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Taiwan navy to get two US-built minehunters

Taiwan will receive two coastal minehunter ships from the United States this year as part of an arms deal that has upset Washington’s ties with ... Full story

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World Bank: China needs reform to support growth

China needs a new economic strategy after three decades of rapid growth and must reduce the dominance of state companies and promote free markets to ... Full story

Men chant slogans during an anti-Syrian regime protest in front of the Chinese embassy in Tripoli, Libya

China rejects US criticism over blocked Syria plan

China said yesterday that the world should not impose any solution in Syria’s conflict and rejected U.S. comment that Beijing was “despicable” for opposing U.N. ... Full story

Police cars parked outside the Great Hall of the People as China prepares for its annual National Party Congress meetings starting this weekend

China to water down secret detention law: experts

China’s parliament is set to water down controversial changes to a law that would allow secret detentions, people with knowledge of the issue said yesterday, ... Full story

Taiwan denies Singapore cutting military ties

Taiwan denied reports yesterday that Singapore is suspending its long-standing military cooperation with the island after news of a rare visit by Taiwan’s defence minister ... Full story

Unblocked, Mainlanders flock to Obama Web page

Chinese are flooding a Web page of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign on Google Inc.’s social networking service with comments, after China seemingly lifted long-standing ... Full story

Mandarin overtakes English in HK – The Telegraph

Fifteen years after Hong Kong was handed back to China, Mandarin has overtaken English as the island’s second most widely spoken language, according to a ... Full story

Beijing invests more than 400 million patacas in Bahamian stadium

The Bahamas is unveiling a national stadium that China built for more than $50 million (MOP 400M) as the Asian country ramps up investment across ... Full story

The wreckage of a bus that plunged into a ravine killing fifteen tourists and injuring another 19 others, near Jincheng city in Shanxi provinc

Bus plunges into ravine in north China, killing 15

At least 15 people were killed Saturday when tourist bus plunged off a highway into a ravine in northern China, a state news agency reported. ... Full story

Strong quake hits Taiwan, causing minor damage

A strong earthquake struck Taiwan yesterday, causing minor damage in the southern part of the island. There were no immediate reports of casualties and no ... Full story