China eviction protester 'jailed'
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A Beijing man planning to protest against evictions to make way for new buildings in Beijing is reportedly jailed for four years.
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Zhao Ziyang, toppled as China's Communist Party chief for opposing the army crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, turned 85 on Sunday in poor health and living his 15th year under house arrest.
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Protesters gather in Beijing claiming they have been illegally evicted, beaten and had their homes demolished as China prepares to host the Olympic games
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A Chinese court jailed a reporter for   a Singapore newspaper for five years on Thursday for spying,   the latest in a series of high-profile cases illustrating   China's curbs on the media and dissent.
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A Chinese researcher for The New York Times who was detained on charges of violating state secrets laws and later convicted of fraud was released Saturday after serving a 3-year prison sentence.
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A man who burned a school's Chinese flag after a fight with students there has been jailed for six months for "insulting the national flag," a news report said Sunday.
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BEIJING : A farmer has been arrested in China for hacking eight people to death with an axe after being released from prison for the rape of a woman who became one of his victims.
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A Chinese research assistant for The Times served three years in prison on a conviction that sparked outrage.
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A former editor-in-chief of China's  best-selling newspaper has been sentenced to 12 years in jail  on corruption charges, state media said on Saturday.
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BEIJING -- A blind legal activist imprisoned after angering corrupt local officials in Shandong province went on a three-day hunger strike this week to protest being beaten while in custody, lawyers and supporters said Friday.
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A tycoon who was the youngest person on Forbes magazine's list of China's 400 richest people last year was sentenced to life in prison for fraud.
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A Georgia Tech professor detained by Chinese authorities who accused him of spying said Monday that China's actions were "punishment for his noncooperation."
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A Chinese author who was briefly  detained by police overnight along with two other intellectuals  said Tuesday the authorities appeared to be trying to build a  case against him as part of a crackdown on government critics.
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A German father of five sentenced to jail for online fraud is protesting against his conviction by occupying the top of a 22 metre (72 foot) pole.
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Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong is jailed for five years, after being convicted in Beijing of spying.
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A Chinese human rights activist who worked as a researcher for the New York Times has been detained on charges of leaking state secrets, said his lawyer on Friday.
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A Chinese journalist jailed for nearly eight years after exposing government corruption said after being released early for good behavior that he should never have been sent to prison.