A 2001 video only now making the social-media rounds in China puts the focus on the inequities of China’s state-run sports system
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104 Years Later, a Chinese Train Station Platform is Still the Site of Anti-Japanese Rancor
A memorial to a man that Tokyo calls a terrorist, but Beijing and Seoul regard as a hero, reflects East Asia’s War over history
Japan’s U.S. Envoy Calls For Calm Amid Tensions With China
Kenichiro Sasae wants to see a “very constructive dialogue” in 2014
Rahul Gandhi’s First TV Interview Angers Sikhs, Who Stage Furious Protest
Comments on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots prompt calls for action against Congress leaders
H7N9 Bird Flu Claims Third Victim in Hong Kong
China’s state-run news agency confirms limited human-to-human transmission
U.S. Rejects Japanese Broadcaster’s Claim It Used ‘Comfort Women’ in World War II
In remarks he now says he regrets, Katsuto Momii, the head of Japan’s main public broadcaster, said Japan was hardly the only nation whose soldiers forced women to work as prostitutes during World War II. It’s a claim U.S. …
China Bans Smoking in Schools
Now schools will have to stop posting tobacco ads and selling cigarettes on campus
China Closes Poultry Markets As Bird Flu Spreads
Protective measures come amid a spike in the number of H7N9 cases
Repeat After Me, Class: The Senkaku Islands Belong to Japan
Tokyo changes textbooks to emphasize claims to disputed islands
Philippine Military Kills 37 Islamist Rebels Opposed To Mindanao Peace Deal
Splinter groups have vowed to fight plans to form autonomous Muslim region in south, saying pact involves too many compromises
37% of All the Illiterate Adults in the World Are Indian
Though literacy rates are improving, population growth keeps illiterate numbers high
Gay Daughter to Billionaire Dad: Treat My Girlfriend Like a Human Being
Gigi Chao wants her tycoon father to withdraw his embarrassing offer of a $128 million dowry to any man who can marry her
Gay Sex Is a Crime and Will Stay a Crime, Says India’s Top Judges
The Supreme Court rejects an appeal to overturn a ban