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China's 120mph railway arriving in Laos

Constructing it will be a mammoth engineering task. It will require 154 bridges and 76 tunnels, as well as 31 train stations, just to get the line the 260 miles from Boten on the Laos-China border to Laos’ capital Vientiane. An estimated 20,000 Chinese workers will be needed to build it, with the completion date set for 2019. Read more

China's former PM denies role in family's 'hidden riches'

Wen Jiabao, the former Chinese premier whose relatives were accused of amassing a $2.7 billion fortune in 2012, tells Hong Kong columnist: "I want to leave this world clean." Read more

China 'building second aircraft carrier'

China has started building its second aircraft carrier as part of a growing push to develop a what would be the world’s second biggest navy, according to reports in both China and Hong Kong. Wang Min, the party chief of Liaoning province in northeast China where the vessel is reportedly being built, said the carrier’s construction would take six years and added that China’s navy

Kina i fjor: Laveste vekst på 14 år

Kinesisk økonomi vokste med 7,7 prosent i fjor. Den er den laveste veksten siden 1999. Les mer

Wealthy Chinese flee China, taking their fortunes with them

A new report shows that 64 percent of Chinese millionaires have either emigrated or plan to emigrate—taking their spending and fortunes with them. The United States is their favorite destination. Read more

10 things Taiwan does better than anywhere else

With 23 million people crammed onto an island that covers just more than 36,000 square kilometers, Taiwan ranks among the 20 most densely populated places in the world.Although the industrious island has built a global reputation for cheap electronics, this is one Asian tiger that offers far more than stickers on the backs of calculators. Here are 10 things they do better than anyone else.

Xu Zhiyong trial: arrests won't stop change, fellow activist says

Xu Zhiyong has spent a decade changing China's legal system for the better. Ahead of his trial for causing public disorder, his closest colleague and fellow law professor Teng Biao speaks out from exile in Hong Kong. Read more

Tibet self-immolations: Tsering Woeser and Ai Weiwei collaborate on book

Tibetan poet and Chinese artist publish Immolations in Tibet: The Shame of the World, after more than 120 such protests. Read more

Uyghur Villagers Forcibly Relocated to Make Way For Tourist Resorts

Chinese authorities have forcibly relocated more than half of the ethnic minority Uyghurs—mostly farmers and herders—from three mountain townships in the Xinjiang region to make way for tourist resorts without providing them adequate compensation or job opportunities, according to area sources. Read more