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Central Security Forces raid NGO the National Democratic Institute in Dokki on 29 December.
US cites human rights problems in Russia, China, Egypt
Reuters 20 Apr 2013
The US government on Friday expressed concern about increasing crackdowns on civil liberties around the world, from...
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WHO says no poultry contact in some China bird flu cases
Reuters 17 Apr 2013
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that a number of people who have tested positive for a new strain of...
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang conduct a meeting at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing 13 April 2013.
Kerry meets China's leaders to push them on North Korea
Reuters 13 Apr 2013
BEIJING  –– US Secretary of State John Kerry met China's top leaders on Saturday in a bid to...
People walk in front of a large screen displaying propaganda slogans on Beijing's Tiananmen Square on 12 November 2012.
China detains 10 for bird flu rumors, death toll at 9
Reuters 10 Apr 2013
SHANGHAI/BEIJING — Chinese police detained at least 10 people for spreading rumors about the H7N9 bird flu virus...
Egypt asks China to crackdown on counterfeiting
Al-Masry Al-Youm 14 Mar 2013
An Egyptian official is asking China to crackdown on counterfeit Chinese products being smuggled into Egypt. Atef...
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Chinese President Xi raised by elite, steeled by turmoil
Reuters 14 Mar 2013
  Four years ago in Mexico, China's new president provided a rare glimpse of a leader who was born into a...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) gestures as he tours the Abadan oil refinery during the inauguration of a petrol making unit in the southwestern city of Abadan on May 24, 2011 where an accidental blast at the refinery killed one person and wounded 25 during the former's visit, who was not affected and went on to make a televised speech.
Iran crude oil exports rise to highest since EU sanctions
Reuters 31 Jan 2013
Iran's crude oil exports in December leapt to their highest level since European Union sanctions took effect last...
Demonstrators gather along a street near the headquarters of Southern Weekly newspaper in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, 7 January 2013.  REUTERS/James Pomfret
Chinese protest outside newspaper gates in rare censorship demo
Reuters 07 Jan 2013
Scores of supporters of one of China's most liberal newspapers demonstrated outside its headquarters on Monday in a...
Japan scrambles jets as Chinese plane flies over disputed isles
Reuters 13 Dec 2012
Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after a Chinese government plane entered what Japan considers its airspace...
Xi on track for China leadership at close of party talks
AFP 14 Nov 2012
China's ruling Communist Party on Wednesday closed a pivotal congress that approved a new leadership committee,...