1. China 'black jails' under scrutiny
(News/Culture)

...ave been "beaten" or "locked in mental institutions". Zhang Tianhui, a petitioner from Chengdu, said she had been detained illegally for more than "five months" in a &quo...

2. SALT Condemns China’s Crackdown on Civil Rights Lawyers
(Editor/Letters)

...nent human rights lawyers have faced physical violence.  In April 2009, Cheng Hai was badly beaten in Chengdu for representing a student imprisoned for practicing Falun Gong.  In May 2009, Z...

3. 'Mao knew these people would die'
(Opinions/Bulletin)

...ao, I chose my parents. AJ: Mao died 30 years ago. How did you feel when you heard the news? JC: I was in Chengdu at university where we gathered and were told he had died. I felt euphoric. And then ...

4. Dozens dead in China bus fire
(Archived/News/S+T)

At least 24 people have been killed after a bus caught fire in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu.

5. H1N1 flu cases pass 5,000 worldwide
(Archived/News/S+T)

The number of worldwide cases of H1N1 has passed 5,000, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

6. China marks quake anniversary
(Archived/News/S+T)

Thousands of people poured into southwestern China to mourn the dead as the country marked one year after a deadly earthquake devastated parts of Sichuan province.

7. China confirms first H1N1 case
(Archived/News/S+T)

Mainland China has confirmed its first case of the new H1N1 flu strain and quarantined 130 passengers who had travelled  with the man who tested positive.

8. Chinese pandas arrive in Taiwan
(Archived/News/S+T)

Two Chinese pandas have arrived in Taiwan on an historic trip seen as a sign of warming relations between Beijing and Taipei.

9. Disease fears in China quake zone
(Archived/News/S+T)

Relief workers in southern China are becoming increasingly worried about the threat of disease to survivors of last month's massive earthquake.

10. China aftershock heightens fears
(Archived/News/S+T)

A powerful aftershock in southwest China has killed at least six people and levelled thousands of buildings in a region already devastated by the Sichuan earthquake.