Discontent in China boils into public protest
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When the local government announced it was going to confiscate their homes and businesses to make room for a new development, residents of this village in southeastern China fought back.
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BEIWU, China  - Ethnic rivalries have sparked  recent violent clashes in China, where the government has its  hands full trying to control a country of 1.3 billion people as  economic differences bubble into unrest with growing frequency.
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China issued an evenhanded plea for calm in Myanmar on Thursday after refusing to condemn the military-run government, while Southeast Asian nations expressed "revulsion" at the violent repression of the demonstrations.
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China kept a close eye on dissidents Sunday, a sign of the government's unease over potentially widespread mourning over the death of ousted Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang, who fell from power for sympathizing with pro-democracy demonstrators in 1989.
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China's progress on protection of human rights was on display at a symposium on Thursday, but dozens of residents and petitioners were left outside, saying they were barred from entering.
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In a blast of harsh rhetoric, China lashed out Thursday at the Dalai Lama and critics of Beijing's support for Sudan
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Analysts say ChinaÂs rulers are trying to shake up the leadership and wipe out resistance to their policy agenda.
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A heated ideological debate within China&#39;s ruling Communist Party over how to solve the nation&#39;s social ills is spilling out into public view ahead of a major political gathering late this year.
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China's security chief has urged officials to heed the grievances of their communities, state media reported Friday, following a series of violent protests that undermine efforts to maintain stability.
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BEIJING, Jan. 8 -- China's media and Internet users erupted in criticism Tuesday against some small-town officials and police officers who traveled nearly 500 miles to Beijing seeking to arrest a magazine reporter who wrote critically about their local Communist Party leader.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's push  for independence is exacerbating tensions with China, a Chinese  government spokesman said on Wednesday in the first official  reaction to Chen's party suffering a weekend election setback.
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Activists of Finnish trade unions and international solidarity projects have criticised the ongoing visit to China by Finnish labour market leaders.
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Protesters gather in Beijing claiming they have been illegally evicted, beaten and had their homes demolished as China prepares to host the Olympic games
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The new China is driven by tensions between authoritarianism and something beyond.
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Children turned on parents, students denounced their teachers and Chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed "To rebel is justified" -- the Cultural Revolution was a defining, if terrifying, experience for many Chinese.
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Enthusing about the Beijing Olympics won't endear you to the ordinary folk of China's rural provinces. And their disdain speaks to a wider problem facing the central government
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Burma's monks call on the public to join their demonstrations, as anti-government protests mount.