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Retiring Messi has abandoned us: Ronaldo

World Cup winner and Brazil legend Ronaldo feels "abandoned" by Lionel Messi and hopes he reneges on his retirement from international football.

China officials punished over wrongful execution of teen

Twenty-seven Chinese officials have been penalised for the wrongful execution of a teenager, state news agency Xinhua says.

Why did China hold a cremation competition?

The first-ever national contest for cremation workers cuts to the heart of Chinese ideas about death, land use and a desire to instill national pride in a stigmatised vocation.

91 people missing after China landslide

Hundreds of rescue workers are looking for survivors after a landslide hit 33 buildings in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.

China explosions: Fires still burning at site of blasts (video)

Fires are still burning at the site of two massive explosions in the Chinese city of Tianjin, some 36 hours after the blasts.

July 1, 2016
July 1, 2016

Retiring Messi has abandoned us: Ronaldo

World Cup winner and Brazil legend Ronaldo feels "abandoned" by Lionel Messi and hopes he reneges on his retirement from international football.

February 1, 2016
February 1, 2016

China officials punished over wrongful execution of teen

Twenty-seven Chinese officials have been penalised for the wrongful execution of a teenager, state news agency Xinhua says.

December 31, 2015
December 31, 2015

Why did China hold a cremation competition?

The first-ever national contest for cremation workers cuts to the heart of Chinese ideas about death, land use and a desire to instill national pride in a stigmatised vocation.

December 21, 2015
December 21, 2015

91 people missing after China landslide

Hundreds of rescue workers are looking for survivors after a landslide hit 33 buildings in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.

August 14, 2015
August 14, 2015

China explosions: Fires still burning at site of blasts (video)

Fires are still burning at the site of two massive explosions in the Chinese city of Tianjin, some 36 hours after the blasts.

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