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China jails Taiwanese activist for nine years
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/09/2024
» BEIJING - China handed a nine-year prison term to a Taiwanese political activist convicted of "separatism," a rare sentence that prompted Taiwan to warn its people about the dangers of travelling across the strait.
China's Wang blasts Philippines over South China Sea tensions
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/07/2024
» VIENTIANE - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi accused the Philippine government of repeatedly breaking a consensus over their intensifying dispute in the South China Sea.
Korea adds 505 cases, deaths top 2,800: Virus update
Published on 27/02/2020
» Saudi Arabia halted religious visits that draw millions to cities including Mecca and Medina, while Japan asked for all schools to shut from March 2. More new cases were reported outside China than within the country for the first time, highlighting the spread of the epidemic.
China urges Suu Kyi to maintain positive ties
Published on 11/06/2015
» BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping told Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday that he hoped Myanmar would maintain a consistent and positive position on relations, state media said, regardless of any changes in Myanmar's domestic politics.
China rejects Taiwan as AIIB founding member
Published on 13/04/2015
» BEIJING/TAIPEI — Taiwan is not able to become a founding member of the Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) but is still welcome to become an ordinary member in the future, the Chinese government said on Monday.
AIIB to complement existing institutions: China
Published on 22/03/2015
» BEIJING - China's finance minister said a proposed Chinese-led Asian regional bank that has raised concerns in Washington will complement rather than compete with established international lenders such as the World Bank, state media reported Saturday.
China currency war coming?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/03/2013
» Top Chinese central banker says China prepared for currency war but G20 meeting between major economies may save the day.
Lost in Thailand: Biggest money maker in China
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/01/2013
» New Chinese movie about a crazy trip to Thailand sets new money making record ($160 million) even more than Titanic.
'Lost in Thailand' sets box-office record
Published on 03/01/2013
» BEIJING (AP) — A low-budget, domestically produced comedy has unexpectedly become the highest-grossing Chinese film to date.
Chinese man drives car into students
Published on 25/12/2012
» BEIJING — A man angered by a court ruling in the murder of his daughter rammed a car loaded with a gas tank and firecrackers into a group of middle schoolers, injuring 13 in the country's latest attack on students.