Russian teenagers arrive in China for summer camp China Daily | BEIJING - Nearly 500 teenagers from Russia arrived in Beijing on Saturday, kicking off a ten-day summer camp in China as guests of Chinese President Hu Jintao. | The summer camp reciprocates Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's hosting of 1,500 Chinese students to Russia for rehabilitation after a ...
Serbia in UN bid to ward off Kosovo's secession Irish Times | DANIEL McLAUGHLIN | SERBIA AND Kosovo are engaged in a diplomatic battle over the status of the fledgling latter country, which is seeking wider recognition of its independence even as Belgrade urges the United Nations to condemn its 2008 secession. | Serbia has submitted a draft resolution to the...
Qinghai Lake grows after 50 years of shrinking China Daily | XINING - The surface area of China's largest saltwater lake had grown in size over the past five years amid increased rain and decreased evaporation, an expert from the Qinghai Provincial Center of Geomatics said Saturday. | The surface area of the...
Severe weather delays copter rescue in Xinjiang China Daily | URUMQI - Severe weather conditions had delayed the helicopter evacuation of more than 700 people trapped by floods in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said Saturday. | A helicopter from the Xinjiang Military Com...
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US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep Asia Times | Jul 31, 2010 US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep | By Clifford McCoy | BANGKOK - Cambodia's first-ever multinational military exercise is part and ...
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The (war) games go on Asia Times | Jul 31, 2010 The (war) games go on | By Donald Kirk | SEOUL - The drama over United States and South Korean war games in the seas off the coasts of South...
Gaming gamble for Google Asia Times | Jul 31, 2010 <IT WORLD> | Gaming gamble for Google | By Martin J Young | HUA HIN, Thailand - Google is cooking up new recipes in its digital kitche...
Uncontrolled boats flow down, threatening dam China Daily | JILIN, Jilin Province - Twelve heavy vessels broke their moorings Saturday and are now being swept down a turbulent river in northeast China, threatening to slam into a major dam on the Songhua River. | Many boats and 300 soldiers were mobilized by...
Flood strands 55 south Korean tourists in NE China China Daily | FUSHUN, Liaoning -Â Flood had stranded 55 tourists from the Republic of Korea in Fushun City of northeast China's Liaoning Province Saturday, local authorities said. | ...
Gaming gamble for Google Asia Times | Jul 31, 2010 <IT WORLD> | Gaming gamble for Google | By Martin J Young | HUA HIN, Thailand - Google is cooking up new recipes in its digital kitchen, with reports this week about a number of partnerships with online gaming companies. A social gaming platform seems to be the latest goal for the search giant, which st...
China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites The New York Times | BEIJING — Three men accused of “endangering state security” for their role in maintaining popular Uighur-language Web sites have been sentenced to prison terms of 3 to 10 years, according to exile groups and court officials. | The sentences, the outcome of a one-day trial last week, are the latest indication that Beijing is inte...
