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• Apple's China suppliers 'ignore work laws' - Agence France Presse. June 28, 2012
• China cracks down on Tiananmen anniversary - Agence France Presse. June 3, 2012
• Economic growth sows unhappiness in China: Study - Agence France Presse. May 15, 2012
• 24-hour food joints shelter the homeless in Chinese cities - Straits Times. May 3, 2012
• China cracks down on Internet after coup rumours - Agence France Presse. March 31, 2012
• Chinese village gets rare taste of democracy - Agence France Presse. March 3, 2012
• China hikes minimum wages amid labour shortages - Agence France Presse. January 5, 2012

• China city tightens control of microblogs: Report - Agence France Presse. December 25, 2011
• Tear gas fired at protesters in China seaside town - Associated Press. December 23, 2011
• Unrest continues in Guangdong as thousands protest coal plant - Associated Press. December 21, 2011
• Protesting villagers in China win rare compromise - Associated Press. December 21, 2011
• Chinese police 'fire tear-gas and beat protesters' - Agence France Presse. December 20, 2011
• Unrest challenging China before leadership change - Agence France Presse. December 18, 2011
• Thousands in Chinese protest village mourn leader - Agence France Presse. December 16, 2011
• Beijing vows 'stability' as foreign investment falls amid global woes - Associated Press. December 15, 2011
• Police put China village on lockdown amid unrest - Associated Press. December 14, 2011
• Top China official urges more 'forceful' web controls - Agence France Presse. December 11, 2011
• Hundreds strike in China labour protest - Agence France Presse. December 8, 2011
• China braces for growing unrest as economy slows - Agence France Presse. December 5, 2011
• Workers mass at Shanghai factory in latest unrest - Associated Press. December 2, 2011
• China factory unrest flares as global economy slows - Reuters. November 25, 2011
• Protesters in China march against 'dictatorship' - Agence France Presse. November 21, 2011
• China paper warns of 'crisis of faith' among the people - Reuters. November 3, 2011
• Thousands clash with police in China - Agence France Presse. October 27, 2011
• Protests mark rising environment awareness in China - Agence France Presse. September 20, 2011
• Propaganda authorities take over Beijing papers - Agence France Presse. September 4, 2011
• Apple blasted for alleged pollution by suppliers - Associated Press. September 1, 2011
• China moves to block unruly bloggers - New York Times. August 27, 2011
• China may legalise secret detentions - Agence France Presse. August 27, 2011
• Thousands protest against Chinese chemical plant - Associated Press. August 14, 2011
• Thousands riot in China's Guizhou province: Xinhua - Agence France Presse. August 12, 2011
• Tiger on the loose: The microblogging revolution in China - Deutsche Presse Agentur. August 8, 2011
• A million robots to staff unhappy iPhone factories - Sydney Morning Herald. August 2, 2011
• Hundreds of cab drivers protest fares in China - Associated Press. August 1, 2011
• China monitors on web activity in public places - Agence France Presse. July 26, 2011
• Anger mounts in China over oil spill - Agence France Presse. July 6, 2011
• China cracking down on rights lawyers: Amnesty - Agence France Presse. June 30, 2011
• It's still a man's world for Chinese women - Bloomberg News. June 25, 2011
• Group: Chinese forces suppress new unrest in East - Associated Press. June 16, 2011
• Protesters burn police vehicles in southern China - Associated Press. June 13, 2011
• China lead pollution outbreak poisons 103 children - Reuters. June 12, 2011
• Tiananmen anniversary brings new China detentions - Associated Press. June 4, 2011
• China's response to latest unrest follows pattern - Associated Press. June 1, 2011
• China must avoid force in Mongolia: Amnesty - Agence France Presse. May 28, 2011
• China bomber seen as champion of disenfranchised - Associated Press. May 27, 2011
• Chinese goods are no longer cheap - Straits Times. April 25, 2011
• China clamps down on trucker price protest - Associated Press. April 21, 2011
• Chinese lawyer free but more than 50 still detained, activists say - Agence France Presse. April 20, 2011
• Not cheap or cheerful: South China's new paradigm - Associated Press. April 5, 2011
• Artist's detention tests depth of crackdown in China - Reuters. April 5, 2011
• China takes hard line on activists, many missing - Associated Press. March 21, 2011
• Minister: China pollution remains 'very serious' - Associated Press. March 12, 2011
• Rise in billionaires tests China's rich-poor divide - Reuters. March 10, 2011
• Chinese state media slams calls for protests - Agence France Presse. March 6, 2011
• Wen sees billionaires in congress as gap in wealth widens - Bloomberg. March 4, 2011
• Chinese crackdown on journalists, activists drawing cries of repression - Agence France Presse. March 3, 2011
• Minister warns pollution may derail China's development - Reuters. February 28, 2011
• China uses whistles, water, police on protests - Associated Press. February 27, 2011
• China goes all out to halt 'jasmine revolution' - Straits Times. February 24, 2011
• Organizers urge sustained street protests in China - Associated Press. February 23, 2011
• China cracks down on call for 'Jasmine Revolution' - Associated Press. February 20, 2011
• Rights group says China activist beaten over video - Associated Press. February 10, 2011
• Escalating land disputes spark desperation in China - Agence France Presse. January 27, 2011
• Food worries rise in China - Inter Press Service. January 20, 2011
• China fails on human rights plan: Rights group - Associated Press. January 11, 2011
• Rise in abortions in China, young women targeted - Associated Press. January 9, 2011

• As poverty and privilege clash, social tensions in China rise - Inter Press Service. December 14, 2010
• China's campaign against Nobel seen as backfiring - Associated Press. December 9, 2010
• Chinese activist detained after posting 1989 photo - Associated Press. November 30, 2010
• Chinese woman sent to labor camp for retweeting - Associated Press. November 18, 2010
• China food safety activist given two-and-a-half years - Associated Press. November 10, 2010
• China accuses peace prize supporter of subversion - Associated Press. November 3, 2010
• UN chief criticized for failing to press China - Associated Press. November 2, 2010
• China resists push to political reform - Sydney Morning Herald. October 28, 2010
• Chinese Communist elders issue free speech appeal - Associated Press. October 13, 2010
• China livid after dissident awarded nobel peace prize - Reuters. October 8, 2010
• China overtakes Japan as world's No. 2 economy - Reuters. July 30, 2010
• China now world's top energy user: Report - Agence France Presse. July 20, 2010
• China says 2009 growth even faster than thought - Associated Press. July 2, 2010
• Strikes put China on spot over labor unrest - Associated Press. June 11, 2010
• Labor strife spreads to 3rd Honda supplier in China - Agence France Presse. June 9, 2010
• China says will keep blocking online content - Associated Press. June 8, 2010
• Stability, byword of the Tiananmen tyrants, on even shakier ground in China - The Australian. June 5, 2010
• Exiles, Hong Kongers break silence on Tiananmen - Associated Press. June 4, 2010
• Corruption in China growing at least as fast as the economy - Melbourne Age. January 9, 2010

• The China bubble - Forbes.com. December 28, 2009
• China's industrial overcapacity issue - Xinhua. December 27, 2009
• Dissident gets China's longest jail term ever for subversion - Associated Press. December 25, 2009
• Is China's economy speeding off the rails? - New York Times. December 23, 2009
• Leading dissident Liu Xiaobo on trial in China - Agence France Presse. December 24, 2009
• Journalists took bribes to cover up disaster - The Guardian. December 2, 2009
• Economics of China's secret jails exposed - Sydney Morning Herald. November 26, 2009
• China's human rights defenders pay a big price - Melbourne Age. November 7, 2009
• China has 130 billionaires: report - Agence France Presse. October 13, 2009
• Tense Chinese city imposes traffic ban: state media - Agence France Presse. September 8, 2009
• China admits organs taken from prisoners - The Guardian. August 28, 2009
• Most China transplants 'come from executions' - Agence France Presse. August 26, 2009
• Riots as China lead scare hits 2000 children - The Times. August 22, 2009
• No secrets to China's success - The Guardian (UK). August 18, 2009
• Beijing human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong detained - The Australian. July 31, 2009
• Workers clash with police in China - Associated Press. July 27, 2009
• Anniversary China's excuse for a crackdown on dissent - The Australian. July 3, 2009
• Leading Chinese dissident accused of subversion - Agence France Presse. June 25, 2009
• The great firewall of China is rolled out - Sydney Morning Herald. June 10, 2009
• Tiananmen Square anniversary sparks new crackdown - Sydney Morning Herald. June 4, 2009.
• China cracks down on social media - Associated Press. June 3, 2009
• Beijing cracks down on dissent ahead of Tiananmen anniversary - The Australian. June 3, 2009
• Students protest in lead-up to June 4 Tiananmen anniversary - The Australian. May 21, 2009
• Chinese government guide to beating civilians published online - The Australian. April 23, 2009
• China exports fall 'sharpest in over a decade' - Agence France Presse. February 12, 2009
• China's official data mask severity of slump - Associated Press. February 7, 2009
• China slump sparks street protests - The Sunday Times. February 2, 2009
• China's exports 'fall for second month amid crisis' - Agence France Presse. January 13, 2009
• Chinese manufacturing shrinks in December - Associated Press. January 4, 2009

• Chinese protesters put in mental asylums - Australian Associated Press. December 8, 2008
• China rejects UN report on torture as 'untrue' - Associated Press. November 23, 2008
• Chinese president builds economic ties with Cuba - Associated Press. November 20, 2008
• Communist allies China, Cuba hold landmark summit - Agence France Presse. November 19, 2008
• China will taste democracy by 2020, says official - Sydney Morning Herald. October 16, 2008