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BEIJING, China (AFP) — Enterprising internet users in China fear the tools they use to tunnel through the country’s “Great Firewall” may soon disappear, as Beijing tightens its grip on the web. Tens of millions of people are estimated to use Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to bypass Chinese internet restrictions — getting access to blocked websites such as Facebook and Twitter. Beijing has for years turned a blind eye to these holes in its Great […]
SICHUAN, China (CCTV) — A massive landslide in southwest China blocked traffic on National Highway 213 for three hours on Sunday. No death or injury has been reported, according to the emergency office of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The landslide, occurring at 15:45, caused about 20,000 cubic meters of mud to fall onto the highway, cutting off traffic on the highway’s Maoxian County section. An emergency team, including […]
by Dave Clark Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The United States and China piled pressure on North Korea Sunday to abandon its nuclear missile program after the United Nations Security Council approved tough sanctions which could cost Pyongyang $1 billion a year. One day after Council members voted unanimously for a partial ban on exports aimed at slashing Pyongyang’s foreign revenue by a third, top diplomats from the key powers in the dispute […]
Southeast Asian nations on Sunday agreed to Beijing’s terms on talks on the South China Sea dispute, after two days of tense meetings on the dispute in the Philippine capital. The foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) issued the joint communique shortly after the ministers met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and agreed on a framework for conducting negotiations on the decades-long row that included key clauses advocated by […]
by Martin Abbugao / Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Vietnam urged other Southeast Asian nations to take a stronger stand against Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea on Saturday, as a tense regional security forum began with North Korea also under fire over its nuclear program. Ahead of the launch of the annual gathering of foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnam made a […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — A voice in your ear at the touch of a hand? The Orii ring allows people to take phone calls, handle text messages and interact with a phone’s digital assistant, all by transferring sound to a user’s ear through bone conduction. The wearable device connects to smartphones using Bluetooth. The ring, designed by Hong Kong-based start-up Origami Labs, was inspired by Peter Wong, the visually impaired father of the firm’s […]
BEIJING, China (CCTV) — China’s National Defense Ministry said on Thursday that the Chinese navy is assisting the search and rescue of a United States navy sailor reported overboard in the South China Sea. The Defense Ministry said that China will follow the Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea and cooperate with the US navy to help rescue the sailor. The sailor could not be accounted for on the guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem around 09:00 […]
by Heather Scott Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The sanctions that President Donald Trump is poised to slap on China for stealing intellectual property from United States firms should earn broad support, allowing him to rebuild a power base in Congress sapped by the recent battle over health care. The administration is expected very soon to announce actions against China for failing to protect industrial and trade secrets of US companies, a […]
by Yanan Wang Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Finger-pointing over North Korea’s flourishing weapons program has pushed the world’s two biggest economies toward a high-stakes impasse, but observers warn that Trump-style outbursts are no way to get China to bend to the United States’ will. Washington and Beijing have long traded blame over the failure to rein in the North, but a breakthrough in missile technology has raised the specter of a strike […]
China will protect its sovereignty against “any people, organization or political party,” President Xi Jinping said Tuesday, as the country celebrated the 90th anniversary of its military, the People’s Liberation Army. The message comes with the Asian giant being mired in several border disputes with its neighbors, including an ongoing stand-off with India over territory on China’s border with Bhutan, and the South China Sea dispute with the Philippines and Vietnam. The ruling Communist Party also […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said Monday the United States should not link trade to discussions about North Korea’s nuclear program, after President Donald Trump accused Beijing of failing to restrain Pyongyang despite profiting from business with America. “We believe that the North Korea nuclear issue and China-US trade are two issues that are in two completely different domains,” Vice Minister of Commerce Qian Keming told a press briefing, adding the issues “are not related, […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said it was on high alert to statements from countries “playing up” tension in the South China Sea after Britain said it planned to send a warship to the disputed waterway next year to conduct freedom of navigation exercises. Britain would increase its presence in the waters after it sent four British fighter planes for joint exercises with Japan in the region last year, Defense Minister Michael Fallon said on […]
