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  • Deadly rains affect 200000 in China

    Continuous rainfall has claimed one life and affecting some 200,000 people in southwest China, authorities said Sunday. The rains started Thursday and had battered 14 counties in Guangxi region, Xinhua reported. The downpour damaged or destroyed 561 houses and ruined 12,120 hectares of crops, resulting in direct economic losses of about $24 ...

  • India should ask China to stay away from Arunachal border Takam Sanjoy

    Arunachal Pradesh Member of Parliament Takam Sanjoy on Saturday urged the Indian Government to be assertive in asking China to stay away from his state. "We are optimistic that the Indian Government will be very assertive on various issues affecting the two nations. All that we would ask from the Indian Government is that talks are held on the border issue. India should be assertive in placing ...

  • `Lis trip shows China keen to enhance ties with India

    The choice of India as the first leg of Li Keqiang's maiden overseas trip as Chinese premier has sent out a clear signal that Beijing's new leadership prioritizes enhancing ties with New Delhi but that "the two nations cannot fully restore mutual trust without resolving the border dispute", Xinhua news agency said in a commentary on Saturday. "The rationale is simple: With China and India being ...

  • China investigates N.Korea boat hijack claim

    BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese authorities were on Sunday investigating claims that unidentified North Koreans hijacked a Chinese fishing boat, kidnapping 16 sailors and demanding a ransom, local media and an official said.Armed North Koreans on May 6 hijacked the boat and escorted it towards North Korea while it was sailing in waters around 70 kilometres (40 miles) from North Korea's western ...

  • China Tourism Day and 3rd Western China Tourism Industry Expo open in Chongqing

    Dancers perform for the opening of the China Tourism Day and the 3rd Western China Tourism Industry Expo, in Chongqing, Southwest China, May 19, 2013. Chongqing is the main venue for the 2013 China Tourism Day. (Xinhua/Li ...


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  • China police billions spell profit opportunity

    View Photo Two Chinese paramilitary police test a telescopic sight fitted on a gun model at the China International Exhibition and Symposium on Police Equipment and Anti-Terrorism Technology and Equipment in Beijing on May 15, ...

  • Fijian leader looks to Russia and China

    FIJI'S military ruler says he will meet Beijing's leaders in China this month, a week after unveiling an official trip to Russia, as he looks beyond strained regional ties in the South Pacific. Frank Bainimarama has been banned from Australia and New Zealand since seizing control in a 2006 coup. His announcement that he would hold talks with Premier Li Keqiang and President Xi Jinping ...

  • Blooming azalea attracts visitors in NE China

    A visitor takes photo of azalea in a national forest park in Huinan County, Northeast China's Jilin Province, May 18, 2013. The blooming azalea in the park attracted many visitors and photographers. (Xinhua/Zhang ...

  • Courtyards under protective reconstruction in C China

    Photo taken on May 18, 2013 shows a renovated sunken courtyard in Qucun Village of Zhangbian Township in Shaanxian County, Central China's Henan Province. The sunken courtyard, a kind of traditional residential construction in west Henan, has a high value in the study of local histroy, architecture, geology and sociology. The Qucun Village has 115 sunken courtyards, most of which are under ...

  • Fiji turns to Russia China amid strained regional ties

    SUVA (AFP) - Fiji's military ruler said on Sunday he would meet Beijing's leaders in China this month, a week after unveiling an official trip to Russia, as he looks beyond strained regional ties in the South Pacific. Mr Voreqe Bainimarama has been banned from Australia and New Zealand since seizing control in a 2006 coup. His announcement that he would hold talks with Premier Li ...

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