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Anti-corruption campaigner Xu Zhiyong sentenced to four years in prison

A Beijing court has sentenced prominent transparency activist Xu Zhiyong to four years in prison.

by James Griffiths, 26 January 2014

BBC and CNN journalists roughed up trying to cover trial of transparency activist

A team of BBC journalists were 'manhandled [and] detained' while reporting from Beijing on the trial of anti-corruption campaigner Xu Zhiyong.

by James Griffiths, 22 January 2014

Beijing residents are losing up to 16 years of life to air pollution

A new study suggests that Beijing's air pollution may be taking up to 16 years off residents' lives.

by James Griffiths, 22 January 2014

3.62 billion trips expected over Chinese New Year travel period

The Spring Festival travel period (chunyun) began on Thursday, with over 3.62 billion trips expected over the next 40 days.

by James Griffiths, 17 January 2014

This sunrise on Tiananmen Square's giant screen might be the last Beijing sees for a while

Beijing saw "off the charts" levels of smog this week as residents braced themselves for worse pollution to come.

by James Griffiths, 17 January 2014

'Rice, Rice Baby' is what 'Chinese Food' should have been

Alison Gold eat your heart out. 'Rice, Rice Baby', a parody of Vanilla Ice's 1990's hit, examines Chinese food from a laowai perspective. Sample lyric: 'If they serving Chinese, yo,...

by James Griffiths, 15 January 2014

British pedophile extradited from China jailed by UK court

A British man who fled to China to avoid punishment for a litany of sex offences has been jailed by a UK court after he was extradited by Chinese authorities last year.

by James Griffiths, 14 January 2014

Incredible photos show destruction of infamous Beijing rooftop villa

An illegal rooftop villa in Beijing which attracted widespread uproar and mockery has been almost entirely destroyed, all that remains is for workers to clear the rubble away.

by James Griffiths, 20 December 2013