape victim | US bravery award for Delhi rape victim
The US State Department has awarded one of its 2013 International Women of Courage Awards to the 23-year-old woman who died after being gang-raped in the Indian capital, Delhi.
The woman, who cannot be named, and a male friend were attacked on a bus in Delhi on 16 December. She di... |
1920eff46689a51a0d39e52d24e56937 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21940666 | Teaching Indian sex workers to spot fake currency | Teaching Indian sex workers to spot fake currency
In the eastern Indian city of Calcutta, a non-governmental organisation has started a programme to help sex workers recognise fake currency given to them by clients, reports the BBC's Rahul Tandon.
It is another busy day for Satabadi Jana in one of Asia's largest red-li... |
ce1c7006b6c7718da5fb5617f4c62898 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23193390 | India President Pranab Mukherjee approves cheap food plan | India President Pranab Mukherjee approves cheap food plan
The Indian president has approved a giant programme to provide subsidised food to two-thirds of the population.
Pranab Mukherjee signed into law the food security ordinance approved by the cabinet two days ago.
Under the new law, the government will provide 5kg ... |
d92e3747f6ce83495894c80402ee2303 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23358264 | India Supreme Court orders curb on sales of acid | India Supreme Court orders curb on sales of acid
India's Supreme Court has ordered federal and state governments to regulate the sale of acid in an attempt to reduce attacks on women.
The court said that acid should be sold only to people who show a valid identity card.
Buyers will also have explain why they need the c... |
d0f20fcf30a9938db5e55168e6023a22 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23707479 | India PM Manmohan Singh: Pakistan 'attack dastardly' | India PM Manmohan Singh: Pakistan 'attack dastardly'
Indian PM Manmohan Singh has said ties with Pakistan cannot improve until it "stops using its territory for anti-India activity".
In a speech marking Independence Day he described
the killing of five Indian soldiers
on 6 August, allegedly by Pakistani troops, as a da... |
5c37d9fd9e3f7862a3ee96d0049be059 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24531245 | A unique Indian wedding website for HIV positive people | A unique Indian wedding website for HIV positive people
As Nisha looked at the syringe filling up with her blood, little did she know that the needle inserted in her vein was also drawing out her hope and dignity.
A pregnant Nisha was at a hospital in Parbhani, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, for a routine ... |
ad20a2db1dfb890a92dfbfe72d36c4af | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25013018 | India police hunt Bangalore ATM machete attacker | India police hunt Bangalore ATM machete attacker
Police in the Indian city of Bangalore are hunting a man who brutally attacked a woman in a cash machine kiosk.
Jyothi Uday, a bank manager, was about to withdraw money when a man entered, pulled out what looked like a pistol and asked her to withdraw cash.
When Ms Uday ... |
a257959c5d7ec9187f7511bdd449fb32 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25524146 | Twelve children died in Muzaffarnagar relief camps | Twelve children died in Muzaffarnagar relief camps
At least 12 children have died in relief camps set up for thousands of people who fled their homes during Hindu-Muslim clashes in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in September, an official report says.
Officials have denied media reports that most of the chil... |
8cfa8ff73118b8a89d20e90822fb352b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25855325 | India: Woman gang-raped on orders of 'kangaroo court' | India: Woman gang-raped on orders of 'kangaroo court'
Police in India's West Bengal state have arrested 13 men in connection with a gang rape of a woman, allegedly on orders of village elders who objected to her relationship with a man.
The 20-year-old woman has been admitted to a hospital in a critical condition.
Unof... |
cb6ff3878aba0bd2a02e44709a45324c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-26062354 | Onionomics: Peeling away the layers of India's food economy | Onionomics: Peeling away the layers of India's food economy
On a recent weekend morning, Manoj Kumar Jain waded through a mountain of onions in a sprawling car park in the western Indian town of Lasalgaon taking orders on his mobile phone.
"You want pale red, big size onions for the Russians? I will send you a sample s... |
c35859509e3377ae4d22e6d1ac6f759a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-26117396 | IPL's Gurunath Meiyappan 'guilty' in cricket betting probe | IPL's Gurunath Meiyappan 'guilty' in cricket betting probe
A panel investigating spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League has found a top cricket team official guilty of illegal betting, media reports say.
The panel's report said Gurunath Meiyappan of Chennai Super Kings
passed on information to illegal bookmakers
.
Sp... |
47be96293d51c3a1c47ecfbdcc525bb0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-26222489 | India's anti-corruption party names poll candidates | India's anti-corruption party names poll candidates
India's new anti-corruption party has said it will fight the forthcoming general elections just days after its leader quit as Delhi chief minister.
The Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party leader, Arvind Kejriwal, resigned on Friday after an anti-corruption bill was blocked i... |
ae9348dbb9ce0992009707979b8aa292 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-26237133 | Jagdish Tytler: My own daughter asks if I killed Sikhs | Jagdish Tytler: My own daughter asks if I killed Sikhs
Jagdish Tytler, a former Delhi MP and minister, is among the Congress party members accused of leading the mobs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Mr Tytler denies any wrongdoing and in March 2009, India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cleared him. But after ... |
7919761bc664244bc03441642cb6f24a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-26319400 | India leopard on loose causes panic in Meerut town | India leopard on loose causes panic in Meerut town
Panic has gripped the northern Indian town of Meerut where a leopard is on the loose, officials said.
Schools and colleges are shut and a high alert has been sounded in the town, which is a two-hour drive from the capital, Delhi.
The animal entered a hospital on Sunday... |
17330af01e140f9c843f54626dd85174 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-26334587 | Hunting for India's deadliest man-eating tiger | Hunting for India's deadliest man-eating tiger
"Dasgupta can do what he likes. I'm not going into the bush on foot."
On the trail of India's deadliest man-eating tiger for years, nerves are on edge - and reputations too.
Hunter Ramesh Chauhan is pacing, well, like a caged animal.
Team leader Ashish Dasgupta is out seek... |
fdfe0ff2f9f5bda05a3cbd19063ffdff | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-26515171 | Rishang Keishing: India's oldest MP calls it a day | Rishang Keishing: India's oldest MP calls it a day
Rishang Keishing still remembers the first time he travelled to work as a newly elected MP in India's first parliament, in 1952.
He made the journey by bicycle, but as he crossed Delhi's busy Connaught Place, he was pulled over by the police.
"They told me it was one-w... |
3f6557b45cabf4350c7b4ed2f0b7bcdb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-26967340 | Siachen dispute: India and Pakistan’s glacial fight | Siachen dispute: India and Pakistan’s glacial fight
On 13 April 1984, Indian troops snatched control of the Siachen glacier in northern Kashmir, narrowly beating Pakistan. Thirty years later, the two sides remain locked in a stand-off, but the Indian army mountaineer who inspired the operation says his country must ha... |
679bc0be2ebd20357aa7e50f501cd504 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-27529905 | Controversial Indian ring auctioned at Christie's | Controversial Indian ring auctioned at Christie's
A ring belonging to an 18th Century Indian ruler has been sold at an auction in London amid criticism from heritage groups.
The jewelled golden ring was sold for £145,000 by Christie's auction house.
It belonged to Tipu Sultan, a Muslim king, and is notable because it w... |
08b16794a02024f9d194aa45e9009194 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-28031085 | Why India-Pakistan friendship still looks a long way off | Why India-Pakistan friendship still looks a long way off
It started with a handshake, followed by
gifts for their mothers
- a shawl from Narendra Modi and a sari in return from Nawaz Sharif.
Then came
warm words between the two prime ministers
on social media and in old-fashioned letters.
Is "mother's love" fostering a... |
533b1895a23e27094d45d60ca97a13ed | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-28948296 | Indian girl, 7, survives being buried alive | Indian girl, 7, survives being buried alive
A seven-year-old Indian girl who was allegedly buried alive by relatives in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh has been rescued by a villager.
Police say relatives first tried to strangle her and then left her to die in a shallow grave. It is unclear why.
The man who found h... |
16ba55b64657dd4833c13966f43c8c8e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-29065653 | Al-Qaeda eyes India in jihadi battle of the brands | Al-Qaeda eyes India in jihadi battle of the brands
In the global battle of jihadi brands, Osama Bin Laden's successor appears to be trying to win back ground from Islamic State (IS).
Al-Qaeda has never had any success recruiting from India, despite its huge 180 million-strong Muslim population.
In fact, there has been ... |
9402b01d9755a8050d6797975460e218 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-29171823 | Pakistan-India monsoon floods: Averting future disasters | Pakistan-India monsoon floods: Averting future disasters
After yet another devastating flood, experts say that what Pakistan and India need to do is build more dams and reservoirs.
It makes these annual disasters all the more tragic that for most of the year both countries have little rain.
Yet after leaving more than ... |
2623ad63b9b4742f6a981fb9cbccfccd | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-30474700 | India newborn abandoned in rubbish bin | India newborn abandoned in rubbish bin
Police in the central Indian city of Bhopal say a newborn baby girl has been found abandoned in a rubbish bin.
The infant, who was discarded within hours of being born, was found with no clothes on and had been bitten by ants before she could be rescued.
She is in a critical condi... |
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