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If you want to buy a yellow ribbon to tie round your ponytail, don’t bother to look online in China. The phrase “yellow ribbon” has been censored. And it’s not hard to work out why.
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Hundreds more bodies are recovered from a Chinese ship wreck after a cruiser capsized in the Yangtze river, leaving only 14 survivors so far.
Burma’s president declares a state of emergency in the Kokang region and imposes a three-month period of martial law, hours after a Red Cross convoy comes under attack.
Protester numbers dwindle in Hong Kong as the pro-Beijing government demands people clear the streets and go back to work next week.
If you want to buy a yellow ribbon to tie round your ponytail, don’t bother to look online in China. The phrase “yellow ribbon” has been censored. And it’s not hard to work out why.
What Palestinians in Gaza can’t work out is why the outside world seems deaf to their cries for intervention to stop this relentless bombing.
An explosion in China’s Xinjiang region kills 31 people, with 90 others injured. An eyewitness tells Channel 4 News she is “scared” of a repeat of violence that hit the city five years ago.
Sandstorms swept across parts of north west China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Thursday, reducing visibility and leading to the suspension of school classes. Travel was also affected.
Three days after flight MH370 vanished mid-air as it flew 239 people from Malaysia to China, its whereabouts – and what happened – remains a mystery.
At least 27 people are dead after an attack at a train station in the south-western Chinese city of Kunming carried out by a group of unidentified people brandishing knives.
The man who brought kung-fu to mainstream cinema and co-produced the iconic sci-fi classic Blade Runner, has died aged 107.
Changes to China’s strict one-child policy means that millions of parents will be able to have a second child from early next year, according to state media.
Sixteen people are said to be killed in a clash in China’s Xinjiang region, home to the mostly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority, less than two months after a fiery attack in Tiananmen Square.
In China, Tiananmen Square is seen as symbol of the Communist party’s power, which is why the authorities feel they have to take decisive action after the attack there.
Four British soldiers on a rugby trip to the US have admitted being involved in a bar brawl. The soldiers have been tasked with community service in the US and fined.
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated on Wednesday as a powerful typhoon slammed into southern China, with winds of around 90mph.