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SINGAPORE (AFP) — China on Sunday hit out at US “provocations” and said it does not fear “trouble” over its territorial disputes with neighbors in the South China Sea. “Countries outside should play a constructive role in this regard, not the other way around. The South China Sea issue has become overheated because of the provocations of certain countries for their own selfish interests,” Admiral Sun Jianguo told a security summit in Singapore. Sun spoke […]
Beijing, China (AFP)—-Mounting tensions over South China Sea territorial rows could overshadow United States-China talks in Beijing Monday, after the two global powers exchanged barbs over the disputed waterway. China claims nearly all of the sea despite competing declarations by several Southeast Asian neighbors, and has built artificial islands suitable for military use in the South China Sea. Washington has responded by sending warships close to Chinese-claimed reefs, angering Beijing. Tensions mounted after the […]
(Reuters) China came under pressure from the United States and Asian powers to rein in its actions in the South China Sea, with the U.S. defense secretary urging Beijing to join in on regional cooperation or risk erecting a “Great Wall of self-isolation.” U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter encouraged China to participate in a “principled security network” for Asia to help counter concerns about its strategic intentions following “expansive and unprecedented actions” in the South […]
(Reuters) — Respect for and protection of freedom of religious belief is China’s long-term basic national policy, stated the white paper “Freedom of Religious Belief in Xinjiang” published by the State Council on Thursday. The paper said Chinese laws protect normal religious activities. Citizens can have all normal religious activities in their own homes or at religious venues in accordance with the customary religious practices, including going to prayers, Ramadan, worshiping Buddha and other […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — A giant panda on loan to Belgium from China has given birth to a cub, a rare event for the endangered species, the Pairi Daiza zoo said Thursday. The zoo and the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda “have the great pleasures to announce the birth of a panda cub”, Pairi Daiza said in a statement. “Less than 2,000 pandas can be found in the wild, making every […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea has again accused the South of “premeditated” abduction, following the latest defection of North Korean staff working at a Pyongyang-run restaurant in China. The three North Koreans arrived in Seoul on Wednesday — the second such group defection this year after a dozen employees of another restaurant in China defected to the South in April. “This incident, too, was the organised and premeditated abduction by gangsters of the […]
CHINA’s claim to more than 80% of the South China Sea, which includes overlapping claims with the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam, took another hit recently when Dr. Tran Duc Anh Son, a Vietnamese historian and Deputy Director at the Da Nang institute for Socio-Economic Development, visited Yale University in New Haven, Ct. A report in Forbes said that Vietnamese historian and Deputy Director at the Da Nang Institute for socio-Economic Development, Dr Tran Duc […]
DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — Incoming Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday described China’s Xi Jinping “a great president”, in another hint that frosty relations between the Asian neighbors could soon warm. Duterte heaped the praise on Xi in a news conference in response to questions about a message the Chinese president sent to congratulate him on winning this month’s election. But the longtime mayor of the southern city of Davao, who has been criticized for […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Palace responded to China’s statement saying the international arbitral tribunal hearing the case filed by the country is “bias in favor of the Philippines.” “In expressing concern over the South China Sea issue, the Group of Seven or G7 Declaration affirmed the importance of upholding the rule of law,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a statement over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan. He said Adherence to the rule of law as […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) 5/27/2016 —US auto giant General Motors (GM) will recall more than two million vehicles produced through a joint venture in China because of an engine component flaw, the firm and officials said. The venture between GM and Shanghai-based SAIC will recall 2.16 million Buick and Chevrolet branded vehicles because their engine valves could corrode after extended use, the company said on Thursday. Business media outlet Caixin reported that the recall was the largest in […]
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