Police detain nine over south China land riot BEIJING (AFP) - Police in southern China have detained nine people linked to a violent riot over a land dispute and issued an arrest warrant for the suspected ringleader, local authorities said Sunday. China slams US criticism of Internet controls BEIJING - Beijing issued a stinging response Friday to Hillary Rodham Clinton's criticism that it is jamming the free flow of words and ideas on the Internet, accusing the United States of damaging relations between the two countries by imposing its "information imperialism" on China. Taiwan's Ma aims to boost image with cabinet shuffle Taipei, Taiwan - Taiwan formally replaced most of its Cabinet Thursday in a bid to appease public anger over its response to last month's deadly Typhoon Morakot.
Asian Film Awards to honour director Zhang Yimou HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong's Asian Film Awards is honouring mainland Chinese director Zhang Yimou with a prize for his "outstanding contribution to Asian cinema", the organisers said Thursday.
Stars gather in Taiwan for Chinese-language 'Oscars' TAIPEI (AFP) - The cream of Asian cinema is set to gather in Taipei on Saturday for the Golden Horse Film Awards, considered the Chinese-language "Oscars".