In the midst of all our economic problems, the three-day visit of Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping to this country is much more than a welcome diversion.

The Irish Government has today been urged to deliver a forceful message to Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping over human rights abuses during a three-day visit.

A dissident Chinese lawyer who was missing for more than a year suddenly resurfaced today, saying he is now living in northern China and wants only to spend time with his family away from media attention.

AS CHINA’S ruling Communist Party held its most important conclave in five years, the government has launched an unusually harsh crackdown on potential troublemakers, say Chinese and international human rights groups.

A MAN who was jailed for throwing paint on Mao Zedong’s portrait in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square during pro-democracy protests in 1989 has been released after nearly 17 years in prison, his family said.