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China must retaliate for Japan PM shrine visit: media
Dec 27, 2013 (AFP)
China's state media on Friday urged "excessive" counter-measures after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's inflammatory war shrine visit, as analysts warned ag...
US hails deal on relocating airbase in Japan
Dec 27, 2013 (AFP)
Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel on Friday hailed a decision by Japanese officials to allow the relocation of a US air base in Okinawa, saying it was a "milestone" fo...
US welcomes deal on relocating air base in Japan
Dec 27, 2013 (AFP)
Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel on Friday praised a decision by Japanese officials to allow the relocation of a US air base in Okinawa, calling it a "milestone" for ...
China gives Japan 'severe reprimand' over PM's war shrine visit
Dec 26, 2013 (AFP)
China summoned Tokyo's ambassador Thursday and delivered a "strong protest and severe reprimand" over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the flashpoi...
War shrine shows limit in US support to Japan
Dec 26, 2013 (AFP)
The United States on Thursday criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a war shrine visit that infuriated Japan's neighbors, in a rare break to usually unstinti...
Mao fans bow before gold image of Communist China's founder
Dec 25, 2013 (AFP)
Thousands of admirers of Communist China's founder Mao Zedong flocked to his home town Wednesday to bow before his graven image -- including one statue of solid...
Japan's PM set for breakthrough on controversial US base
Dec 25, 2013 (AFP)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks set to win approval from Okinawa this week for the long-stalled relocation of a US military base after a meeting Wednes...
Officials in Beijing suburb build Kremlin copy
Dec 24, 2013 (AFP)
Local officials in a Beijing suburb have built themselves a white-walled, gold-domed office complex resembling Moscow's Kremlin, state media reported, prompting...
Walker's World: China half-full, France half-empty
Dec 23, 2013 (UPI)
As the end of the year looms it is tough to know whether China or France is the more worrying situation for the global economy next year. Many were startled las...
China, Koreas in modern conflict over ancient kingdom
Dec 23, 2013 (AFP)
Centuries ago Kwanggaet'o the Great ruled over a mighty empire stretching from south of Seoul deep into Manchuria in China's northeast, but his Koguryo dynasty ...
Free in Germany, Putin foe Khodorkovsky mulls future
Dec 22, 2013 (AFP)
Russia's most famous inmate and Kremlin foe Mikhail Khodorkovsky was due to address his future Sunday after being whisked to Germany upon his stunning release f...
China boosts ties with neighbors in pursuit of shared security, prosperity
Dec 21, 2013 (XNA)
Chinese leaders made headlines in the past few months not only by unveiling a robust reform agenda, but also with their efforts to strengthen ties with neighbor...
Khodorkovsky starts life as a free man in Germany
Dec 21, 2013 (AFP)
Russia's most famous prisoner, Kremlin critic and former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, began life as a free man in Germany on Saturday after his surprise par...
China slams Japan defence spending plan
Dec 21, 2013 (AFP)
China has denounced Japan's plans to boost military purchases, accusing it of playing up regional tensions as an "excuse" to ramp up defence spending. The cabin...
Restoring lost trust may take many years: Germany
Dec 20, 2013 (UPI)
Restoring trans-Atlantic trust lost as a result of spying controversies may take some time to repair, new German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said a...
EU leaders stumble on defence, economic integration despite bank deal
Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)
European leaders have put the economic crisis behind them by agreeing a landmark bank deal, but stumbled on deeper economic reforms and defence policy, highligh...
Japan considers a boost in military purchases
Dec 20, 2013 (UPI)
Japan's Cabinet has approved a national security strategy that would boost spending on military equipment, officials said. The strategy, that includes the revis...
China vice police minister investigated: Communist Party
Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)
China's ruling Communist Party said Friday it was investigating a vice police minister for alleged disciplinary violations, the latest official to be targeted i...
Weary Obama seeks Hawaii sun's waking touch
Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)
A weary Barack Obama, eyelids heavy, predicted Friday that the restorative power of sleep and the sunshine of his native Hawaii would restore his wilting fortun...
Pardon shows Putin no longer fears jailed tycoon
Dec 19, 2013 (AFP)
Vladimir Putin's surprise promise to pardon jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky shows the Russian leader no longer fears his old rival or worries that the former...
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