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Cycling: Nicole Cooke bows out with attack on Lance Armstrong
Monday 14 January 2013
Britain’s former Olympic road race champion has retired
Postcard from... Beijing
Monday 14 January 2013
The smog in Beijing last weekend was the worst on record. The city looked like it was in a sandstorm, like the inside of a smoker's lung, as one Beijinger put it, shaking his head.
People told to stay indoors as air pollution in Beijing reaches hazardous levels
Saturday 12 January 2013
Air pollution levels in China's notoriously dirty capital were at dangerous levels today, with cloudy skies blocking out visibility and warnings issued for people to remain indoors.
Grace Dent on TV: Splash! ITV1
Mr Selfridge, ITV1
Friday 11 January 2013
Minor celebs hit the swimming pool like baby hippos launching themselves into tapioca
Duel in the newsroom... How paper took on Chinese propaganda chief - and lost
Wednesday 09 January 2013
Insider tells how Communist official demanded editorial be printed
Two Chinese women die from H1N1 flu in Beijing
Sunday 06 January 2013
Two Chinese women have died from the H1N1 flu strain in Beijing in the past 10 days, Chinese state media said today, the first reported deaths from the virus in China's capital since 2010.
Thousands march in Hong Kong in protest over leader
Tuesday 01 January 2013
Thousands of people marched in Hong Kong on the first day of 2013 to call for the city's Beijing-backed leader to step down over allegations he was untruthful about illegal renovations at his mansion.
Matt Butler: All-round athletes prove too fit for Superstars' purpose
Sunday 30 December 2012
The View From The Sofa: Superstars/World's Strongest Man, BBC 1/Channel 5
Markets rise in Japan to greet new premier
Wednesday 26 December 2012
Shares in Japan jumped today on hopes for the world's third-largest economy as Shinzo Abe was voted in as the new Prime Minister.
Just the ticket: World's longest high-speed rail route opens in China
Wednesday 26 December 2012
The 1,428 mile-line halves travel time from Beijing to Guangzhou
Veteran Shinzo Abe returns as Japan's leader
Wednesday 26 December 2012
New administration faces souring relations with China
China publishes its anti-smoking plan
Saturday 22 December 2012
China on Friday published a plan to reduce the world's largest population of smokers as part of a 2005 treaty, without implementing recommendations such as warning labels that include photos of rotten teeth and diseased lungs.
Magical memories of 2012 - Cycling: 'Bradley Wiggins' achievement was greatest we have ever seen from a Briton'
Friday 21 December 2012
22 July: Bradley Wiggins wins the Tour de France
Cycling: Ross Edgar makes road move
Thursday 20 December 2012
Ross Edgar will take to the road in 2013 after 12 years as a member of the Great Britain track team.He has signed for IG Sigma Sport.
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