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Anger in Hong Kong as protesters compared to slaves
Nov 01, 2014 (AFP)
A prominent businesswoman has sparked outrage in Hong Kong by comparing the city's pro-democracy protesters to African-American slaves, suggesting they might ne...
China Concerned by India's Moves to Secure Northeastern Border
Oct 31, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
The Chinese Defense Ministry warned India against the planned construction of new borderline outposts in the impugned territory of the eastern part of India's A...
Back to Cold War as Russia probes NATO defences
Oct 31, 2014 (AFP)
Nuclear-capable Russian bombers in European airspace, NATO intercepts, a foreign submarine in Swedish waters -- the fall-out from the Ukraine crisis feels like ...
Russian flights over Europe raise tension: US military
Oct 31, 2014 (AFP)
Russian military flights over European airspace are raising tensions and pose a potential danger to security and to civilian aircraft, a US military spokesman s...
Japanese aircraft scrambles endangering safety: China
Oct 30, 2014 (AFP)
Japan's increased scrambling of military aircraft in response to Chinese flights is endangering safety between the Asian powers in the air and at sea, Beijing's...
Chinese Communist leadership 'fundamental' to rule of law: party
Oct 30, 2014 (AFP)
Communist power is a "fundamental requirement" to ensure the rule of law in China, a party official said Thursday, days after a meeting of the organisation's to...
NATO 'vigilant' over Russian warplane manoeuvres
Oct 30, 2014 (AFP)
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that the transatlantic alliance remained vigilant after an increase in Russian military manoeuvres in European airspac...
NATO reports 'large scale' Russian air activity in European airspace
Oct 29, 2014 (AFP)
NATO said Wednesday it had tracked and intercepted four groups of Russian warplanes "conducting significant military manoeuvres" in European airspace over the p...
China punishes HK lawmaker for criticising leader
Oct 29, 2014 (AFP)
A senior Hong Kong lawmaker was expelled from a prestigious Chinese government body Wednesday, in a sign that Beijing will not tolerate dissent from loyalists o...
Mahjong faces endgame in China
Oct 28, 2014 (AFP)
Mahjong has become the latest "extravagance" to be condemned in censorious official Chinese media, as pleasure-seeking Communist Party officials are urged to sh...
China Communist party to keep grip on legal system: Xinhua
Oct 28, 2014 (AFP)
China's ruling Communist Party on Tuesday reaffirmed its supremacy over the legal system, as it announced measures to centralise power and combat corruption fol...
NATO chief wants strong defence as basis for ties with Russia
Oct 28, 2014 (AFP)
NATO wants a constructive relationship with Russia but for that to happen it must engage Moscow from a position of strength, alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said...
India's Modi pledges to modernise Vietnam's defences
Oct 28, 2014 (AFP)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised on Tuesday to strengthen Vietnam's military following talks between leaders of the two allies, in a move likely to ...
Pro-West parties win Ukraine landslide as shells fly in east
Oct 27, 2014 (AFP)
Ukraine's pro-Western and moderately nationalist parties were on course Monday to score a crushing election win that boosted President Petro Poroshenko's bid to...
Top Chinese diplomat in Hanoi to ease territorial tensions
Oct 27, 2014 (AFP)
China's top foreign policy official on Monday made his second visit to Vietnam in four months, as the communist neighbours work to repair ties strained to break...
Japan, China officials hold informal talks on preventing conflict
Oct 27, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese defence officials are meeting a Japanese delegation in Beijing this week for informal talks on preventing simmering territorial disputes from erupting i...
Xi's all that: State media hail Chinese chief's 'busy' work life
Oct 27, 2014 (AFP)
China's state media on Monday published an account of a "typical" day in the life of President Xi Jinping, the latest burnishing of the leader's profile. The Sh...
Kerry urges Moscow to implement Ukraine peace deal
Oct 25, 2014 (AFP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Moscow to fully implement last month's ceasefire agreement on Ukraine, the State Department said in a statement Satur...
Former Japan PM to meet with China's Xi: report
Oct 24, 2014 (AFP)
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, a report said Friday, as Tokyo tries to set up premier-level ...
'Premature' to talk of US troop cuts in Asia: Kerry
Oct 24, 2014 (AFP)
Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday it was too early to discuss cutting the number of US troops stationed in Asia and South Korea, amid increased tensions...
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