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Tibet activists arrested during Wen visit Pro-Tibet activists scuffled with police outside the Chinese embassy as demonstrators gathered to protest a visit by Chinese Premier
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| Feb.2 |
London |
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Protester throws shoe at China's premier  A human rights protester was in police custody after throwing a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a speech
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Job losses send 20M migrants home Job losses triggered by the global financial crisis have driven some 20 million Chinese workers back to their rural homelands
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| Feb.5 |
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  Russia and China seen negatively China's positive ratings fell 6 points over the year to 39%, while negative views of Russia jumped eight points to 42%
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| Feb.6 |
China |
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China suffering worst drought in 50 years| The land is parched and the irrigation dams have dried up; Crops and livestock are dying. $44 million dollars allocated in emergency aid | |
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| Feb.10 |
Beijing |
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Broadcaster sorry for deadly hotel fire TV station has apologized for massive fire at an unoccupied luxury hotel that killed a firefighter and wounded seven other people
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Rain offers little respite in drought Rain fell in 4 provinces, but China will still have to take serious measures to combat what some have called the worst drought in half a century
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| Feb.11 |
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 China kills 13,000 birds to control epidemic Map of Xinjiang China 500 fowl that had died in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region tested positive for the H5N1 virus
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| Feb.12 |
China |
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Farmers struggling under severe drought More than 3.5 million people and 1.7 million livestock are facing water shortages
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| Feb.20 |
Beijing |
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 Clinton urges stronger China ties| Hillary Clinton has called for a deeper US-China partnership on global issues such as the economy and climate change | |
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| Feb.21 |
Beijing |
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Clinton: Human rights 'cannot interfere'| U.S. Secretary of State broached the issue of human rights with Chinese leaders, but emphasized that the world crises are more pressing | |
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74 dead in mine blast Map of Taiyuan Shanxi China| Most of the 436 miners who were working underground survived. 100 miners were still trapped | |
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Three set themselves on fire Three men set themselves on fire in a shopping area in downtown Beijing and were taken to a hospital
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U.S. report scolds China on human rights| The State Dept issued a report sharply critical of China's human rights record, despite the Obama decision to take a different approach to China | |
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