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China's rulers push party role before WWII anniversary
AFP, Published on 27/08/2025
» WUXIANG (CHINA) - An elderly Chinese war veteran's shin still bears the mark of a bullet wound he suffered when fighting the Japanese as a teenager, a year before the end of World War II.
China auto giant BYD denies claims its cars failed emissions test
AFP, Published on 25/05/2023
» Electric auto giant BYD on Thursday denied accusations levelled by a rival carmaker that two of its models failed China's strict emissions standards.
China says no new Covid deaths after changing criteria
AFP, Published on 22/12/2022
» BEIJING - China said Wednesday that no one had died of Covid-19 the previous day, after changing the criteria such that most virus deaths are no longer counted, as the World Health Organization said it was "very concerned" about the new wave of cases.
China building collapse death toll rises to 53
AFP, Published on 06/05/2022
» BEIJING: Fifty-three people died in a building collapse in central China, authorities said Friday, announcing the end of the rescue mission in a disaster which has been blamed on illegal construction.
Death toll rises to 26 in Chinese building collapse
AFP, Published on 05/05/2022
» The number of people confirmed dead after a building in China collapsed has risen to 26, state media reported Thursday, nearly a week after the block containing apartments, a hotel and a cinema caved in.
Nine detained in connection with China building collapse
AFP, Published on 01/05/2022
» BEIJING: Police in central China announced the detention of nine people on Sunday over a collapsed building, as increasingly desperate rescuers comb the debris for any survivors.
Eighteen trapped, others missing after China building collapse
AFP, Published on 01/05/2022
» BEIJING - At least 18 people were trapped under a building that collapsed in central China, officials said Saturday, as rescuers pulled apart the rubble brick by brick in an effort to reach survivors.
Rights lawyer detained in China for 'inciting state subversion'
AFP, Published on 19/01/2022
» BEIJING: A human rights lawyer has been detained in China on suspicion of "inciting state subversion", according to an official notice obtained by his wife weeks after he spoke out for a hospitalised teacher.
With propaganda push, China's Communist Party celebrates 100 years
AFP, Published on 28/06/2021
» CHANGSHA, China: Hair windswept, handsome and 32-metres high, a statue of Mao Zedong presides over a crowd of millennials alternating between selfies and bubble teas -- drawing a thread through the past, present and future of China's Communist Party in its red heartland.
French carmaker to evacuate expats from virus-hit Chinese city
AFP, Published on 26/01/2020
» PARIS: French carmaker PSA on Saturday said it would repatriate expat staff from Wuhan as fears grew that more cases of coronavirus would be found in France.