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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
