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Clifford Coonan

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Clifford Coonan is a reporter for The Independent, based in Beijing.

<p>Jiang showed remarkable political nous and held on to power for 12 years</p>
Obituaries

Jiang Zemin: Leader who guided China’s rise to economic power

A family member of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane is mobbed by journalists at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Asia

Malaysia Airlines: 239 feared dead as search reveals two oil slicks

Crowds of jubilant students surge through a police cordon before pouring into Tiananmen Square on 4 June 1989. Wu'er Kaixi managed to escape into exile in the crackdown that followed
Asia

Wu’er Kaixi: The Chinese dissident who can't get himself arrested -

A vehicle burns in Tiananmen Square, China
Asia

China arrests five suspected Islamist militants over Tiananmen Square

The crash killed the occupants as well as two tourists
Asia

Tiananmen Square ‘suicide crash’ blamed on Uighurs

Schwarzman has personally contributed £62m to the programme
Asia

Wall Street mogul Stephen Schwarzman unveils £186m scholarship

‘Please release him’: yesterday’s ‘New Express’ newspaper
Press

Chinese newspaper that dared to speak out in front-page appeal for

Mao Zedong features in an animated film about his teenage years
World

Postcard from... Beijing

A Chinese couple sold their baby daughter and spent the money on an iPhone
Asia

Chinese couple 'sold their baby daughter to buy an iPhone'

The new headquarters of the People's Daily newspaper
World

Postcard from... Beijing

World

Postcard from... Beijing

A woman views the Chinese social media website Weibo at a cafe in Beijing
Tech

‘Great Firewall of China’ closes for business in financial

The former party chief of Chongqing has been given a life sentence after being found guilty of corruption
Asia

Bo Xilai’s life sentence allows China’s leadership to put scandal

Asia

Bo Xilai’s life sentence allows China’s leadership to put scandal

The former party chief of Chongqing has been given a life sentence after being found guilty of corruption
Charles Xue: The Chinese-American blogger has 12 million followers online
Asia

Chinese blogger Charles Xue forced to apologise on television for

World

Postcard from... Beijing

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un
Asia

North Korea nuclear production may have restarted, images show

Wang Jianlin is worth £8.9bn according to Forbes
News

One-time Communist soldier turned mogul is now China’s richest man

Wang Jianlin is worth £8.9bn according to Forbes
News

One-time Communist soldier turned mogul is now China’s richest man

World

Postcard from... Beijing

Tech

Three years in prison if your 'slanderous statements' are shared and

Two Chinese man receive treatment at a diabetes hospital in Beijing
Health News

Millions at risk as China’s prosperity brings diabetes epidemic

World

Postcard from... Beijing

The roof of a Hong Kong factory building is covered in drying shark fins. Consumption has fallen faster in China than in Hong Kong, suggesting the anti-graft campaign is having an effect.
Asia

Shark fin soup off the menu: China’s crackdown on extravagant

Former Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang is to be investigated
Asia

China’s corruption crackdown goes all the way to the top, with

Guo Bin recuperates from an attack in the rural area of Linfen city that left him blind, in a hospital in Taiyuan
Asia

Hunt for woman who gouged out six-year-old’s eyes in China

Police footage released on Chinese state television reportedly showed Peter Humphreys confessing and apologising
Asia

British investigator Peter Humphrey ‘regrets’ illegal data scam on

Former Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang is to be investigated
Asia

China’s corruption crackdown goes all the way to the top, with

Guo Bin recuperates from an attack in the rural area of Linfen city that left him blind, in a hospital in Taiyuan
Asia

Hunt for woman who gouged out six-year-old’s eyes in China

Police footage released on Chinese state television reportedly showed Peter Humphreys confessing and apologising
Asia

British investigator Peter Humphrey ‘regrets’ illegal data scam on

China's spike in car ownership has led to restrictions
Asia

‘Auntie’ Wang Xiuxia makes a million from car number plates scam

Asia

‘Auntie’ Wang Xiuxia makes a million from car number plates scam

China's spike in car ownership has led to restrictions
Asia

China corruption trial: Bo Xilai denies ‘insane’ wife’s claims

Bo Xilai stands trial in Jinan
Asia

It’s far from a show trial in China as Bo Xilai claims he was framed

Commentators

Clifford Coonan's Sketch from the trial of Bo Xilai: An ‘open’

Bo Xilai faces corruption charges
Asia

China’s trial of the century... but the fate of Bo Xilai is likely

Bo Xilai faces corruption charges
Asia

China’s trial of the century... but the fate of Bo Xilai is likely

Peter Humphrey: Founder of company which 'provides creative approaches to business problems'
Business News

Briton arrested in Chinese GlaxoSmithKline bribery probe

The mass suicide attempt took place near the Beijing West Railway Station
Asia

Chinese parents in mass suicide bid after railway company fails to

Patients attend a weight-loss clinic in the city of Tianjin.
Asia

China joins the fat-fighters' club

Song Yangbiao denounced Bo Xilai's trial in a blog
Asia

Bo Xilai supporter arrested as Chinese authorities prepare for trial

World

Postcard from... Hong Kong

World

Postcard from... Shanghai

Bo Xilai: A rising star, he was engulfed by his wife's scandal
Asia

Bo Xilai charged with receiving bribes

World

Postcard from... Beijing

China's former Railways Minister attends court to face charges of bribery and corruption
Asia

China's former Railways Minister Liu Zhijun receives suspended death

World

Postcard from... Beijing

China has 193 million people aged 60 or above
Asia

China law forces adult children to visit and care for their elderly

Asia

China law forces adult children to visit and care for their elderly

China has 193 million people aged 60 or above
Chip Starnes, co-owner of Coral Springs medical supplies
Asia

How to get what you want from the boss? Hold him hostage in his

A tourist wearing the mask looks at the Forbidden City, Beijing
Asia

Death penalty threat for polluters in China

A foreign tourist wearing a mask walks in front of Tiananmen Gate on a polluted day in Beijing
Asia

China orders its industries to cut pollution

World

Postcard from... Beijing

World

Postcard from... Beijing

A student goes through a security check as she enters an exam room in Shenyang
Asia

Quiet please: China falls silent for university entrance exams

Tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong to mark the 24th anniversary of the June 4th Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing
Asia

World Focus: Twenty-four years on, China marks Tiananmen Square

Rescue workers and fire trucks are seen outside a site of a fire, at a poultry slaughterhouse in Dehui, Jilin
Asia

Fire in poultry slaughterhouse kills 119 in China's deadliest blaze

Xi Jinping, who became president in March, is accused of taking China backwards
Asia

Mothers of Tiananmen victims condemns Chinese leader Xi Jinping for

'Baby 59' in an incubator after he was rescued from a toilet pipe
Asia

China's 'Baby No 59' is returned to mother's family after police

"Baby 59" in an incubator after he was rescued from a toilet pipe
Asia

China's 'Baby No 59' released from hospital and reunited with mother

Baby No 59 was rescued after being in the sewage pipe for two days
Asia

Mother of Baby No 59 found in sewage pipe in China was in crowd

The PLA has made information technology with military applications a priority
Asia

Chinese army to conduct 'digital' war games for first time

World

Postcard from... Beijing

Asia

'Healthy' newborn baby rescued from sewage pipe after being flushed

A photograph of the offending message ‘Ding Jinhao was here’ was posted online
News

Chinese schoolboy, 15, exposed as Egypt’s ancient temple graffiti

News

Chinese schoolboy, 15, exposed as Egypt’s ancient temple graffiti

A photograph of the offending message ‘Ding Jinhao was here’ was posted online
World

Postcard from... Beijing

News

Public anger over pollution in China is finally being taken seriously

Asia

China enraged by Pentagon’s claims it is waging new cyberwar

World

Postcard from...Beijing

World

Postcard from...Beijing

Africa

Postcard from Beijing

The North District Hospital on Clinic Road, Hong Kong, where the victim was attacked by two men
Asia

Four held after 'Triad' boss is disembowelled and hacked to death with

A woman wears a face mask as she walks past a poster in Beijing showing how to avoid getting the H7N9 bird flu virus
Health News

Bird flu strain in China is ‘lethal’

Asia

Chinese army officers told to mix with troops

Resident Chen Biying sits in front of her house after being injured during the earthquake in Ya'an
Asia

Chinese aid workers battle landslides and narrow roads to boost rescue

Guarding his anonymity: crime writer James Church
Profiles

James Church: The man who knows too much about North Korea

World

Postcard from... Beijing

Great Leader’ Kim Il-sung looks down on the Tumen bridge
Asia

Trading places: the decline of North Korea

World

Postcard from... Thailand

A man takes a photo of heavy smog in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province
Asia

Pollution in Beijing increases by 30%

News

1.2m Chinese killed by air pollution in 2010

Peng Liyuan singing to martial law troops in 1989 after the Tiananman Square massacre
Asia

Is this the new China? First lady Peng Liyuan sang for troops after

Asia

Filipino domestic staff lose their court battle for Hong Kong

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shake hands in the impressive St George Hall in the Kremlin yesterday
Asia

Vladimir Putin rolls out the red carpet (and guards on horseback) for

World

Postcard from...Hong Kong

Xi Jinping: China’s new President told legislators to fight against hedonism and extravagance
Asia

The China Dream: new leadership pledges reform

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shake hands in the impressive St George Hall in the Kremlin yesterday
Asia

Vladimir Putin rolls out the red carpet (and guards on horseback) for

World

Postcard from...Hong Kong

Xi Jinping: China’s new President told legislators to fight against hedonism and extravagance
Asia

The China Dream: new leadership pledges reform

Newly elected President Xi Jinping is applauded by delegates
Asia

2,592 for, 1 against: so who DIDN'T vote Xi Jinping for President?

Communist Party chief Xi Jinping during the opening session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People earlier this month
Asia

China's new dawn: As Xi Jinping takes over as President, how is he

The work of the dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has included installing one hundred million porcelain “seeds” in the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, designing Beijing’s 2008 Olympic stadium and even producing photographs of himself giving the finger to Chi
News

Chinese democracy? Dissident artist Ai Weiwei makes heavy metal album

Within an hour of the news of Xu Haobo’s death, there were 60,000 messages of sympathy on the Weibo service
Asia

Outrage in China as car thief kills baby boy

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivered his 10th and final address to China’s National Congress yesterday
Asia

Yesterday's man, Wen Jiabao, gives the world a glimpse of China's

Asia

New Chinese leadership backs defence spending

Burmese drug lord Naw Kham is taken to be executed
Asia

Convicts paraded on television ahead of execution

Chen Zuqian shows his injuries after the attack. His protest was to highlight the state of China’s rivers, above – one-fifth of which are so polluted the water is too poisonous for human contact
News

Chinese farmer beaten for daring official to swim in filthy river

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