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TAIWAN: Military holds drills amid row with Manila
Taiwan’s military yesterday conducted exercises in waters between Taiwan and the Philippines, close to the spot where Filipino coast guard personnel opened fire on a ... Full story
Before visit, Beijing downplays frictions with India
China downplayed border tensions with India yesterday, days before the new Chinese premier visits the neighboring country on his first foreign visit since taking office ... Full story
Residents shout ‘Protest!’ over refinery
More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted, “Protest! Protest!” in a demonstration yesterday against plans for a petroleum refinery, in one ... Full story
Police ask activist to ax White House petition
Upset about plans for a petrochemical plant near her hometown in China, a woman turned to a new method that the Chinese are using to ... Full story
HONG KONG: Anticorruption agency investigates ex-chief
Hong Kong’s corruption watchdog has launched a criminal investigation of its former chief following complaints of excessive spending when giving tens of thousands of dollars ... Full story
TAIWAN: Philippine protest sanctions to remain despite fresh apology
The Philippine president yesterday apologized to Taiwan for the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coast guard personnel, after Taiwan rejected an earlier ... Full story
Bomb threats that aborted flights unfounded, Xinhua says
Bomb threats that caused China Eastern Airlines Corp. and two other carriers to alter some flight plans yesterday were unfounded, Xinhua News Agency reported.Police are ... Full story
Beijing questions Japan’s rule over Okinawa
China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to ... Full story
Beijing condemns Osaka mayor’s comments on WWII brothels
China condemned comments by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto that Asian women who were forced to work as prostitutes for the Japanese Army during World War ... Full story
Authorities tighten grip on discourse, ideology
Chinese authorities have shut down or frozen the microblog accounts of several prominent liberal intellectuals and harassed rights lawyers lobbying against unofficial “black jails,” underlining ... Full story
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