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China war games a 'stern warning' to Taiwan
AFP, Published on 19/08/2023
» BEIJING: China held air and sea drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it said was a "stern warning" after the island's vice president visited the United States.
Taiwan holds military drill after China repeats threats
AFP, Published on 11/08/2022
» Taiwan's army held another live-fire drill Thursday after Beijing ended its largest-ever military exercises around the island and repeated threats to bring the self-ruled democracy under its control.
Chinese recovery teams comb debris of crashed passenger jet
AFP, Published on 22/03/2022
» WUZHOU, China: Chinese recovery teams on Tuesday picked through the debris of a crashed China Eastern jet after it inexplicably plummeted from the sky into a mountainside with 132 people on board.
China will continue to 'modernise' nuclear arsenal: foreign ministry
AFP, Published on 04/01/2022
» BEIJING: China Tuesday said it will continue to "modernise" its nuclear arsenal and called on the United States and Russia to reduce their stockpiles a day after global powers pledged to prevent such weapons spreading.
'The water is poison': Chinese activist spends life protecting polluted lake
AFP, Published on 16/11/2021
» KUNMING (CHINA) - Environmental activist Zhang Zhengxiang is almost blind, and lives in poverty -- but he has successfully faced down hundreds of companies on the banks of one of China's most polluted lakes.
Poverty road in China drives some to riches, leaves others behind
AFP, Published on 24/02/2021
» BAOJING, China: At his village along a "poverty alleviation road" in Hunan province, farmer Liu Qingyou shares a booklet detailing how Xi Jinping's government has hoisted him and 100 million other Chinese from the breadline.
'Juno' star Elliot Page comes out as transgender
AFP, Published on 02/12/2020
» LOS ANGELES - The Oscar-nominated star of "Juno" has come out as transgender, introducing himself as Elliot Page Tuesday in social media posts that voiced joy at sharing the news -- but also fear over a possible backlash.
Taiwan says Chinese diplomats assaulted official in Fiji
AFP, Published on 19/10/2020
» TAIPEI: Taiwan on Monday accused two Chinese diplomats of gatecrashing a hotel function hosted by its de facto embassy in Fiji and assaulting an employee.
China teenage climate warrior fights a lonely battle
AFP, Published on 17/08/2020
» GUILIN, China: While most of her peers are preparing for university or enjoying summer vacation, 17-year-old Howey Ou is braving intimidation and criticism in China to save the world from climate catastrophe.
US criticizes WHO for ignoring Taiwan virus warnings
AFP, Published on 10/04/2020
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday accused the World Health Organization of putting politics first by ignoring early coronavirus warnings by Taiwan, which voiced outrage over criticism from the UN body's chief.