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New York Times: Chinese bank apologises for "drunken misconduct" at a work dinner.
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Global city sinking at an 'alarming rate'
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The many masked faces of Beijing
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Ice artistry creates festive cheer
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Massacre a lesson in brute power
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Fight to free last Tiananmen protest prisoner
Twenty-five years after the Tiananmen Square protests, a 50-year-old man is the only known person of the roughly 15,000 arrested still in prison.
Olympic champion Frodeno sets sights on Kona conquest
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Truck explosion possible cause of bridge collapse
A bridge on a major expressway in central China collapsed, leaving the twisted remains of cars and trucks scattered among the rubble as state media reported at least eight deaths.