Three days' mourning to honor quake dead
China said it would start three days of national mourning on Monday after raising the death toll from last week's earthquake to nearly 32,500.
Nations:China People:Hu Jintao Activities:2008 China Earthquake
2008-05-18
China issues Most Wanted list of mobs
China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioting mobs Friday -- shown in grainy photos waving knives and fighting during last week's violence over Chinese rule in Tibet. Thousands of troops continued to push into western China to contain unrest.
Nations:China Activities:2008 Tibet Riot
2008-03-21
Chinese troops converge in Tibetan areas
The government stepped up its manhunt Friday for mobs in last week's riots in the capital of Tibet, as thousands of troops converged on foot, trucks and helicopters to Tibetan areas of western China.
Nations:China People:Nancy Pelosi Condoleezza Rice Activities:2008 Tibet Riot
2008-03-21
China sends more troops to restive areas
China sent additional troops into restive areas and made more arrests in the Tibetan capital Lhasa in an effort to crackdown deadly riots by Tibetan mobs.
Nations:China People:Gordon Brown Hu Jintao Activities:2008 Tibet Riot
2008-03-20
Official: 16 dead in Tibet riots
Tibet's governor promised leniency to anti-Chinese protesters who turned themselves in before the end of Monday -- and harsh consequences for those who don't -- while troops fanned out to quell sympathy protests that have spread to three neighboring provinces.
Nations:China Nepal People:Dalai Lama Activities:2008 Tibet Riot
2008-03-17
Tibet violence spread to other provinces
Violence in Tibet spilled over into neighboring provinces Sunday where Tibetan protesters defied a Chinese government crackdown. The Dalai Lama warned Tibet faced "cultural genocide" and appealed to the world for help.
Nations:China People:Dalai Lama Condoleezza Rice Activities:2008 Tibet Riot
2008-03-16
China discovers "new" glaciers on roof of world
China has discovered 42 glaciers on the roof of the world, the Qinghai-Tibet plateau where ice is shrinking due to global warming, and the group could be the biggest of them all, state media said on Tuesday.
Nations:China
2007-09-25
China's vital wetlands shrinking due to climate change
Climate change is shrinking wetlands on China's huge Qinghai-Tibet plateau that are vital to regulating the flow of the country's giant rivers, state media reported Monday.
Nations:China
2007-07-16
First sandstorm of year hits northern China
Northern China was blanketed in dust on Saturday as the first sandstorm of the year struck the region, including the capital Beijing, state media reported, citing the national weather service.
Nations:China
2007-03-31
China appoints Xi Shanghai's new party boss
China's government has appointed Xi Jinping, party secretary of Zhejiang province, as Shanghai's new chief, the government announced Saturday.
Nations:China People:Xi Jinping Chen Liangyu Hu Jintao Activities:2006 Shanghai Loan Scandal
2007-03-24
China denies being source of bird flu virus
China's southern Guangdong province is not the source of the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus as claimed in a report published in the United States this week, a major state-run Chinese newspaper said on Wednesday.
Nations:China Nigeria Activities:Bird Flu Crisis
2007-03-07
China's largest lake may vanish in 200 years
China's largest lake, holy to Tibetans but suffering from global warming and desertification, may vanish in two centuries even as the government pledges $870 million to stop it shrinking, Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
Nations:China
2007-01-05
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