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8 April 2012 Last updated at 21:07 ET

China creates new rare earth bodyrare earth oxides

China sets up a rare earth association in a bid to streamline the sector as it continues to face criticism over its policies.

China dissident Fang Lizhi dies

Chinese dissident Fang Lizhi, whose speeches helped inspire the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, has died aged 76, in the United States.

A man tests out an iPad at an Apple shop in Shanghai, 28 February 2012Arrests over kidney sold for iPad

Five people are arrested in southern China after a teenager sold his kidney so he could buy an iPhone and iPad computer, state media say.

Special Reports

Meng Fang NingStart-up Stories: Meng Fang Ning

Meng Fang Ning is in her sixties, and owns and runs a successful online business selling snacks and other products to customers all over China.

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Damian Grammaticas, Beijing correspondent Article written by Damian Grammaticas Damian Grammaticas Beijing correspondent

Damaging coup rumours ricochet across China

15:27 UK time, Thursday, 22 March 2012

Damaging rumours of a coup are an obsession in China, even though there is zero concrete evidence.

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Features & Analysis

  • Employees wearing Foxconn uniforms during their lunch break in ShenzhenRipple effect

    Will Apple improve Chinese workers' lives?

  • A Sikh guard is one of the features of one of the biggest tombs in Bukit Brown cemetery in Singapore 30 March, 2012Grave matters

    Singapore to drive road through historic Chinese cemetery

  • A Chinese woman prays at the tomb of a family member at a cemetery in Beijing, 3 April 2012In pictures

    Chinese communities mark tomb-sweeping festival

  • Protester wears a mask depicting CY Leung at a demonstration in Hong Kong on 1 April 2012Beijing's man?

    Hong Kong residents ask where new leader's loyalties lie

  • Prepare for landing

    China tries to engineer a gentle slowdown for its economy

  • G7 rival?

    What the Brics hope to achieve and the issues dividing them

  • Father of Pinyin

    Meet the man who helped make learning Chinese simple

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