Iran pushes ahead with the construction of a nuclear reactor, China unveils its first pilot carbon-trading program and rebels …
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Iranian authorities ban two influential politicians from running in the presidential election next month, bear bile farming draws strong criticism in China and Britain has reportedly asked the E.U. to add the military wing of …
Bird Flu: China Reports 102 H7N9 Cases, 20 Deaths
Experts are suspecting human-to-human transmission, but there is no evidence confirming this yet
China Grieves for Young Graduate Student Slain in Boston Bombings
Lu Lingzi, a Chinese graduate student at Boston University who has been confirmed as the third casualty of Monday’s bombings, had worked her way up from obscurity in provincial China
U.S. and China Pledge to Work Toward a Nonnuclear North Korea. Does That Matter?
On his first trip to Beijing as U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry arrived with an entreaty. As warmongering from North Korea reaches earsplitting levels, Kerry had petitioned Chinese leaders to rein in an isolated country that …
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Cancer has replaced cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in China’s capital, Amnesty International released its annual compilation of capital punishment trends, and the caretaker president of Guinea-Bissau is …
Dumpling Diplomacy: The U.S. Treasury Secretary’s Beijing Lunch Enchants China
Jacob Lew’s humble lunch has become an Internet sensation in China, where ordinary people are growing disgusted by the ostentatious ways of Communist Party officials.
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Russia’s most promising citizens are leaving the country, Geneva is no longer the crime-free city it used to be and fugitive Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda has surrendered in Rwanda
China’s Own Leadership Conclave: Time to Raise the Rubber Stamps
Those people worried about China’s fondness for intellectual property piracy need not be concerned—in the political sphere, at least. On March 12, one of the country’s senior leaders, Yu Zhengsheng, gave a speech in …
China: A River of Pigs and 5 Other Environmental Nightmares
Chinese officials are busy pulling thousands of pigs from Shanghai’s main water source. Disgusting, yes. But hardly an isolated incident.
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China plans to revamp government ministries, Singapore is picked as the most innovative city in Asia and Angola tries to save the endangered antelope.
Spring Sandstorms Add to China’s Bad Air Misery
This week the Chinese capital has been hit with an air quality disaster of a more ancient vintage: a sandstorm blowing out of the north.
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Chinese workers may be heading to Greenland to tap mineral deposits, the IMF gives Argentina a deadline to comply with its rules on reporting inflation statistics or else face repercussions and Scotland will have to renegotiate …
