An Olympic Reprieve for China's Convicts
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Executions are dropping as China's notorious capital punishment system gets an overhaul in the runup to the Beijing Games
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BEIJING - Days after the euphoria of its record gold medal haul in Athens, China announced a sobering plan to delay construction of some venues for the 2008 Olympics and confirmed plans to cut down the extravagant features of two main stadiums here.
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ATHENS, Greece - A tutu-clad Canadian who jumped into the Olympic diving pool after a competition was convicted Wednesday of interrupting the games and sentenced to five months in jail. He was released pending an appeal...
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Two senior Chinese officials in Hong Kong are given long jail terms after being convicted of spying for the UK.
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This is just the beginning, activist  warns, as China tries to limit damage over Olympic row
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Beijing Olympic organisers said Monday they backed a ban on political protests by athletes attending this year's Games, amid uproar over an effort to silence British athletes.
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BEIJING, Feb. 9 -- A senior editor at a Chinese newspaper has been released from prison after serving four years on corruption charges that journalists said were trumped up by local officials to retaliate for aggressive reporting.
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BEIJING -- China is relaxing decades-old restrictions on foreign reporters, announcing new regulations Friday that will give foreign media greater freedom to travel and report in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Even as the rules were made public, however, a Chinese court affirmed a prison...
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A group of Chinese dissidents has signed an open letter condemning the arrest of an AIDS and environmental activist on subversion charges and urged the government to improve human rights ahead of this year's Olympics.
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Attorneys for a group of Chinese Muslims held for nearly five years in the U.S. military prison at  Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, filed suit yesterday, asking that the men be released immediately and alleging that they have been held as part of a political deal between the United States and China.
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China's gleaming skyscrapers and big Olympic plans hide the realities of political oppression. Take the case of Chen Guangcheng
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Five people have been jailed in eastern China for forcing a group of mentally handicapped people to work in brick kilns, state media reported on Thursday, months after the country was rocked by a brickworks slavery scandal.
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China's human rights record has   deteriorated in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, with thousands   of people being executed after unfair trials, Amnesty   International said on Thursday.
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BEIJING -- China has ordered judges to use the death penalty more sparingly by showing leniency for murderers who cooperate with authorities and white-collar criminals who help recoup their ill-gotten gains, the government said Friday.
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Chinese officials have called for  Western countries to sign extradition treaties, the China Daily  reported on Monday, saying the country&#39;s use of the death  penalty was no reason to avoid repatriating criminals.
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China's intelligence services are gearing up for next year's Beijing Olympics, gathering information on foreigners who might mount protests and spoil the nation's moment in the spotlight.
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After two days of gloom, China was back on the winning rails on Thursday with Liu Chunhong winning a weightlifting title on her record-shattering binge and its shuttlers contributing two golds in the cliff-hanging finals.