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HANOI, Vietnam (Reuters) – Vietnam’s most powerful leader has called for greater unity among Southeast Asian states at a time the country has appeared increasingly isolated in challenging China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. Making the first visit by a Vietnamese communist party chief to Indonesia, Nguyen Phu Trong said in a speech televised at home on Wednesday that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needed to be unified in resolving territorial […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2ZRfNpM3uA&feature=youtu.be Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said China commits itself to working with the Philippines and other Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries for regional peace and stability in the South China Sea. Hua emphasized that China has consistently committed itself to resolving related disputes peacefully with related sovereign states through negotiations and consultations. “A few individuals in the Philippines may have ulterior motives in making the groundless accusation of China. They wanted nothing […]
by Aaron Tam. Laura Mannering and Elaine Yu Agence France-Presse HONG KONG, China – Typhoon Hato ripped a path of destruction across southern China on Wednesday, killing 10 people after battering Hong Kong skyscrapers, flooding streets and forcing thousands to flee to shelters. The storm had raised Hong Kong’s most severe Typhoon 10 warning, only the third time a storm of this power has pounded the financial hub in the past 20 years. Five people were killed in […]
HEILONGJIANG, China (CCTV) — A tornado ripped through a town in northern China on Monday (August 21), smashing windows in cars and apartments, footage filmed by locals and broadcast on state media showed. Debris stirred up by the tornado was seen swirling into the air above Nenjiang in Heilongjiang Province. The tornado lasted about 10 minutes, state broadcaster CCTV said.
GANSU PROVINCE, China (CCTV) — China’s disaster relief authority on Monday warned of possible geological disasters in northern and southern parts of China as a new round of heavy rain is expected across the regions. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters warned of high risks of geological disasters including overflowing rivers in north China and severe mountain torrents, mud-rock flows and landslides in the south. Rainstorms will hit parts of northwest, north and northeast […]
BEIHAI, GUANGXI PROVINCE, China (CCTV) — A motorist in the Southern Chinese city of Beihai had a narrow escape after plunging into a sinkhole on Thursday (August 17). The man, who was using his mobile phone, failed to notice the giant hole in the ground as he sped towards it. He emerged from the scene unharmed, state broadcaster CCTV said.
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — The self-made Chinese millionaire who bought an 80 percent stake in Southampton was once a farmer, spent his formative years in the armed police and fancies himself as a poet. Gao Jisheng became just the latest Chinese tycoon to plough money into English football when he stumped up a reported £200 million ($256 million) for “a partnership” at the Premier League club last week. He adds to a growing cast of colorful overseas owners […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Chinese football fans and media are urging under-performing Carlos Tevez not to return from a trip to Argentina, nicknaming him “Very Homesick Boy,” as speculation swirls that he wants out of China. The 33-year-old Argentine former international has been a flop since moving this year to Shanghai Shenhua on a fat salary, scoring only twice, missing half the games through injury and having his commitment repeatedly questioned by fans. Tevez, who has previously suggested […]
BEIJING, China (CCTV) — United States Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a three-day diplomatic visit. The top US military officer was greeted with a welcoming ceremony by his Chinese counterpart, General Fang Fenghui, chief of the Joint Staff Department under China’s Central Military Commission. While in Beijing, Dunford will hold talks with Chinese officials about US-China military cooperation and Korean Peninsula tensions. […]
by Hwang Sunghee SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — China and Russia pushed Tuesday for talks to defuse the “confrontational spiral” between the United States and North Korea after Kim Jong-Un stepped back from a planned missile strike near Guam. The North Korean leader said he would wait and see how the US behaved before deciding whether to execute the planned launch of four missiles over Japan towards the tiny US territory in the Pacific. Some analysts suggested […]
SHAOYANG CITY, China (CCTV) — Heavy rainfall in China’s Hunan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has claimed a total of nine lives and one missing, local authorities said Monday. The rainwater, which accumulated in Hunan’s Shaoyang City and Guangxi’s Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, has turned the two places into Asian Venice, a well-known Italian city, while locals had to paddle boats to commute between places. Continuous rainfall in central China’s Hunan since last Friday […]
New Delhi, India (AFP) — India can defend itself from anyone who seeks “to act against our country,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an Independence Day speech Tuesday amid a tense standoff with Beijing over a Himalayan plateau. “Security is our top priority,” Modi said in a speech before thousands at the landmark Red Fort in New Delhi as the country marked the 70th anniversary of the end of British colonial rule. “Be it the sea […]
