China calls official's execution a warning siren
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China on Wednesday hailed the swift execution of the nation's former drug safety chief as a warning to corrupt officials while detailing a web of graft that thrived for years without punishment.
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A former high-ranking official at Chinaâs top food and drug watchdog agency has been sentenced to death.
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Zhao Ziyang, former Chinese Communist  Party chief who was purged for sympathizing with the Tiananmen  pro-democracy protests, lay in a deep coma on Sunday and could  die at any time, a source close to his family said.
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China should reduce the number of death sentences it carries out, but the world's leading executioner of prisoners cannot afford to do away with capital punishment altogether, the country's top legal bodies said.
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Zhao Ziyang, former Chinese Communist Party chief who was purged for sympathizing with the Tiananmen pro-democracy protests, lay in a deep coma on Sunday and could die at any time, a source close to his family said.
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SAN QUENTIN, Calif.  - Shortly after the gate  slammed shut leading to aging San Quentin prison's cells  housing the most dangerous murderers already condemned to die,  the warden issued a stark warning.
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China, a frequent target of overseas human rights organisations, has promised to improve the treatment of its prisoners, especially those on death row, state press reported Monday.
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China's security chief has warned judicial departments to stand firm in face of what he described as "hostile forces" of reform, but also urged the judiciary to improve its handling of social unrest.
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Insurgents who have threatened to kill eight Chinese hostages said on Friday they would treat them "mercifully" if China banned all Chinese citizens from entering the country.
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China has intensified its battle against Internet and mobile phone pornography by threatening distributors with life in prison, Xinhua news agency says.
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With the death of Zhao Ziyang on Monday, China has lost one of the few senior political voices who tried to stop the Tiananmen Square massacre as well as its most famous political prisoner.
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A Chinese official faces the death penalty for stealing more than 250 antiques, including national treasures.
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China's security chief tells officials to pay more attention to people's grievances, in the wake of increasing protests.
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China showed its deep concerns for the safety of two kidnapped Chinese engineers in Pakistan, ForeignMinistry spokesman Kong Quan told Xinhua on Saturday.
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BAGHDAD/BEIJING  - Iraqi insurgents who have  threatened to kill eight Chinese hostages told the Chinese  government on Friday they would treat them "mercifully" if it  banned all Chinese nationals from Iraq.
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China's ruling Communist Party said on   Tuesday a corruption scandal that has toppled Shanghai's party   chief could claim other officials, while the city's acting   chief warned subordinates to obey President Hu Jintao.
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An official once in charge of guarding cultural relics has been sentenced to death in China's biggest antiquities theft case since the start of communist rule in 1949.