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Human Rights Watch urges China to Free Tibetan rights advocate Zhang Yadi
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Chinese authorities to release Zhang Yadi immediately. The 22-year-old student and Tibetan rights advocate faces serious charges that could result in a lengthy prison sentence. HRW reports that Zhang, also known as Tara, was an international student studyin
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China expels 2 senior Tibetan officials over alleged violations
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
China has expelled two senior Tibetan officials from Yunnan province following investigations into "serious violations of discipline and law," according to an announcement made on February 23.
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Death toll in southwest China hospital attack rises to ten
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Eight more people have succumbed to injuries sustained in an attack incident reported at a hospital in Zhenxiong County, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to ten, as reported by Xinhua News.
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Bangladesh: Protest against China over attempt to destroy minaret of 13th-
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The members of the Islamic Movement Bangladesh formed a human chain at Baitul Mukarram, Dhaka, criticising China for attempts to destroy the minaret and dome of the 13th-century mosque. People assembled here to protest despite heavy rain.
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Chinese Police clash with protesters over demolition of mosque
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Clashes broke out between Chinese Police and people in a Muslim-Majority town in southwestern China as protestors tried to stop the cops from demolishing a domed roof of the centuries-old Najiaying Mosque.
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China's foreign minister stresses on cooperation during Myanmar visit
Updated : 3 years ago IST
During an inspection tour in the China-Myanmar border area in Yunnan on Tuesday, Qin Gang emphasised the necessity to sincerely carry out the Chinese Communist Party's 20th National Congress's policies and uphold stability at the border region.
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4.9 magnitude earthquake jolts Gusong in China
Updated : 3 years ago IST
An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 struck 21 km SSW of Gusong, China on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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500 million-year-old fossils unearth answers to many evolutionary riddles
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled scientists to solve a centuries-old riddle in the evolution of life on earth, revealing what the first animals to make skeletons looked like.
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UN Biodiversity Conference to be relocated from China to Canada
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 22 (ANI): The second phase of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) will be held in Montreal, Canada from December 5 to 17 this year.
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6 people missing following mudflow in China's Yunnan province
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kunming [China], April 2 (ANI): At least six people went missing on Saturday following a mudflow in southwest China's Yunnan province.
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Video of chained woman sparks outrage in China
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 27 (ANI): The woman, identified as 44-year-old Xiao Huamei, originally from Yunnan province in China, in a video, was found chained by the neck to an outdoor shed, incoherent and shivering in the cold in rural eastern China.
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30 injured as 5.5 magnitude quake jolts China's Yunnan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 4 (ANI): Thirty people have been injured in a 5.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the county of Ninglang in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Sunday, local media reported citing authorities.
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