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Japan, China hostages to public opinion: analysts
Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)
Tokyo and Beijing are hostages to Chinese public opinion in a spat over disputed islands that shows no sign of ending, analysts say, warning the longer it goes ...
Japan warns China against island spat 'attacks'
Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda insisted Wednesday there could be no compromise with China on the ownership of a disputed island chain and denounced attac...
Outside View: Strategic pivot to nowhere
Sep 26, 2012 (UPI)
When Britain and France launched pre-emptive military strikes last year that would eventually depose Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and his regime, one of Presid...
Japan warns China against 'attacks' in island spat
Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda insisted Wednesday there could be no compromise with China on the ownership of a disputed island chain and denounced attac...
Japan, Taiwan in disputed isle water cannon duel
Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)
Coastguard vessels from Japan and Taiwan duelled with water cannon Tuesday after dozens of Taiwanese boats escorted by patrol ships sailed into waters around To...
China's Wang Lijun: from supercop to traitor
Sep 24, 2012 (AFP)
The jailing of Wang Lijun for 15 years Monday was the final tightly scripted act in the downfall of a police chief who always had a flair for theatre. Once Chin...
China ships in Japan waters off isles: coastguard
Sep 24, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese ships plied the waters of a disputed island chain Monday, Japan's coastguard said, as a fleet of Taiwanese fishing boats set sail for the area, vowing t...
China postpones ceremony marking ties with Japan
Sep 23, 2012 (AFP)
China postponed Sunday a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties with Japan because of an ongoing territorial dispute, the...
China urges Philippines to mend ties after row
Sep 22, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping has told a visiting Philippine envoy that he hopes ties hurt by a territorial row can recover, state media said Saturday. V...
Taiwan ship nears disputed isles: Japan coastguard
Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)
A protest ship from Taiwan briefly joined around a dozen state-owned Chinese vessels in waters near Japan-administered islands on Friday, officials said, as a t...
China leaders debate Bo trial, prison: analysts
Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)
China's communist party appears to be fiercely debating whether to put Bo Xilai on criminal trial for trying to protect his wife from murder charges, analysts s...
US seeks to revive defence ties with N. Zealand
Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flew into New Zealand Friday, the first Pentagon chief to set foot in the country in 30 years, as the two countries seek to re...
Philippines says coup plotter in secret China talks
Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)
The Philippines said Wednesday a politician who was once jailed for coup plotting had been in secret talks with China over a territorial row, as the tactic appe...
China's Bo Xilai 'implicated in criminal act'
Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)
Fallen top politician Bo Xilai knew his wife was suspected of murdering a British businessman, Chinese state media implicitly alleged Wednesday, linking him to ...
Anti-Japan protests ease off in China
Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)
Anti-Japan protests in China over a bitter territorial row died down on Wednesday as authorities apparently sought to ease tensions on the ground, although poli...
US tilt to Asia not aimed against China: Panetta
Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta sought to reassure Beijing on Wednesday over Washington's strategic tilt to the Pacific, telling a military audience it was no...
Handbags, hate and Mao at China anti-Japan protest
Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)
Giggling together, arm-in-arm as they clutched designer handbags and iPhones, the teenage girls' faces contorted with anger as they screamed in unison "Japan le...
Anti-Japan protests as Chinese boats in disputed area
Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of anti-Japan demonstrators rallied across China over disputed islands on Tuesday, a key historical anniversary, as Tokyo said 11 Chinese gove...
China's military academy launches website
Sep 18, 2012 (UPI)
China's College of Defense Studies has opened a multilingual website. China's College of Defense Studies is under the National Defense University of the People'...
Despite concerns, most in US back China ties
Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)
Despite the tough talk on China in the US election, most Americans support a strong relationship with the Asian power and do not view its rise as a major concer...
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