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Scooter assailant who sent sprint star Usain Bolt flying says sorry with a red bracelet

CCTV journalist Song Tao presents Jamaica's gold medallist Usain Bolt with a gift during the victory ceremony for the men's 200m. Photo: AFP

China steps up political arrests and prosecutions, US-based rights group reports

Chinese Uygur academic Ilham Tohti, who had his appeal rejected last year after being convicted of separatism and sentenced to life in prison. Photo: Ricky Wong

China arrested or prosecuted more than 2,300 people for political offences in 2013 – the vast majority in secret, an advocacy group reported today as the ruling Communist Party continues a crackdown on dissent.

China media slams axed comedy The Interview at centre of Sony cyberattack row

Workers remove a poster for "The Interview" from a billboard in Hollywood, California on Thursday after Sony film studio announced it had no choice but to cancel the movie's Christmas release. Photo: AFP

China media has slammed the controversial film at the centre of a cyberattack on a Hollywood studio, adding that it was wrong for movie-makers to mock North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Xi hails South Africa’s President Zuma as ‘good friend’

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma (left) with President Xi Jinping at a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday, during Zuma's state visit. Photo: EPA
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Shenzhen security chief 'funnelled World Student Games deals through wife's bogus company'

Jiang Zunyu, security chief of Shenzhen, is suspected of “serious discipline and law violations” – a euphemism for corruption.

Xi echoes Mao's era with plans to send artists to live in rural communities

Mainland Chinese television presenters are among those people who will be sent to live among the masses in rural areas in order to “form a correct view of art”. Photo: AFP

China coal mine fire kills 24, injures 52

Rescuers carry a body of a victim from Hengda coal mine in Fuxin, Liaoning. Photo: Xinhua

A fire at a Chinese coal mine killed 24 workers early on Wednesday, state media reported, the latest fatal incident to hit the accident-prone industry.

China mourns death of Japanese actor Takakura

Ken Takakura (left) and Chinese director Zhang Yimou. Photo: Weibo

China buries more than 400 Korean War dead returned by Seoul

Soldiers accompany the remains of Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers who died in the Korean War during a burial ceremony in Shenyang on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua

Mapping drone prompts PLA to scramble fighter jets, mobilise troops: official media

The People's Liberation Army scrambled two jet fighters after a drone was spotted over the Forbidden City in Beijing. Photo: AFP

China on Thursday deployed more than 1,200 troops and scrambled fighter jets in response to an unauthorised flight near Beijing airport by what turned out to be a mapping drone, state-run media reported.

Chinese police seize US$6.5 million worth of cocaine in shipping container after US tip-off

The cocaine seized at Shanghai's shipping port weighed 70kg. Photo: Bloomberg

Chinese police seize 70 kg of cocaine with a street value of US$6.5 million in shipping container in Shanghai after a tip-off by United States drug officials.

Chinese dictionary's 100 new entries offer words for 'pollution' and nation's 'uncouth, newly rich'

Mainland shoppers sit in front of a shop selling luxury goods in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP

Standard Dictionary of Modern Chinese's third edition features definitions for 'particulate', 'wealth management' and new take on 'tuhao' for 'rich who are lacking in correct values'

Japan’s naming of disputed islands a ‘farce’ says China

File image of disputed East China Sea islands known as the Diaoyus in China and the Senkakus in Japan. Photo: Reuters

Wenzhou broadcaster ‘displays anti-Communist messages’ in apparent hacking attack

Viewers in Wenzhou on Friday used social media to post images of television slogans referring to the Communist party as “bandits". Photo: Screenshot

Retired PLA officers told to ‘return houses’ in graft crackdown

President Xi Jinping shakes hands with military cadre during a tour of the Beijing Military Area Command in July, 2013. Photo: Xinhua

China ‘cult’ members charged for McDonald’s killing: state media

The family of victim Wu Shuoyan mourn in front of the McDonald's restaurant in Shandong in which she was killed. Photos: SCMP Pictures

China provided 89.3 billion yuan in foreign aid in three years up to 2012

China donated 0.06 per cent of its combined Gross Domestic Product of 139 trillion yuan over the three-year period. Photo: Reuters

State Council says China provided a total of 89.3 billion yuan (HK$112 billion) in foreign aid in the three years to 2012.

More than 300 wealthy Chinese buy space flight tickets: report

An image of the spacecraft enthusiasts will travel in taken from the website of Space Expedition Corp. Photo: Screenshot

Italian PM Matteo Renzi seeks Chinese investment during Beijing visit

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua

Death toll hits 22 in Chongqing coal mine accident

Rescuers were being dispatched towards a coal mine accident site in Wansheng District, Chongqing Municipality, on Monday. Photo: Xinhua

China approves jail for consumers of rare wild animals: official media

A zookeeper holds a newborn Asian black bear at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou. Photo: Xinhua

Blogger becomes first to be jailed in China's official crackdown on internet rumours

Qin Zhihui, known as 'Qinhuohuo' in cyberspace, was sentenced to three years in jail on Thursday for creating and spreading online rumours. Photo: Xinhua

Syria at ‘critical moment’, China tells opposition chief

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi with the head of the Syrian National Coalition Ahmad Jarba
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Outgoing US ambassador Gary Locke calls for greater human rights in China

Outgoing US ambassador to China, Gary Locke, speaks during a farewell news conference held at the US embassy, in which he urged Beijing to improve its human rights record. Photo: Reuters

Nanjing seeks Unesco listing for massacre documents

Japanese soldiers bayonet Chinese prisoners during the Nanjing Massacre In this file photo from 1937. Photo: Reuters

French star Sophie Marceau sings in China TV New Year gala

This screen grab shows French actress Sophie Marceau in a duet with Chinese pop star Liu Huan at Chinese state broadcaster CCTV's New Year gala. Photo: AFP

French actress Sophie Marceau performed “La Vie En Rose” on Chinese state broadcaster CCTV’s New Year gala on Thursday, a show watched by hundreds of millions of people.

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China manufacturing index at six-month low, says HSBC

An employee works on a production line in Hangzhou. Photo: Reuters

97 million Chinese tourists went abroad in 2013

“Chinese tourists spend so much abroad that some foreigners are calling us ‘walking wallets’,” researcher Song Rui says. Photo: AFP

Chinese Good Samaritan commits suicide over hit-and-run accusations

A photo of Wu Weiqing who committed suicide after accused of knocking down an elder. Photo: Guangzhou Daily

China probes almost 37,000 officials for graft

China's Procurator-General Cao Jianming addresses the 12th National People's Congress in March. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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