China
Death toll rises to 33 in plant blast
All 20 people who went missing in an explosive manufacturing plant explosion that occurred in east China’s Shandong Province on Monday have been confirmed dead, ... Full story
North Korea envoy awaits chat with Xi
On a visit to repair ties with China and waiting to meet its leader, a North Korean envoy paid deference yesterday to hopes by the ... Full story
ART BASEL INAUGURAL EXHIBITION: Castles, ballerinas and rabbits transform HK into an art wonderland
Having taken Miami by storm, Art Basel has flown eastwards for its first Hong Kong exhibition. The international art fair, originally founded in the small ... Full story
Ai Weiwei uses music to mock state power
Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers — and even sits on the toilet — in the Chinese artist’s ... Full story
GUANGDONG: 6 kids among 7 injured in village knife attack
A mentally ill man stabbed six primary school students and an adult woman in the latest of a string of attacks on Chinese schoolchildren, authorities ... Full story
FINANCE: Taiwan dollar forwards gain a third day before Bernanke speech
Taiwan dollar forwards rose for a third day on speculation Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will signal the need to sustain stimulus policies that ... Full story
Police detain gay pride march organizer
Police in central China have detained the 18-year-old organizer of a gay pride march in a sign of the government’s nervousness over a growing civil ... Full story
TAIWAN: Fishing crew hid to escape hail of Philippine bullets
Taiwan fishing boat captain Hung Yu-chi’s account of the May 9 Philippine attack that killed his 65-year-old father, Hung Shih-cheng, has triggered a wave of ... Full story
Li seeks stronger economic ties with India
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Indian business leaders yesterday that developing stronger economic ties between their two nations would have huge benefits for both sides.Li ... Full story
Xi to meet Obama earlier than expected
China’s new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides ... Full story
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