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Authorities in China “liquidated” a historic house church in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, as part of a crackdown on churches that refuse to join the state-controlled Three-Self Church, rights advocates said.

At least three house churches in China were raided by Chinese authorities recently with their leaders being arrested and detained on trumped-up charges. 

Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Associated Factors Among Older Adults in Urban and Rural Areas

The province of Shanxi, in northern China, is famous for coal mining, and the industry’s impact is etched across the landscape. But the province’s southern counties, which lie near the Yellow River, are known for a very different commodity—red dates.In 2015, a slump in the market for red dates (known in Chinese as jujubes) became big news in China.

China News Service, Taiyuan, June 7 (Reporter Hu Jian) ​​The Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology released new archaeological findings on the 7th. Local archaeologists found a female noble tomb in the late Spring and Autumn Period in the Taosi North Cemetery in Xiangfen County, Shanxi Province. The owner was pregnant, and archaeologists determined that the owner of the tomb was the doctor'

London-based photographer Ian Teh describes Dark Clouds, his project exploring China's most industrialized cities, as "an exploration of the darker side of the economy's bright, shiny facade." Teh follows Chinese workers in the coal industry, giving us a glimpse into the lives of those that are integral in the development of a nation, but are rarely seen or recognized.

Most of us on earth now live in cities. By 2050, more than two-thirds of us will. And by the end of this century, demographers predict, 85% of the world’s population will live in cities.

The climate crisis is a human rights crisis on a colossal scale, and to help mitigate it, the world needs the Chinese government to take urgent action. But is Beijing capable of reducing environmental harm without committing further human rights violations? There’s reason to worry.

BEIJING: Firefighters have found no signs of life among the debris of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 which crashed with 132 people on board in mountains in southern China during a domestic flight on Monday (March 21) according to local media reports.

Independent house church leader Pastor Hao Zhiwei has been sentenced to eight years on ‘fraud’ charges by the authorities in