China
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
HRW: Sex workers subject to police abuse
Police in China frequently beat, torture and arbitrarily detain suspected sex workers, often with little or no evidence that they engaged in prostitution, a rights ... Full story
Principal and gov’t official detained after taking girls to hotel
A school principal and a government worker in China have been detained on suspicion of inappropriate liaisons with six girls under age 14 after the ... Full story
Mystery substance sent to US Consulate in Guangzhou
U.S. officials say an envelope containing an unidentified substance was sent to the U.S. Consulate General in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, disrupting operations ... Full story
HONG KONG: Transgender woman wins legal battle to marry
Hong Kong’s top court granted a transgender woman the right to marry her boyfriend yesterday in a watershed ruling that falls short of allowing same-sex ... Full story
TAIWAN Protesters rally against Philippine forces over fisherman’s death
Some 200 Taiwanese gathered outside the Philippines representative office in Taipei yesterday to protest the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippines coast guard ... Full story
High-schooler arrested for family slaying
A high-schooler has been arrested on suspicion of contracting hitmen to kill his father and elder sister at their home in central China’s Henan Province, ... Full story
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