Relatives of a former high ranking Chinese politician Bo Xilai say he is the victim of a smear campaign. Bo was fired from his post as Communist Party Secretary of the Chongqing municipality. And he has not been seen since. Melissa Chan reports.
It's been over a decade since China expelled any accredited foreign journalists and now correspondents there have reacted angrily after one working - for English arm of the broadcasting network, Al Jazeera - has been denied accreditation.
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Just a day after a deal to solve Europe's debt crisis was announced, the head of the EU's bailout fund is in China, looking for investments. But Klaus Regling, the current chief executive officer of the European Financial Stability Facility, has played down the timing of his visit, telling the press not to expect any big announcements. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from Beijing.
The Chinese government has stepped up efforts to make data on the country's air quality more transparent, including allowing the public to tour the country's pollution monitoring centre. It is a rare bow to public pressure, as citizens have been complaining of hugely underestimated rates of pollution. Many experts say the government has not taking enough steps to fight the "hazardous" problem, caused mainly by the usage of fossil fuels, which many of China's nearly 1.4 billion residents rely on for energy. Melissa Chan reports from Beijing.
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Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports on a devastated town on Qingcheng Mountain, that has been nearly abandoned following the earthquake. Five days have passed since the 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked western China, and the scale of the disaster is still unfolding.
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Hong Kong prepares to select its new man in charge on Sunday. It is part of an arrangement with China known as "one country, two systems", giving the city semi-autonomy from Beijing. But with only 12 hundred people eligible to vote in a city of 7 million, residents are calling for a bigger say. Melissa Chan reports from Hong Kong
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The People's Republic of China is preparing for a once-in-a-decade transition of power. When president and Communist Party chief Hu Jintao ends his 10 years in charge he is expected to be replaced by 57-year-old Xi Jinping. Though his official biography extolls his virtues as a good party official with a strong work ethic who comes from a family with solid revolutionary credentials, little else is known about him. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan went to a remote village in China's Shaanxi Province to learn more about his upbringing.
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(LinkAsia News: 5/11/12) Host Sydnie Kohara speaks with Madeline Earp of the Committee to Protect Journalists about China's expulsion of Al Jazeera English reporter Melissa Chan and the current climate for foreign journalists in China. Watch more LinkAsia stories at linkasia.org. IMAGE Picture of Al Jazeera correspondent Melissa Chan is seen at their China bureau office, in Beijing: REUTERS/Jason Lee
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The BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - collectively represent around 40% of the world's population and about a quarter of its economic output. Regarded as 'developing' nations, Russia and China have seen economic partnerships rapidly increase. Trade between Russia and China is expected to hit $100 billion dollars as the partnerhip between the two countries grow. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from Manzhouli, northern China.
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Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports at the heart of the disaster zone in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province, China. Monday's earthquake in southwestern China has taken a particularly deadly toll on schoolchildren, with several schools across the disaster reduced to rubble by the force of the quake.
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(LinkAsia News: 5/11/12) American journalist Melissa Chan became the first foreign journalist to be kicked out of China in 14 years when she was told this past week that she would have to leave immediately. Her employer, Al Jazeera English, responded by closing their China bureau. Footage from Reuters. Watch more LinkAsia stories at linkasia.org.
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Farmers in the Chinese province of Zhejiang have been protesting against the seizure of their land. They say local Communist Party officials are behind what they call land grabs, and accuse them of using violence. Melissa Chan has this report from eastern China.
SUBSCRIBE to Next Media Animation: www.youtube.com Chinese foreigner bashing has gone into overdrive as Beijing is in the midst of a campaign to deport foreigners who live or work in China illegally. Facebook: www.facebook.com Webpage: www.nma.tv Twitter @nmatv: twitter.com Tumblr: nmatv.tumblr.com Fanning the flames is xenophobe and CCTV (Chinese state TV) mouthpiece Yang Rui who was educated in Wales and whose daughter goes to school in the US. The Engrish-speaking TV host has called foreigners who live in China "trash" and described Al Jazeera reporter Melissa Chan as a "foreign bitch." (Melissa Chan was expelled from China because of unflattering stories about China by other Al Jazeera reporters.) In a flight of fancy that could only come from the mind of a Chinese Communist, Yang Rui said foreigners pretend to date Chinese women but are actually spies who use GPS to make maps of China. Yang Rui has threatened to sue for libel Charlie Custer, the American blogger who called Yang a xenophobe. Why does Yang Rui, who has an English-language program on CCTV, hate foreigners so much?
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The heads of China's largest internet companies have vowed to stop the spread of so-called "harmful information". They made the promise after attending a three-day workshop put on by the government. Nearly 40 companies including e-commerce giant Alibaba and search engine Baidu say they will "curb internet rumours." It's part of many steps made by Beijing to tighten its control on the internet. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from Beijing.
The Chinese government has imposed on a dissident artist a massive tax bill for alleged tax evasion, which many argue is politically motivated. Thousands of Ai Weiwei's supporters have mobilised to help him cover the 15m yuan ($2.4m) bill and avoid a jail term, a development the government did not expect. They contributed over $5.3m yuan ($830000) in just 48 hours later. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from Beijing.
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Dozens of Chinese activists, lawyers, and bloggers have been victims of state-backed, extrajudicial detentions over the years, of which many have simply disappeared, not to be seen again for months. Human Rights Watch says these disappearances are an alarming new trend which the government is refusing to address. Many human rights organisations and activists are concerned that the country is currently working on a new draft of its criminal law that would make disappearances legal. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from Beijing.
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The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il, has died and South Korea's military is now on alert. Many in the region are nervous about the transition of power to his likely successor and young son. Back in North Korea, a very public outpouring of grief is under way for a leader who kept a very tight grip on power and the people he ruled. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from Beijing, China.
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A prominent human-rights lawyer has gone on trial in China facing charges of "inciting a disturbance" for doing legal defence work for farmers who have had their land seized by government officials. Ni Yulan and her husband, Dong Ji-Cheen, were detained in April along with hundreds of other activists, but their trial lacks transparency. Early on Thursday morning, police vans brought Ni to a courthouse in Beijing, but journalists who arrived to cover the trial and diplomats who had been sent to observe were quickly stopped from filming, ushered into a building across the street and told they would not be allowed to film or report. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from the Chinese capital.
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In the past decade China has seen the rise of a sizeable middle class, now estimated at between 100 and 150 million people. They typically earn an income of at least $10000 a year, tend to own an apartment and a car, eat out and take holidays. While increased wealth has brought increased opportunity, it has left many trying to keep up with their peers. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from From Beijing.
This set entitled 'Life' was performed at the Institute of Education as part of the Multicultural Extravaganza organised by JAHRA on 25th May 2012. The set is performed by a trio of University of London students representing 'ULU Breakdance' and encompasses the three stages of our time on this earth; birth, life and death. As a piece of contemporary drama this set uses modern styles of dance incorporated with music to portray the journey of life we all have to take. Music: - Souvenirs D'enfance played by Melissa Chan (pianist)
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As the supply of a gemstone found in West China is running out the government bans jade mining in parts of the town of Hotan. The scarcity of gemstone has forced the price of jade up to ten-thousand times more than it was 30 years ago. The situation is threatening the livelihood of miners. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from Hotan, western China.
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The US treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, is visiting Beijing this week, hoping to gain China's support for US sanctions on Iran's oil industry. China buys almost one-third of Iran's oil exports and has rejected the US sanctions as a tool to rein in Iran's nuclear programme. Criticising the new set of sanctions approved by President Barack Obama on New Year's Eve, China has called it improper and ineffective. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from Beijing.
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A Tibetan nun has burned herself to death in southwestern China's Sichuan province. It is the 11th time this year that an ethnic Tibetan has set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese policies. But it is the first time such a protest has been staged outside of Tibet. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports.
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SUBSCRIBE to Next Media Animation: www.youtube.com Chinese foreigner bashing has gone into overdrive as Beijing is in the midst of a campaign to deport foreigners who live or work in China illegally. Facebook: www.facebook.com Webpage: www.nma.tv Twitter @nmatv: twitter.com Tumblr: nmatv.tumblr.com Fanning the flames is xenophobe and CCTV (Chinese state TV) mouthpiece Yang Rui who was educated in Wales and whose daughter goes to school in the US. The Engrish-speaking TV host has called foreigners who live in China "trash" and described Al Jazeera reporter Melissa Chan as a "foreign bitch." (Melissa Chan was expelled from China because of unflattering stories about China by other Al Jazeera reporters.) In a flight of fancy that could only come from the mind of a Chinese Communist, Yang Rui said foreigners pretend to date Chinese women but are actually spies who use GPS to make maps of China. Yang Rui has threatened to sue for libel Charlie Custer, the American blogger who called Yang a xenophobe. Why does Yang Rui, who has an English-language program on CCTV, hate foreigners so much?
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Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com Currently blind activist Chen Guangcheng is staying at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital waiting for his passport to visit America. In a May 10 interview he said his nephew, Chen Kegui, is being detained by Shandong police, his wife is missing, and his father and older brother are under house arrest. Chen Guangcheng believes this is the authorities' retaliation for his fleeing the Shigu village. Overseas media reported that Chen Guangcheng believes Shandong authorities have already begun seeking revenge against him. He said Shandong public security officers made it clear that they were holding Chen Kegui. The authorities threatened his brother and sister-in-law, saying They must find Chen Kegui's wife within 24 hours to avoid going to jail. His sister-in-law was already on bail for "harboring a criminal." Chen Guangcheng expressed deep worry about his family, and called for public attention. Public Call for Expulsion of Chinese Reporters as Al Jazeera Reporter Leaves China Melissa Chan, American-Chinese reporter for Al Jazeera Beijing, was expelled by Chinese authorities, causing international concern. Foreign Correspondents' Club of China and American newspapers reported that this is the most extreme instance of CCP's restriction against foreign journalists in recent years. American experts called for the United States to take retaliatory actions to expel Chinese correspondents in America. According to Voice <b>...</b>
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