Channel 4 News - Rise of China

Uighur women lead China protests

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:57:00 +0100

Hundreds of Uighurs protesting against the arrest of relatives clash with police in the capital of China's Muslim region of Xinjiang.

Even greater wall of China

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:27:00 +0100

The government in China is introducing technology to allow greater control of what people can see online. David Fuller reports.

Dalai Lama: untold suffering in Tibet

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Tibet's culture is on the verge of "extinction" and its people are living in a "hell on earth" under Chinese occupation, declares the Dalai Lama. Lindsey Hilsum reports.

Job losses cause unrest in China

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:00:00 +0000

China's leadership is coming under pressure as factories close and job losses begin to mount, reports Nick Paton Walsh.

Pandas 'unite' China and Taiwan

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Complete with police escort, two giant Pandas arrive in Taipei - a gift from China described as a symbol of peace and goodwill. Jonathan Rugman reports.

China's used metal market crisis

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:41:00 +0000

Where there is muck there is brass, or there was till China's massive used metal market was credit crunched; now things are turning violent. Nick Paton Walsh reports.

US power 'will be challenged'

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:00:00 +0000

A new intelligence report says, although its predictions are not inevitable, US world domination is under threat, reports Lindsey Hilsum.

Democracy, but not yet

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:51:00 +0100

The combination of being a journalist and a foreigner still makes you an object of extreme suspicion in China. Lindsey Hilsum's last letter from this fascinating country.

Chinese astronaut walks in space

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0100

Astronaut Zhai Zhigang has become the first Chinese man to walk in space. Sue Turton reports.

Picture of the day: Shanxi miner

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:14:00 +0100

A miner eats his lunch at a coal mine in Changzhi, Shanxi province.

6,000 babies hit by milk scare

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:00:00 +0100

China's health minister admits that thousands of children are ill after consuming milk containing melamine, reports Lindsey Hilsum.

Milk kills two babies in China

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0100

More than 1200 babies fall ill and two die in China after drinking powdered milk that contained a toxic chemical, reports Sally Gould.

Undercover in Tibet

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:55:00 +0000

As Tibetan protesters take to the streets in the biggest and most bloody challenge to Chinese rule in nearly 20 years, Dispatches reports on the hidden reality of life under Chinese occupation.

China's Olympic Lie

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

When it won the Olympic bid, China promised to improve its human rights record. Instead, as this week's Unreported World reveals, things have got worse.

China's Stolen Children

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:10:00 +0100

Beautiful, haunting and deeply tragic, Dispatches takes us into the heart of modern China - a place where girl babies are being sold for as little as £200.

The fine art of becoming rich

Fri, 11 May 2007 14:13:00 +0100

How a taste for Chinese painting is making the artists rich.

Chongqing: Invisible City

Thu, 10 May 2007 20:18:00 +0100

Little known outside China, Chongqing is the world's fastest growing city. Set to become a super city and home to 20 million by 2020, the government is spending billions building its infrastructure.

China's African Takeover

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:34:00 +0100

Unreported World comes from Central Africa, where our demand for Chinese-made goods such as mobile phones, MP3 players and laptops comes at a terrible human cost.

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Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:30:00 +0100

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