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Pro-democracy revolt scuppers China's reform plans for Hong Kong

Pro-Chinese members of Hong Kong’s legislature attempted to foil a revolt by pro-democracy members by walking out of the electoral reform debate

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Flash floods pelt China

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Hong Kong lawmakers reject Beijing backed proposal for electoral reform

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Hong Kong wants 'two systems' promise honoured

For 79 days last autumn, thousands of citizens blocked Honk Kong’s main streets. The Umbrella Movement beginning late 2014 opposed Beijing’s plan for

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China: Woman rescued from collapsed building

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Slow Education: less test-focused, personalised schooling

Learning World discovers more about a movement that is trying to encourage more personal learning at school and put less focus on exams.

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China's crackdown on corruption: ex-security chief handed life sentence

Formerly one of the most powerful men in China, ex-Domestic Security chief Zhou Yongkang becomes the latest domino to fall in the president's crackdown on corruption.

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EU set for key Latin America meeting

Leaders from Europe, Latin American and the Caribbean will meet again in Brussels this Wednesday and Thursday. More than 60 heads of state and

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Heavy downpours hit south China

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Volunteers help identify victims of Chinese cruise ship disaster

Local people have joined the authorities in China as they deal with the aftermath of the accident on the Yangtze River, when the Eastern Star cruise ship capsized in a storm with the loss of nearly 40

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Yangtze cruise ship death toll rises to 396

The death toll from a cruise ship that capsized on the Yangtze river has risen to 396 according to a Chinese government spokesman. Only 14 of the 456

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Stricken Chinese cruise ship righted in Yangtze as dozens of bodies brought ashore

Chinese rescue teams have successfully righted a battered cruise ship which capsized Monday on the Yangtze river. The Eastern Star overturned in a

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Huge cyber attack hits US government workers

US officials say hackers have broken into government computers and may have stolen the personal data of four million current and former federal

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Tiananmen remembered: 135,000 attend Hong Kong vigil

The Tiananmen Square crackdown has been remembered, 26 years to the date. A candlelit vigil in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park attracted 135,000 people

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China ship disaster: 65 confirmed dead, hundreds still missing

Sixty-five people are now confirmed dead, after a cruise ship capsized on China’s Yangtze river. More than 370 people are still missing, three days

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China cruise ship disaster: Video of boat's last moments released, as rescue efforts continue

Hopes are fading of finding any more survivors of a cruise ship disaster in China. More than 400 people, many of them elderly tourists, are still

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Relatives wait anxious for news after China ferry capsizes

The fate of those onboard a capsized cruise ship in China remains unclear, as rescuers race against time to save people believed to be trapped

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Hundreds missing in China Yangtze River cruise ship disaster

A cruise ship sank overnight on Monday (June 1) in China’s Yangtze River during a storm, leaving at least five people dead and nearly 450 people

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Chinese ferry sinks on Yangtze River with over 450 on board

Rescuers have been working to bring over 450 people to safety after a passenger vessel sank on Monday in poor weather.

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Hundreds missing as ferry sinks on China's Yangtze River

Over 450 people were on board a Chinese ferry that sank in a cyclone on Monday. Only a small number of people have been rescued, among them the ship's captain.