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  New 6G Chip Hits Blazing 100 Gbps Speeds, 10 Times Faster Than 5G

  Scientists from China and the US have developed a tiny 6G chip that hits speeds of over 100 Gbps, making it 10 times faster than 5G's theoretical peak.

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  Ex-Security Guard Becomes Lawyer After 10 Years Of Self-Study

  A former security guard at China's Peking University has become a lawyer. Liu Zheng spent ten years auditing law courses at the university and collected discarded textbooks from students to teach himself.

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  Public Outcry After China Campus MeToo Activist "Pressured Into Silence"

  It was a heartfelt letter calling for China's prestigious Peking University to make public its investigation into a decades-old alleged rape and suicide that galvanised China's fledgling #MeToo movement.

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  China Universities Act Against Professor For Girl's Suicide 20 Years Ago

  Top universities in China have cut ties with a professor following outrage on social media over an alleged sexual assault that has been linked to a student's suicide almost 20 years ago, according to state media

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  China's Peking University Buys Campus Space Near Oxford

  China's Peking University is buying a 19th-century manor house near Oxford in southern England to use as a campus in a multimillion-dollar deal, the estate agent handling the deal told AFP on Thursday.

• Top Chinese University Warns Against Criticising Communist Party - Journal

  One of China's top universities has urged students and teachers to "fight against" criticism of the ruling Communist Party, an influential party journal said, in the latest curbs on free expression.

• Top One Percent Control a Third of China's Wealth: Report

  The top one percent of households in Communist-ruled China control more than one third of the country's wealth, while the bottom 25 percent control just one hundredth, official media said, citing an academic report.

• Gasping for a laugh as China smog persists

  Pollution-weary residents of smog-hit Beijing turned to black humour to help cope with gruelling conditions Tuesday as a large swathe of China was covered by a thick blanket of haze for a sixth consecutive day.

• China says it monitored defiant US bomber flights

  China said Wednesday it had monitored two unarmed U.S. bombers that flew over the East China Sea in defiance of Beijing's declaration it was exercising greater military control over the area.

• China court rejects Bo Xilai appeal, ending saga

  A Chinese court on Friday rejected fallen politician Bo Xilai's appeal against his conviction and confirmed his life sentence, sealing his fate as authorities look to close a damaging scandal.

• China's Bo Xilai to appeal life sentence: reports

  Former senior Chinese politician Bo Xilai will appeal against his conviction and life sentence for corruption, a lawyer close to the case told AFP today, adding further drama to the high-profile trial.

• Lies, damn lies, and China's economic statistics

  China has soared almost to the top of the world's economic league tables, but whether the official data underpinning its status can be trusted is a constant headache, analysts say.

• North Korean envoy delivers Kim Jong Un's letter to China's Xi Jingpin

  A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering tensions.

• English dropped from Chinese university exams

  China's top universities began their annual independent entrance exams today, with English no longer included among the compulsory subjects.