Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China sends campaigning rights lawyer back to jail (Reuters)
• China sends long-missing lawyer Gao back to jail (AP)
• Summary Box: China orders real names on microblogs (AP)
• Chinese villagers under siege mourn man who died (AP)
• Chinese village activist's death suspicious: daughter (Reuters)
• China officials shut down outdoor Christmas party (AP)
• "Batman" star roughed up in bid to visit blind Chinese activist (Reuters)
• China's Xi to visit Vietnam in test for tricky relationship (Reuters)

China sends campaigning rights lawyer back to jail (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:03 PM PST Reuters - China has sent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng back to jail, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, ending his probation in what was the first official account of his whereabouts in the last year.

China sends long-missing lawyer Gao back to jail (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 10:08 AM PST AP - More than a year and a half after prominent civil rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng disappeared, China's government gave the first sign Friday that he is alive, saying he would be sent to prison for three years for violating his probation.

Summary Box: China orders real names on microblogs (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:20 AM PST AP - THE RULE: Beijing authorities on Friday ordered Internet microblogs to require users to register with their real names within three months, a tightening of rules aimed at controlling China's rapidly growing social networks.

Chinese villagers under siege mourn man who died (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST AP - A man from a southern Chinese fishing village whose death in police custody helped spark a rare revolt was given a hero's farewell Friday as thousands of tearful residents mourned what they called his sacrifice for them.

Chinese village activist's death suspicious: daughter (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:44 AM PST Reuters - The daughter of a Chinese villager whose death in custody has ignited days of protests has dismissed as groundless official explanations that he died of heart failure, as residents gathered in their thousands to mourn him.

China officials shut down outdoor Christmas party (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 01:48 AM PST AP - Chinese police and government officials scuffled with Christians and smashed sound equipment for a public Christmas celebration in an eastern village known for unofficial house churches and producing ornaments.

"Batman" star roughed up in bid to visit blind Chinese activist (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 01:27 AM PST Reuters - Actor Christian Bale was roughed up by Chinese security guards as he attempted to visit a blind legal activist whose detention has sparked a domestic and international outcry, CNN reported on Friday.

China's Xi to visit Vietnam in test for tricky relationship (Reuters) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 07:01 PM PST Reuters - China's Vice President Xi Jinping, likely to take over as top leader late next year, will visit Vietnam for three days from Tuesday in what could be a test of how he handles festering territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

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