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Chinese official "Beijing Daily" describes dissident Chen Guangcheng as a "tool and a pawn of American politicians".
2012-05-4

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Beijing for high-level talks with the government of China. She also contacts dissident Chen Guangcheng.
2012-05-2

Blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng – who fled from house arrest – reportedly takes refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing.
2012-04-28

A former official of the central bank of the People's Republic of China states that the People's Bank of China could lower the country's reserve requirements in 2012.
2011-12-24

Hollywood actor Christian Bale is prevented from visiting Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng by police.
2011-12-16

Vietnam holds a live fire drill in the South China Sea amid a dispute with China.
2011-06-13

Hundreds of Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese people are arrested in several countries across Asia during a crackdown on a telephone scam network.
2011-06-10

Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng says, in a secretly shot video, that he is still under house arrest after being released from prison.
2011-02-10

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei claims that he has been placed under house arrest to stop him organising a demolition party to observe the destruction of his studio.
2010-11-6

20 people are reported arrested in China over imprisoned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo's 2010 Nobel Peace Prize award. Liu's wife's whereabouts remain unknown after she was taken away by police with human rights group Freedom Now claiming she is in de facto house arrest.
2010-10-10