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Japanese activists land on disputed island
Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)
Two Japanese activists landed on an island at the centre of a bitter dispute with China on Tuesday, the government in Tokyo said, as fresh anti-Japanese protest...
China ex-police chief does not contest charges
Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)
China put the ex-police chief who set off the Communist party's biggest scandal in years on "public" trial Tuesday, and the court said he did not contest charge...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi reassures China about US ties
Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)
Opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi sought Tuesday to reassure China that Myanmar's warming relations with the United States were not at its expense and signaled s...
Anti-Japan protests across China on war anniversary
Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)
Thousands of anti-Japan protesters rallied across China over a territorial row on Tuesday, a key historical anniversary, as Japanese firms including car giant T...
Japan firms stop China operations after protests
Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)
Japanese firms including Panasonic suspended operations at plants in China, companies and reports said Monday, after mass anti-Tokyo protests at the weekend ove...
Japanese firms halt China operations after protests
Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)
Major Japanese firms including Canon and Honda suspended operations at several plants in China, officials and reports said Monday, on the eve of an expected fre...
Trial of Bo's ex-police chief starts in China: lawyer
Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)
An ex-police chief whose flight to a US consulate triggered the biggest scandal to rock China's ruling Communist party in years was put on trial in a closed ses...
Anti-Japan protests again erupt across China
Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)
Thousands of anti-Japanese demonstrators mounted protests in cities across China on Sunday over disputed islands in the East China Sea, a day after an attempt t...
Pentagon chief calls for calm in Japan-China spat
Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called for diplomatic efforts to resolve a worsening territorial spat between Japan and China on Monday, the day after warning...
Pentagon chief to meet China's leader-in-waiting
Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is due to meet China's leader-in-waiting, Vice President Xi Jinping, during a visit to Beijing this week, officials said Monda...
Thousands protest at Japanese embassy in Beijing
Sep 16, 2012 (AFP)
Angry demonstrators attempted to storm the Japanese embassy in Beijing Saturday, state media said, as tens of thousands of people across China protested against...
Post-Soviet military alliance hold drills
Sep 16, 2012 (UPI)
The post-Soviet Collective Security Treaty Organization this week is conducting military exercises in Armenia at a time when Russia is advocating its recognitio...
China's leader-in-waiting resurfaces after two weeks
Sep 15, 2012 (AFP)
China's Vice President Xi Jinping made his first public appearance in two weeks on Saturday following swirling speculation about the whereabouts of Beijing's le...
Six China ships near isles disputed with Japan
Sep 14, 2012 (AFP)
Six Chinese ships sailed into waters around a disputed archipelago on Friday, with Beijing saying they were there for "law enforcement" around islands Japan nat...
Obama camp lashes Romney's China 'hypocrisy'W/LLL
Sep 14, 2012 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama's campaign lashed Mitt Romney for "hypocrisy" on China Friday, claiming his tough talk was undermined by his business record of shippi...
EU, Ukraine differ on way forward
Sep 14, 2012 (UPI)
Senior European officials met with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych Friday to work out an integration deal currently snagged on continued imprisonment of f...
Beijing, Taipei turn on Manila for renaming sea
Sep 13, 2012 (AFP)
Beijing and Taipei on Thursday dismissed Manila's renaming part of the South China Sea as the "West Philippine Sea", with both saying the designation did not af...
Pentagon chief to visit China in Asia tour
Sep 13, 2012 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta departs this weekend on an Asian tour with stops in China, Japan and New Zealand, officials said Thursday, but it was unclear ...
China's missing leader-in-waiting resurfaces in state media
Sep 13, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping has made his first public communication in nearly two weeks, state media said Thursday, amid swirling speculation about the wh...
US to take back seat in changing world order
Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)
A series of political transitions led by the Arab Spring uprisings are shifting the balance of world power with the United States set to play a less dominant ro...
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