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By , on May 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The State Bureau for Letters and Calls that oversees petitioners has stopped compiling a controversial monthly ranking table that was originally intended as a measure of local officials’ performance but instead has been blamed for prompting acts of abuse and the illegal detention of people seeking redress from senior leaders. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has irked Washington with his frequent criticism of American military operations in his country, says that his government is now ready to let the US have nine bases across Afghanistan after most foreign troops withdraw in 2014. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 5th, 2013 
Malaysians go to the polls in what is widely seen as the most closely contested general election in their country’s history.
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By , on May 1st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Truck drivers, domestic helpers, striking dockers – they came from different walks of life, but the thousands of people who joined yesterday’s two Labour Day marches were united in their demand for better working conditions. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 1st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China has stepped up checks on shipments to and from North Korea almost two months after agreeing to new UN sanctions that demand greater scrutiny of trade, but the flow of goods in and out of the reclusive state appears largely unaffected. The sanctions were imposed after North Korea’s third nuclear test on February 12. China has said it wants the measures enforced, but few analysts believe Beijing will take steps that hurt North Korea as it is committed to a policy of engagement. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 30th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Whitney Foard Small loved China and her job as a regional director of communications for a top automaker. But after air pollution led to several stays in hospital and finally a written warning from her doctor telling her she needed to leave, Small packed up and left for Thailand. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 30th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China committed more than US$75 billion to Africa in the past decade, coming close to the level of US money although the nature of Beijing’s support was far different, a study said on Monday. The database released by the Center for Global Development aims to be the most comprehensive account yet of foreign assistance by China, which has faced criticism in Western countries suspicious of Beijing’s motives. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Officials have admitted to an “uneasy” start for the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, with ships making just 37 bookings for berthing between its official opening in June and April 2015. By comparison, Singapore’s Marina Bay Cruise Centre, which opened in October, is booked to handle 89 dockings between June and April next year. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The women, accompanied by her husband went into labour while she was queuing to cross immigration on Tuesday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Mother at Zhuhai-Macau border refuses to give birth on mainland
By , on April 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Speaking may go down better than shouting A few months ago, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying urged Hongkongers to “shout” at people who were hindering government policies. The call did not resonate with many, but Leung will soon have a better tool to drum up public support. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BEIJING (AP) — China reported stronger trade in March in a possible positive sign for its recovery but analysts said the data might be inflated and give a distorted picture of the economy’s health. Imports rose 14.1 percent after growing 5 percent rate for the combined January-February period, customs data showed Wednesday, suggesting Chinese manufacturers and consumers might be buying more. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading China recovery dogged by doubt as data questioned
By , on April 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Taiwanese authorities reacted positively to a landmark meeting between the island’s former vice-president, Vincent Siew Wan-chang, and new top mainland leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan on Monday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Different responses to Siew and Lien trips reveal Ma’s thinking
By , on April 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Beijing has shown a willingness to allow Taipei a bigger role on the regional economic stage in a further sign of warming cross-strait relations. A mainland spokesman described the latest position as a goodwill gesture from President Xi Jinping during his meeting with former Taiwanese vice-president Vincent Siew Wan-chang yesterday on the sidelines of the 2013 Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan province. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By jbecker, on April 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> In a flurry of exchanges that included a phone call from President Barack Obama to Xi, US officials said they briefed the Chinese in detail about US plans to upgrade missile defences to deter the increasingly belligerent threats made by North Korea’s 30-year-old leader Kim Jong-un. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 5th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China is intensifying efforts to regain influence in Myanmar as its long-held dominance founders in the face of a transformation in its former army-ruled neighbour, experts say. Dramatic reforms heralding Myanmar’s emergence from the shadow of dictatorship have astounded the West and seen the former pariah state courted by a host of international suitors. Observers say longtime ally Beijing had assumed the end of junta rule was merely cosmetic and has been left stumbling to define its role amid nervousness over the growing influence of foreign rivals. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> North Korea dramatically escalated its warlike rhetoric on Thursday, warning that it had authorised plans for nuclear strikes on targets in the United States. “The moment of explosion is approaching fast,” the North Korean military said, warning that war could break out “today or tomorrow”. Pyongyang’s latest pronouncement came as Washington scrambled to reinforce its Pacific missile defences, preparing to send ground-based interceptors to Guam and dispatching two Aegis class destroyers to the region. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading North Korea approves nuclear strike on US as Hagel admits ‘real and clear danger’
By , on April 2nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> In January, Cheung led a delegation of securities professionals to sign an agreement with the Authority of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Co-operation Zone, under which the two sides would propose measures to attract Hong Kong and international financial firms to invest in Qianhai. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Hong Kong brokers push for joint ventures in Qianhai economic zone
By , on April 2nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Vice-President Li Yuanchao wrapped up a low-profile trip to Guangdong at the weekend, a visit analysts described as a gesture of loyalty to President Xi Jinping. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on March 29th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Students at Chinese University have signed a petition against the plan to reclaim land from Tolo Harbour near their campus. The students’ union, which has so far gathered 3,500 signatures, said “we feel that reclamation at Ma Liu Shui would ruin the scenery of Tolo Harbour and our campus, which blends in so well with nature”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on March 28th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A few places in China give parents a rare right to have two offspring rather than one, but many stop at a single child anyway – fuelling demands to end what critics call an unnecessary, harmful rule. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading ‘Two-child policy’ town shows scope for reform
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Controversial list of ‘illegal’ petitioners is halted
<!– google_ad_section_start –> The State Bureau for Letters and Calls that oversees petitioners has stopped compiling a controversial monthly ranking table that was originally intended as a measure of local officials’ performance but instead has been blamed for prompting acts of abuse and the illegal detention of people seeking redress from senior leaders. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Controversial list of ‘illegal’ petitioners is halted
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