Activists attack China ruling on Hong Kong democracy
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China said Saturday it would consider allowing Hong Kong's leader to be directly elected by 2017 but activists seeking quicker reform in the former British colony criticised the decision.
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Beijing, Sep 12 (PTI) A record 3.2 million Hong Kong residents today began voting in a legislative election that may boost the standing of the pro-democracy camp, which has angered China with its unflinching demand for universal suffrage in the former
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Hundreds of Chinese migrant workers have been attacked after striking over unpaid wages, state media reports.
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China has executed a Uighur activist in a far-northwestern city for attempting to "split the motherland" and possessing explosives, drawing condemnation from a human rights group which said the evidence was insufficient.
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Human rights abuses are growing in Asia as most countries in the region face a breakdown of the rule of law, a Hong Kong-based rights group said on Friday.
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Hong Kong democrats have accused China of orchestrating a "dirty tricks" campaign to smear their candidates ahead of key autumn elections.
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The spying conviction against a prominent Hong Kong journalist has brought criticism against China from human rights and media advocacy groups.
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China blasted Taiwan President Chen   Shui-bian on Wednesday for a plan to change the constitution, a   move Beijing would consider a formal declaration of   independence of a self-ruled island it claims as its own.
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Pro-independence parties are tipped to make gains in Taiwan's legislative elections this weekend and thereby anger China, already threatening to take military action if the island drifts further from Beijing.
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Hong Kong residents voted on Sunday  in a legislative election that could bring big gains for the  democracy camp, which has angered Beijing by demanding  universal suffrage in the former British colony.
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Human Rights Watch accuses China of intimidation ahead of Sunday's election in Hong Kong.
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International agitators join mass protest
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A jailed Chinese human rights activist has been beaten by other prisoners, Amnesty International says.
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BEIJING, Sept. 12 -- Journalism and human rights groups on Tuesday blasted China's efforts to further control the distribution of news and financial information by foreign news agencies, saying revised regulations showed that the government was tightening censorship.
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BATAM, Indonesia  - Activists are considering   legal action against Singapore, accusing the government of   violating human rights after police held members incommunicado   before deporting them, an activist said on Saturday.
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The Chinese government on Thursday defended its decision to raid a news conference called by South Korean legislators to discuss the status of North Korean refugees in China, accusing the visitors of inciting North Koreans to illegally enter the country and break into foreign embassies to seek asylum.
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Up to 50,000 workers upset over mistreatment by local security guards clashed with police in a town in China's Guangdong province, throwing rocks and bricks and torching four police cars, a Hong Kong newspaper said on Sunday.