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CHENGDU, China (AFP) — Crowds in a Chinese eatery ignore their drinks to gather adoringly around four fluffy white ducks, phones poised ready for pictures, at the latest addition to the country’s growing list of popular animal cafes. “Hey! We go”, a business in the center of the southwestern city of Chengdu is proving perfect fodder for the social media-savvy generation. The four call ducks — a domesticated breed imported from Europe — can retail […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday the rights and freedoms of people in Hong Kong “must be guaranteed” after meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing, her spokesman said. Hong Kong has been plunged into months of pro-democracy protests, and ahead of her three-day visit to China this week protestors in the semi-autonomous city appealed to the German chancellor to support them in her meetings with China’s leadership. In a […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing paid tribute to Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe whose death was announced Friday, saying he was an “outstanding national liberation movement leader and politician”. China was one of the staunchest supporters of Mugabe, who lead from 1980 to 2017. His death at the age of 95 was announced by Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa. “Mugabe was an outstanding national liberation movement leader and politician of Zimbabwe,” said foreign ministry spokesman Geng […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Hong Kong protest leaders on Wednesday appealed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel to support their push for democracy when she visits China this week. Prominent movement leader Joshua Wong and others recalled in an open letter published by top-selling Bild daily that Merkel grew up in the communist police state of East Germany. “You have first-hand experience of the terrors of a dictatorial government,” wrote Wong, who was temporarily arrested […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Eight schoolchildren have died and two others were injured in a “school-related criminal case” in central China, with a 40-year-old suspect arrested, local authorities said Tuesday. The man was detained by police on the spot following Monday’s incident in Chaoyangpo Village in Hubei province, according to the government of Enshi city. © Agence France-Presse
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Eight warships, four aircraft and more than a thousand personnel from the US and ten Southeast Asian countries will join maritime drills kicking off Monday, as part of a joint exercise extending into the flashpoint South China Sea. The first Asean-US Maritime Exercise (AUMX) between the regional bloc and Washington lasts for five days, starting at the Sattahip Naval Base in Thailand and ending in Singapore. The drills come at a […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters threw morning rush hour train travel into chaos on Monday, kicking off another day of potential turmoil after a weekend featuring some of the worst violence in three months of anti-government protests. The global financial hub is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis as a largely leaderless movement has drawn millions on to the streets to protest against what they see as an erosion of […]
by Elaine YU / Yan ZHAO Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Chaos engulfed the heart of Hong Kong late Saturday, as police fired tear gas and water cannon at pro-democracy protesters who defied a ban on rallying, set fires, and hurled petrol bombs in some of the most intense clashes in months. Police had banned the demonstration on security grounds, and on Friday arrested several key activists and legislators in a […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines and China have signed a $219-million loan agreement for the Philippine National Railways project, the Department of Finance said on Friday, Aug. 30. The exchange of the loan agreement that will fund the Project Management Consultancy for the PNR South Long Haul Project was done between Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and Export-Import Bank of China Vice President Xie Ping on the second day of President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to China. Duterte […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte wants “appropriate sanctions” against the crewmen of the Chinese vessel that rammed a Filipino fishing boat and abandoned the Filipino fishermen in open sea. Duterte, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, made the remark during his bilateral meeting with China President Xi Jinping even after the owner of the Chinese vessel apologized for the June 9 incident. The apology was contained in a letter signed by Chen Shiqin, president of the Guangdong […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Aug. 30, said the four Chinese convicts who were released from the New Bilibid Prison will be held if they are still in Bureau of Immigration custody. Guevarra said Chan Chit Yue, Kin San Ho, Ching Che and Wu Hing Sum shall be held until the implementing rules and regulations of Republic Act 10592, which increases the Good Conduct Time Allowances given to inmates, and the guidelines for […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Cathay Pacific has warned staff they risk being sacked if they join a planned Hong Kong strike, as the airline intensifies its crackdown on employee support for the rolling pro-democracy protests. Hong Kong’s flagship carrier, which has 27,000 staff in the city, has been accused of bowing to political pressure from China, whose aviation regulator has banned airline staff who have supported the demonstrations from working on flights through its […]
