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Obstacles on road to Beijing-Taipei concord

Big problems will come with the Olympics. Chinese scholars have proposed that the Chinese and Taiwanese teams enter the stadium together at the opening ceremony

China seeks to muzzle quake victim parents

Chinese security forces are pressing parents to abandon demands for a full investigation into why so many schools collapsed in the May earthquake in Sichuan

Why the boom is not building a cool China

Beijing’s new architecture is not the fruit of home-grown creativity: it is created by foreigners and its function expresses the dead hand of state power, writes Geoff Dyer

China quake spurs calls for private charities

Companies are calling for a law to allow them to set up charitable foundations independent from the government, a move that could open up space for civil society in Beijing

Life ban for top Chinese swimmer

A positive test against Ouyang Kunpeng, regarded as a serious contender for an Olympic medal, has dealt a blow to efforts to polish the reputation of the country’s team

Group warns China on website shutdown

The leader of a human rights organisation for hepatitis B carriers says Beijing’s blocking of their website risks pushing patients to take drastic action

Dalai Lama censured at Olympic Tibet relay

Chinese officials used the Olympic torch visit to attack the spiritual leader. One said China would ‘be able to totally smash the splittist schemes of the Dalai Lama clique’

China cracks down on cars for Olympics

Nearly half of the vehicles in Beijing will be barred from the road in August as the government tries to ease concerns about the impact of chronic air pollution on the games

Angry scenes at China’s petrol pumps

Irate Chinese motorists queued – sometimes in vain – to get the last drops of cheaper petrol

China rushes to fix dams as floods worsen

Rain and floods, concentrated in the southern industrial hub of Guangdong, have killed at least 171 people and left 52 missing since the start of the annual flood season

Ancient quarter makes way for modern antiquity

Soldiers ease China ‘quake lake’ danger

Beijing issues Olympics clapping guide

China to build 1m houses in three months

Beijing reins in quake coverage

Party builds palaces as classrooms collapse

China quake victims consider legal action

Threat from dams to test China engineers

Japan’s military joins China aid effort

Beijing in activist clampdown ahead of talks