Sources: RIA Novosti
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China tightens control of monasteries and on main roads in Tibet following deadly protests in the region. 2012-01-31
Chinese police beat protesters and fire tear gas after demonstrators storm government buildings in Haimen (70km NNW from Shanghai), in protest against a local 'polluting' coal-powered electricity generation plant. 2011-12-20
Police in China detain dozens of underground Protestant church followers in Beijing. 2011-04-17
2011 Chinese protests:Police in China show up in force in several cities after a call for a "Jasmine Revolution", and disperse protesters in Beijing and Shanghai. [http:--www.sify.com-news-protesters-gather-in-beijing-shanghai-news-international-lcurOdjfcii.html (Sify India)] [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-asia-pacific-12517909 (BBC)]2011 Iranian protests:Iranians are invited to attend a protest rally in Tehran and other cities in commememoration of the two people killed while attempting to demonstrate for better freedoms last week. [http:--english.aljazeera.net-news-middleeast-2011-02-20112197512326286.html (Al Jazeera)]Mehdi Karroubi, the opposition leader under house arrest, calls for his trial to take place in public so that people can "get to know the truth". He posts the request on his website since he cannot leave his house to personally deliver it. [http:--english.aljazeera.net-news-middleeast-2011-02-201122053957526278.html (Al Jazeera)]2011 Iranian protests:2011-02-20
China announces a breakthrough in spent nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that could solve the country's uranium supply problem. 2011-01-3
Seven people are killed and fourteen injured in a bomb attack in China's Xinjiang province. Although the region has recently been embroiled in violence including Muslim separatists and majority Han Chinese, the attack is being investigated as a criminal case. 2010-08-19
Two Chinese singers become the country's first to be punished for lip-synching nearly two years after the Beijing Olympiad. 2010-04-11
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls on China to investigate the cyber attacks on Google. 2010-01-21
China announces an increase of 28% in the number of internet users in the country, now at 384 million. 2010-01-16