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China, Taiwan and a meeting after 66 years
News, Published on 05/11/2015
» President Xi Jinping of China, and the leader of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, will meet on Saturday in Singapore, the first such meeting since the Chinese Communist revolution of 1949 and the retreat of the Chinese nationalists across the Taiwan Strait.
Asia giants quiet as migrant crisis worsens
News, Published on 01/07/2015
» When a deadly earthquake rocked Nepal in April, China and India rushed to send relief supplies and search-and-rescue teams. But when another humanitarian crisis - boats bearing thousands of migrants - appeared off Southeast Asian shores a month later, Asia's two most populous countries said and did little. Instead, offers to resettle the migrants came from Gambia and the United States.
China hits back at US criticism over foreign journalists
AFP, Published on 01/02/2014
» China on Friday hit back at Washington's condemnation of its treatment of foreign journalists, as tensions rise over a New York Times reporter who left Beijing after not receiving a visa.
New York Times reporter leaves China after visa denial
AFP, Published on 30/01/2014
» A New York Times reporter left Beijing Thursday after authorities did not grant him a visa, sparking ire in Washington as China ratchets up pressure on foreign media.