12 diamond merchants home after two years in Chinese custody
January 6th, 2012 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 6 (IANS) Twelve Indian diamond merchants, who were released after their arrest in China for alleged smuggling two years ago, returned home early Friday, official sources said.They arrived ... Read more...
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Indian diplomat ill-treated in Chinese court, India protests (Lead)
January 2nd, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) An Indian diplomat posted in China was ill-treated in a court near Shanghai, triggering a strong protest from New Delhi, which summoned a Chinese diplomat ... Read more...
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Three national team coaches invovled in soccer scandals in China
December 23rd, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Dandong, China, Dec 23 (IANS) Three former Chinese national team coaches were involved in soccer corruption, according to a north-eastern Chinese court.Yang Yimin, former deputy chief of the Chinese Football ... Read more...
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China to deport 13 Indian diamond traders, Modi claims credit
December 7th, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) A Chinese court Wednesday freed 13 of 22 Indian nationals held on charges of diamond smuggling and money laundering. India took note of the ... Read more...
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US voices concern over monk’s conviction in China
September 1st, 2011 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Sep 1 (IANS) The US government has voiced concern over the sentencing of a Tibetan monk for "intentionally killing" another monk who self-immolated at a monastery in Tibet in ... Read more...
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Tibetan monk jailed for 11 years in immolation case
August 29th, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) A Tibetan monk was Monday sentenced by a Chinese court to jail for 11 years for plotting and assisting another monk's self-immolation.Drongdru, a 46-year-old monk in ... Read more...
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Chinese man to die for keeping sex slaves
July 19th, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 19 (IANS) A Chinese court has upheld the death sentence of a man who kidnapped two girls, kept them as sex slaves and raped nine others, the China ... Read more...
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Chinese court solves relationship riddle
April 1st, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, April 1 (IANS) A court in China has helped settle a dispute over ownership of assets shared by two lovers who have broken off. They shared their relation on ... Read more...
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Chinese dungeon rapist sentenced to death
February 1st, 2011 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 1 (ANI): A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death for kidnapping and caging two girls in a dungeon and raping 9 other women.40-year-old Zeng Qiangbao was convicted ... Read more...
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China to retry farmer given life for evading tolls
January 15th, 2011 - 12:45 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Beijing, Jan 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Chinese court has announced that a farmer who was convicted of evading paying tolls will be retried.The farmer - Shi Jianfeng was sentenced to life imprisonment ... Read more...
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Four drug gang members get death penalty in China
December 26th, 2010 - 4:46 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 26 (IANS) A Chinese court has sentenced four members of a drug gang to death, while four others were sentenced to life imprisonment, a media report said.Wu Zhijian was sentenced ... Read more...
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China n-firm’s ex-chief jailed for corruption (Second Lead)
November 19th, 2010 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 19 (IANS) The former head of China's state-run nuclear corporation was Friday sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption by a Chinese court.Kang Rixin, former general manager of China National Nuclear ... Read more...
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China n-firm’s ex-chief gets life for corruption
November 19th, 2010 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 19 (IANS) A Chinese court Friday sentenced the former head of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) to life imprisonment for corruption, Xinhua reported.Kang Rixin, former general manager of CNNC, ... Read more...
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China court upholds death sentence for billionaire
July 14th, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Harbin (China), July 14 (ANI): A Chinese court has upheld a death sentence for a billionaire, who hired two people to murder a former business partner.The Heilongjiang Provincial Higher People's Court said ... Read more...
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China jails US geologist on ’state secret’ charges
July 5th, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 5 (DPA) A Chinese court sentenced a Chinese-born US geologist to eight years in prison Monday after convicting him of illegally obtaining an oil database that was deemed a ... Read more...
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China sentences Tibetan activist to 15 years in prison
June 25th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 25 (DPA) A Chinese court has sentenced a Tibetan businessman and environmentalist to 15 years in prison after convicting him of stealing cultural relics, his lawyer said Friday.
Karma Samdrup, 42, ... Read more...
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Chinese court backs death sentence for gang boss
May 25th, 2010 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): A court in Chongqing, southwestern China has upheld the death sentence for a gang chief who was convicted of running a mafia-style ring that was engaged in ... Read more...
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Chinese court sentences attacker who knifed 29 kids to death
May 15th, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
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Yuyuan, the man who knifed 29 nursery kids and three teachers, to death.The Taixing Intermediate ... Read more...
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Chinese court sentences ex-police chief to death
April 15th, 2010 - 8:06 am ICT by IANS
Chongqing (China), April 15 (IANS) A Chinese court has sentenced a former deputy police chief to death after he was found guilty of protecting organised crime gangs, accepting bribes and rape, a ... Read more...
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China not acting like emerging superpower over Stern Hu verdict: Kevin Rudd
March 30th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 30(ANI): Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said the Chinese Government has failed to portray itself as an emerging superpower, citing the secrecy they are maintaining in the Stern ... Read more...
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Chinese court jails Rio Tinto employees
March 29th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 29 (IANS) A court in China Monday gave jail terms to four people, including an Australian, in the Rio Tinto case for bribery and stealing commercial secrets.
The Intermediate People's Court ... Read more...
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Chinese dissident nominated for Peace Nobel
February 4th, 2010 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS
Prague/Bratislava, Feb 4 (DPA) Czech and Slovak lawmakers nominated Liu Xiaobo, a leading Chinese dissident sentenced to 11 years in prison, for the Nobel Peace Prize, organisers said.
Forty Czech lawmakers and 51 ... Read more...
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China jails revered living Buddha
December 30th, 2009 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 30 (IANS) Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche, a revered Tibetan 'living Buddha' has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in jail by a Chinese court on charges of illegally occupying government land and ... Read more...
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Chinese court confirms British drug smuggler’s death sentence
December 29th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 29 (IANS) China's Supreme People's Court Tuesday said that it had approved the death sentence against Akmal Shaikh, a British man who was convicted of smuggling drugs into China.
Shaikh, 53, ... Read more...
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EU ‘deeply concerned’ at sentencing of Chinese dissident (Lead)
December 25th, 2009 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Copenhagen, Dec 25 (DPA) The European Union (EU) Friday said it was "deeply concerned" at the 11-year prison sentence imposed on Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo for seeking greater democracy.
A statement released by ... Read more...
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China jails five underground church leaders
November 27th, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Shanghai, Nov.27 (ANI): A Chinese court has sentenced five leaders of an underground Protestant church to jail terms of up to seven years. The sentences are some of the harshest in recent ... Read more...
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Six sentenced to death over July riots in China
October 12th, 2009 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Urumqi (China), Oct 12 (Xinhua) A Chinese court Monday sentenced six people to death for murder and other crimes during riots in July in northwestern part of the country, officials said.
At least ... Read more...
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China sentences one to death for Tibet riots
April 21st, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Lhasa, April 21 (Xinhua) A Chinese court has sentenced one man to death with a two-year reprieve and two to long jail terms for starting fires that killed six people in riots ... Read more...
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9 Tibetans held for protesting outside Chinese embassy in Delhi
April 13th, 2009 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Nine Tibetan students were arrested Monday after they chained themselves to the barbed wire fencing outside the Chinese embassy here to protest against a Chinese court recently ... Read more...
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Two sentenced to death for Tibet riots
April 8th, 2009 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Lhasa, April 8 (Xinhua) A Chinese court sentenced two people to death after finding them guilty of starting fires during riots in Lhasa in March 2008, a court spokesman said Wednesday.
Two ... Read more...
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Louis Vuitton accuses Chinese firm of selling counterfeits
March 6th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, March 6 (Xinhua) A Chinese court has opened trial against a Shanghai company which French luxury firm Louis Vuitton Malletier (LV) claims had been selling fakes of its products.
The court ... Read more...
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Four arraigned in China’s baby food scandal
December 29th, 2008 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Shijiazhung (China), Dec 29 (Xinhua) A Chinese court Monday arraigned four people involved in the tainted baby food scandal, which killed six babies and affected nearly 300,000, for violating public security.
The Shijiazhuang ... Read more...
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Man gets death penalty for killing policemen in China
September 1st, 2008 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Sep 1 (Xinhua) A Chinese court Monday sentenced a man to death for killing six policemen and injuring four others in Shanghai two months ago.On July 1, Yang Jia, a ... Read more...
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Sentencing of 30 Tibetans in China criticised
May 1st, 2008 - 8:34 pm ICT by admin
Dharamsala, May 1 (IANS) The Tibetan government-in-exile Thursday criticised a Chinese court's sentence on 30 Tibetans involved in anti-China protests last month. "We strongly condemn the arbitrary sentences. The penalty imposed on ... Read more...
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30 jailed over Lhasa violence (Second lead)
April 29th, 2008 - 9:11 pm ICT by admin
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Lhasa, April 29 (Xinhua) A Chinese court here Tuesday sentenced 30 people to jail terms ranging from three years to life for involvement in the March 14 riot in the Tibetan capital. ... Read more...
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