Episodes of unrest worry China
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BEIJING -- As police battled to suppress deadly ethnic clashes last week in central China, tens of thousands of rice farmers fighting a dam project staged a huge protest in the western part of the country. The same day, authorities crushed a strike involving 7,000 textile workers.
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China's food safety crisis has tarnished its reputation abroad and threatens to spur social unrest at home, where more health scares are expected, a top official was quoted as saying Monday.
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Hundreds of Chinese peasants have protested over family-planning rules in an area hit by similar demonstrations earlier this month, state media said on Thursday, with some setting fire to government vehicles.
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The number and scale of protests have been rising because of conflicts between different interest groups in China's quasi market economy.
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A recent riot in Malaysia has raised fears of more clashes ahead of widely expected early elections as parties jostle for position and the opposition fights curbs on rallies.
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Police and paramilitary troops were last night guarding villages in central China where ethnic riots involving thousands of people led to at least seven deaths and scores of injuries.
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PARIS -- Fears are strong in Japan about China's rise as a military power, and negative feelings toward China among the Japanese have increased sharply over the past four years, a new international survey has found.
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China warned Saturday the worst was not over in its national weather crisis as desperate holiday travellers jammed transport hubs and others endured bitter winter storms without power or water.
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China risks damaging its global credibility and provoking social instability if it does not tackle its food and drug quality problems, an official said in a rare admission amid a series of scares over tainted products.
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China, home to the world's deadliest  mining industry, could be faced with a new wave of accidents as  collieries start operations again following severe winter  weather which forced many to close.
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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 authorities warn that more of the bad weather which has crippled the country is on its way.
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A recent surge in product recalls has many fearing that Japan may be losing its edge to South Korea and China.
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China, reeling from a series of health scandals, told food and drug companies on Friday to put safety first and warned the growing problem could threaten social stability in the world's most populous nation.
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East Timor is likely to face an upsurge in anti-government protests and civil unrest this week, Australia warned in a travel advisory.
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China struggled on Sunday with transport havoc and threats to energy and food supplies caused by snows and icy cold, with forecasters warning of more brutal weather across eastern and central areas in coming days.
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Chinese authorities have imposed martial law on parts of China&#39;s central Henan province after deadly clashes between China&#39;s ethnic Han majority and members of the Muslim Hui minority.