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China executes four Canadian drug convicts
The New York Times, Published on 20/03/2025
» China has executed four Canadians for drug-related convictions, Canada’s foreign affairs minister said on Wednesday, a development that threatens to worsen an already tense relationship between the countries.
All-women marching band livens up Taiwanese funerals
AFP, Published on 13/03/2025
» CHANGHUA — At a funeral in rural Taiwan, musicians wearing pleated mini-skirts and go-go boots march around a coffin to the beat of the 1980s hit "I Hate Myself for Loving You".
Taiwan bounty hunters kill invading iguanas as numbers soar
AFP, Published on 17/02/2025
» TAIWAN - Armed with a slingshot, Taiwanese bounty hunter Wu Cheng-hua bends sideways and aims his lethal weapon up at a green iguana, one of tens of thousands in the crosshairs of a government cull.
Philippines Senate holds ex-mayor Alice Guo in contempt a second time
Reuters, Published on 09/09/2024
» MANILA - Former Philippine town mayor Alice Guo was held in contempt for a second time on Monday after refusing to answer senators' questions on suspected ties to Chinese criminal syndicates and how she escaped the country two months ago.
‘Chinese spy mayor’ faces grilling in Philippines
Bloomberg and Reuters, Published on 07/09/2024
» A Philippine court has allowed a former small-town mayor to attend a Senate hearing on Monday about her alleged illegal activities linked to online casinos serving Chinese bettors, days after she was arrested in Indonesia.
Chinese scientists clone first rhesus monkey to live into adulthood
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/01/2024
» BEIJING - Researchers affiliated to China's premier science academy have successfully cloned the first rhesus monkey to survive into adulthood.
China and North Korea pledge stronger cooperation in rare talks as Beijing shores up ties with neighbours
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/12/2023
» China and North Korea pledged to deepen cooperation as senior officials met for rare talks last week amid broader efforts by Beijing to shore up relations with its neighbours to counter external risks.
UK jails drug boss extradited from Thailand
AFP, Published on 03/06/2023
» LONDON: A British drug kingpin has been extradited home from Thailand to serve a lengthy jail term after spending years on the run, UK police said on Saturday.
Zero-Covid left in dust as Chinese revellers fuel travel boom
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» DALI (CHINA) - Armed with selfie sticks and freshly recovered from Covid, Chinese tourists ambled through bar streets in the country's backpacker haven of Dali, partying the stress of the past three years into oblivion.
Former China leader Jiang Zemin dead
AFP, Reuters, Kyodo News, Published on 30/11/2022
» China's former leader Jiang Zemin, who steered the country through a transformational era from the late 1980s and into the new millennium, died Wednesday at the age of 96, China's state news agency said.