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China Signaled It May Join Operations Against ISIS In Iraq
As the US-led campaign against the Islamic State grinds on, China has unexpectedly offered to help in the war effort, Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Lucy Hornby report for the Financial Times. Wang Yi, China's...
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Newly Released NSA Documents Show That China Captured American Soldiers...
During the US campaign in Vietnam, over a thousand service members were classified as prisoners or war (POW) or missing in action (MIA). Generally, those who went missing were killed or captured by the...
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China's Lost It
China has lost it.HSBC's purchasing managers index (PMI) came in at 49.5, analysts expected a read of 49.8. That's problematic, as any reading below 50 indicates that China's manufacturing sector is...
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Sony And Tencent Have Struck A Music Distribution Deal For China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd has struck the latest in a string of music distribution deals, this time with Sony Music Entertainment, as it teams up with labels to try...
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Honda Will Recall Over 500,000 Cars In China Due To Takata Airbags
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities said on Tuesday that Honda Motor Co. and its two joint ventures in China would recall 569,769 cars due to potentially defective air bags which the carmaker said...
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The Air Force Wants To Overhaul Its Space Program
It’s called “the vicious circle of space acquisition."Large satellite systems take a long time to develop. As the years stretch on, the temptation to change requirements and add new capabilities is too...
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Here Are 6 Possible Nightmare Scenarios For 2015 In Asia
A terrorist attack on US soil, an armed confrontation in the South China Sea, and a war between Azerbaijan and Armenia are just three of the 34 geopolitical risks that the Council on Foreign Relations...
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China Is Planning To Build A Bullet Train That Connects Eastern And Western...
Belgrade (AFP) - Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang met central and eastern European leaders Tuesday in a summit to cement Beijing's plans for a new transport network to funnel exports into Europe.The...
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Chinese Search Engine Company Baidu Just Invested A Reported $600M In Uber
Baidu, China's largest search engine company, confirmed on Wednesday morning an investment in ride-sharing app Uber. A China-based Bloomberg reporter tweeted a picture of the signing ceremony in the...
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Passenger Who Got Sick Of Waiting To Get Off Plane Deploys Emergency Slide
Last week, a passenger on a China Eastern Airlines plane deployed the emergency slide after the aircraft landed at Sanya Phoenix International Airport, off China's southern coast.The passenger's excuse...
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Uproar In China After Village Votes To Expel 8-Year-Old With HIV
Beijing (AFP) - The plight of an eight-year-old Chinese boy with HIV, reportedly ordered to leave his village by 200 petitioners, sparked intense online soul-searching Thursday in a country where...
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China Just Tested A Long-Range Ballistic Missile That Can Carry Multiple...
China carried out a long-range missile flight test on Saturday using multiple, independently targetable reentry vehicles, or MIRVs, according to US defense officials.The flight test Saturday of a new...
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China Says It's Economy Was $305 Billion Bigger Than It Previously Thought
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has revised up the estimated size of its economy for 2013 by 3.4 percent to 58.8 trillion yuan ($9.5 trillion), the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday, but said the...
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China's President Banned Umbrellas On His Visit To Macau
Macau (AFP) - President Xi Jinping visited a drizzly Macau on Friday for the 15th anniversary of the gambling hub's return to Chinese rule, with onlookers barred from using umbrellas -- the emblem of...
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Hong Kong's Former Top Civil Servant Found Guilty Of Taking Millions In Bribes
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A former top Hong Kong civil servant was found guilty on Friday of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from the city's largest property developer, Sun Hung Kai Properties...
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Tim Cook Speaks Out About Horrifying Documentary Showing Apple's Working...
Tim Cook is "deeply offended" by the BBC's allegations that Apple mistreats workers in its Chinese factories where the company's iPhones and iPads are assembled.The BBC's "Panorama" program sent...
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China Is Tightening Its Grip On Macau
By night, Ieong Man Teng was dealing baccarat to gamblers at the Wynn Macau casino. By day, he was mobilizing thousands of fellow dealers to protest on the street for better working conditions and...
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China Is Strengthening Satellite And Radar To Bolster Its Navy
China will set up an offshore observation network, including satellite and radar stations, to strengthen the country's maritime power, the official China Daily reported on Friday, in a move that could...
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Apple Has Written A Stark Letter To UK Staff Following The Brutal BBC...
Apple CEO Tim Cook and senior vice president Jeff Williams have sent an email to UK employees saying they are "deeply offended" by BBC allegations that workers in the developing world are mistreated,...
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China's Pork Obsession Is Endangering The World
China's insatiable appetite for pork is a symbol of the country's rise. It is also a danger to the worldPIG number 5422 saunters into the pen, circles its few square metres and mounts a plastic stand....
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