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China
 
Heated presidential campaigns in China's shadow

| 23/02/2004
| taiwan - china
 
Catholic leaders meet President to discuss missioners' concerns

| 23/02/2004
| taiwan - china
 
Underground communities: more persecutions after the temple blaze

| 20/02/2004
| china
 
Cadres expelled if they join religious groups

| 20/02/2004
| china
 
Fr. Franco De Marchi dead, one of the first friends of post-Mao China

| 19/02/2004
| Italy-China
 
Will Mao's body be moved from Tiananmen Square?

| 18/02/2004
| china
 
Chinese version of Parmalat scandal, arrests and clashes with police

| 17/02/2004
| china
 
Three Chinese Protestant leaders arrested

| 16/02/2004
| china
 
North Korean refugees convert to Christianity

| 13/02/2004
| north korea - china
 
Illegal Emigrants disguised as tourists

| 12/02/2004
| CHINA - EUROPE
 
Bird flu: WHO rules out man-to-man infection

| 12/02/2004
| vietnam
 
Nearly 15,000 "corrupt" communist party members escape abroad

| 10/02/2004
| china
 
Tibetan Lama condemned to death without evidence

| 09/02/2004
| china- tibet
 
China defends keeping execution statistics secret

| 06/02/2004
| china
 
New churches built to destroy even more
by Bernardo Cervellera
| 04/02/2004
| china
 
Bird Flu: probable man-to-man infection

| 02/02/2004
| vietnam - southeast asia
 
Christian and Chinese values to renew society

| 30/01/2004
| taian - china
 
Pope: Dear Taiwan, Dear China

The pope receives the credentials of the ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

| 30/01/2004
| VATICAN –TAIWAN – CHINA
 
France, doing business with China without moral principles
by Bernardo Cervellera

We offer a review of Hu Jintao's visit to France through an interview with Cai Chongguo, an exiled Chinese union representative.

| 29/01/2004
| china - france
 
Hu –Chirac Axis: putting the breaks on the U.S., doing more business

| 29/01/2004
| china - france
 
Falun Gong, Amnesty International and French MPs denounce China's repression of human rights

| 28/01/2004
| China - France
 
Paris and Beijing, a multipolar world unmindful of human rights

| 27/01/2004
| CHINA – FRANCE
 
Democracy can wait until 2020

| 23/01/2004
| HONG KONG – CHINA
 
Farewell to the Year of the Ram, full of conflicts and persecution

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year, the Sunday Examiner, the English weekly of the Hong Kong diocese, has issued this editorial, in which there is a review of the past 2003 year , with a close view on Church and society in Hong Kong and China.

| 21/01/2004
| hong kong - china
 
The Year of the Monkey : facts and news about serious and semi-serious things (profile)

Dedicated to John Paul II, born during the Year of the Monkey, with the hope of improving relations with China
| 21/01/2004
| china - hong kong
 
More gas leaks: over 100 people in hospital

| 20/01/2004
| CHINA
 
Chinese New Year: migrant workers kill themselves for not getting paid

| 19/01/2004
| china
 
World Peace in unity among Christians

John Paul  II, while praying for peace, wishes a Happy New "Year of the Monkey" to Chinese, Vietnamese and Koreans

 

| 18/01/2004
| Vatican
 
"Holy Father, next year come to Beijing for New Year's"

Chinese Catholics respond to Pope John Paul II's New Year's greetings.
| 18/01/2004
| China - Vatican
 
First issue of new magazine released by Macao's Matteo Ricci Institute

| 17/01/2004
| CHINA - MACAO
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Editor's choices
 
From digital mums to delivery riders, people continued to say no silence in China in 2025
The 'Yesterday’ project, which reports from abroad on protests in China, selected the 10 most significant collective initiatives of the past year, offering a snapshot of activism in China. It features “unsung heroes” who together ...
| 08/01/2026
| RED LANTERNS
 
2026: The Year Ahead in Asia
The year begins with elections in Bangladesh, Thailand and Nepal, but also with the Vietnamese Communist Party Congress. The Philippines will hold the rotating presidency of ASEAN, while Shenzhen will host the APEC summit. Japan will host the 20th edition ...
| 01/01/2026
| ASIA
 
2025 in Asia through twelve protagonists
The list includes Japan's first female prime minister, Nepal's Generation Z, and Field Marshal Munir in Pakistan. We also have Zohran Mamdani, who today speaks to India from his post as mayor of New York; Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul, ...
| 31/12/2025
| THE YEAR THAT IS ENDING
 
The Seeds of Christmas for Asia today
by Gianni Criveller
The editorial director of AsiaNews offers his best wishes to “those who oppose war and division, who pay with prison for their fidelity to their ideals, who dedicate themselves for the least. Even in the huge continent where His disciples are few, ...
| 24/12/2025
| ASIANEWS
 
At Christmas, lights are everywhere, even in China
This is a time to see the lights everywhere in the city and hear questions from young Chinese about the "exotic festival" from the West. Local Catholics show a surprising ability to combine mass culture and evangelisation. “I like to think it is ...
| 23/12/2025
| CHINA
 
Fr Romanelli: Christmas in Gaza marked by prayer and hope despite the bombs
by fr. Gabriel Romanelli
The parish priest of the Holy Family shares a video testimony of these days of Advent with AsiaNews. Life has ‘slightly improved’ after the ceasefire, but the war ‘continues’. The humanitarian emergency remains current in a climate ...
| 17/12/2025
| ISRAEL - PALESTINE
 
Jimmy Lai convicted of 'collusion with foreign forces' and 'sedition'
After five years in prison and a one-sided trial lasting 156 hearings, the “exemplary” sentence was handed down today to the Catholic entrepreneur, publisher of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily. The sentence has yet to be determined, ...
| 15/12/2025
| HONG KONG
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