Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Police have scuffled with protesters at a Beijing courthouse as prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang stood trial on charges of provoking trouble and stirring ethnic hatred.

The third person killed in the Boston Marathon bombings was a graduate student at Boston University who was originally from China’s northeastern city of Shenyang, a state-run Chinese newspaper reported today.

Nearly 40 minutes have been chopped from the Hollywood film 'Cloud Atlas' for Chinese audiences, deleting both gay and straight love scenes to satisfy censors.

A video of a child being crushed by a minibus and ignored by passers-by has ignited a new bout of soul-searching in China with web users asking whether ethics are slipping amid rapid change.