Update: the Associated Press has spoken via Skype to a close friend of Chen, Zeng Jinyan, who claims that Chinese officials forced the activist to...
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Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng escapes house arrest
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has reportedly fled to Beijing after a year and a half under house arrest. Chen is one of China's best-known...
China cuts nude Kate Winslet from 3D Titanic release
Like the rest of the world, China’s gone Titanic crazy again. The 3D version of James Cameron’s Titanic hit cinemas here today but Chinese...
China coup rumours trigger web crackdown
It has emerged that the Chinese government has closed 16 websites and detained six people for “fabricating or disseminating online rumours” in...
Chinese press forbidden from commenting on key Premier Wen speech
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao marked the end of this year's National People’s Congress with a press conference in which he urged China to press ahead...
Tibetan writer prevented from receiving culture prize
Woeser, a Tibetan writer who has authored online articles and non-fiction books about her birthplace, has been prevented from attending a ceremony...
Chinese activist warned over launching website
A veteran Chinese pro-democracy campaigner based in Wuhan has been warned by state security police not to proceed with plans for a website aimed to...
Zhu Yufu charged with subversion for poem
Zhu Yufu, a poet and activist, was last week charged with crimes relating to subversion for writing and publishing a poem online. The poem, It’s...
Yu Jie: An exile at heart
The defection of Chinese writer and dissident Yu Jie last week revealed shocking allegations of torture and beatings more usually associated with...
Fear and confusion over China’s Confucius Institutes
As the number of Confucius Institutes continues to increase, there have been renewed concerns about how these organisations restrict free...