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    China

  • Driver held after hitting pedestrians near Beijing primary school, state-run outlet reports
    BEIJING — A vehicle drove into a crowd outside a Beijing primary school on Thursday (May 15) and injured pedestrians, state-run China Newsweek wrote in an online post that was later deleted, citing local school and traffic authorities. Beijing traffic police said in a statement that four people had been injured... Read more »
  • China hands Tsinghua Unigroup's former chairman suspended death sentence over corruption
    BEIJING — A Chinese court handed Zhao Weiguo, the former chairman of semiconductor firm Tsinghua Unigroup, a suspended death sentence on Wednesday (May 14) after he was found guilty of corruption and embezzlement, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Wednesday. The court in northeastern Jilin province sentenced Zhao to death with... Read more »
  • Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes China's Tibet
    BEIJING — An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Tibet early on Monday (May 12), the China Earthquake Administration (CEA) said. The quake hit the city of Shigatse at 5.11am, at a depth of 10km. Authorities have dispatched emergency response services and no casualties have been reported so far, CEA said.... Read more »
  • Inside China's decision to come to the table on Trump tariffs
    BEIJING — Since US President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on China last month, Beijing has responded in kind. On state and social media, it posted images of Mao Zedong, lambasted "imperialists", and sent a message: capitulation to bullies is dangerous, and it wouldn't back down. But behind closed doors, Chinese... Read more »
  • China, in response to CIA videos, warns of measures against 'infiltration, sabotage'
    BEIJING — China warned on Tuesday (May 6) it would take necessary measures to crack down on "infiltration and sabotage activities of foreign anti-China forces", days after the CIA released videos aimed at enticing Chinese officials to leak secrets to the US. The US intelligence agency last week posted two short Chinese-language... Read more »
  • China's Xi set to begin Russia visit in symbolic show of support for Putin against West
    Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to start a four-day visit to Russia on Wednesday (May 7), giving President Vladimir Putin an important diplomatic boost at a time when the Russian leader is keen to show his country is not isolated on the world stage. Xi, whose country is locked... Read more »
  • 10 killed after 4 tourist boats capsize in China, state media reports
    HONG KONG — Ten people died when "sudden strong winds" capsized four boats carrying tourists, plunging 84 people into a river in Southwestern China on Sunday (May 4), state media reported. The last missing person was found around noon on Monday but showed no vital signs, China Central Television said.... Read more »
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    Asia

  • North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees air drills, calls for stepped-up war preparation
    SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised drills by the nation's air force and underscored the need for a step-up in war preparation, state media said on Saturday (May 17). Kim, who inspected anti-aircraft combat and air strike drills by North Korea's 1st Air Division on Thursday, called... Read more »
  • Vietnam steps up talks with US to reduce hefty tariff
    HANOI — Vietnam and the United States held their first direct ministerial-level negotiations on Friday (May 16) against the backdrop of an impending US tariff of 46 per cent on imports from the Southeast Asian nation, which could significantly impact its growth. The Vietnamese trade ministry said in a statement... Read more »
  • South Korea ex-President Yoon leaves conservative party as candidate trails liberal frontrunner
    SEOUL — South Korea's ousted former President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Saturday (May 17) that he is leaving the conservative People Power Party (PPP), according to his Facebook post. The announcement comes as PPP's presidential candidate is badly trailing liberal Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung in the polls before the... Read more »
  • Thai construction tycoon and 14 others surrender to police over fatal Bangkok tower collapse
    BANGKOK — A Thai construction tycoon and 14 others surrendered to police on Friday (May 16) over a building collapse that killed nearly a hundred workers during a powerful earthquake in March, authorities said. The partially built 30-storey State Audit Office tower in Bangkok was the only building to collapse... Read more »
  • India weighs plan to slash Pakistan water supply with new Indus river project
    NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD — India is considering plans to dramatically increase the water it draws from a major river that feeds Pakistani farms downstream, as part of retaliatory action for a deadly April attack on tourists that New Delhi blames on Islamabad, according to four people familiar with the matter. Delhi... Read more »
  • Taiwan president rallies the troops ahead of possible Chinese drills
    KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — Taiwan President Lai Ching-te offered his support and encouragement to the armed forces on Friday (May 16) ahead of what the government has warned could be a new round of Chinese military exercises near the island from as early as next week. Taiwan cannot rule out that China... Read more »
  • 2 climbers, from India and Philippines, die on Everest
    KATHMANDU — An Indian climber and another from the Philippines became the first mountaineers to die on Mount Everest in the current March-May climbing season of the world's highest peak, hiking officials said on Friday (May 16). Subrata Ghosh, 45, from India, died on Thursday below the Hillary Step while returning... Read more »
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