Internet resumes 6 months after riot in Xinjiang

Limited Internet services slowly began to return to far western China on Tuesday, almost six months after ethnic rioting led the government to shut down Web and phone links to the outside world.

Chinese execution threatens Sino-British chill

Britain condemned China’s execution of one of its nationals in the “strongest terms” Tuesday, as the affair threatened to trigger a sharp diplomatic chill between London and Beijing

China targets political foes after dissident trial

A senior Chinese police official has vowed “pre-emptive attacks” against threats to Communist Party control, in a speech published days after the nation’s most prominent dissident was jailed for criticizing the Party