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  North Korea offers deep apology to China over deadly bus crash

  BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has offered his deep apologies to China after a bus crash in his isolated country killed 32 Chinese tourists, state media said on Thursday. In a message to President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders, Kim said the North Korean people were "overcome with sorrow". "It is, indeed, very sad that the close Chinese friends, who had come here with the feelings of friendship with our people, met with an unexpected accident on our land," the message, carried by the official KCNA news agency, read   Read More ...

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  China bags biggest coke haul 1.3 tonnes from South America seized and 10 detained - ASEAN/East Asia

  Beijing: Chinese police have seized 1.3 tonnes of cocaine from South America in the country’s biggest ever haul of the drug, authorities said. Police in the southern city of Shenzhen have detained 10 suspects, mostly from Hong Kong, following an investigation that began in July 2017, the Guangdong province public security department said. The statement, released on Tuesday, called it the “biggest amount of cocaine seized in the country”   Read More ...

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  Unmanned submersible sets record for distance - ASEAN/East Asia

  Beijing: China’s newest unmanned submersible, , completed a journey of 156.8km during its second test dive in the South China Sea recently, setting a national record for the longest voyage by an underwater craft, a scientist said. After 43 hours, on Sunday evening, it finished its journey and was retrieved by crew members aboard the Chinese research vessel Dayang Yihao, Xu Yijun, the craft’s deputy chief engineer, told Xinhua news agency   Read More ...

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  Chinese automaker plans electric car production in South Africa - The Mainichi

  BEIJING (AP) -- A state-owned Chinese automaker announced plans Wednesday to produce electric vehicles in South Africa, highlighting the growing role of the world's largest auto market in a technology seen as the global industry's future. BAIC Group's announcement at the Beijing auto show, the industry's biggest sales event of the year, came as Nissan unveiled its first electric car designed for China while General Motors displayed Buick SUV it says can go 600 kilometers (375 miles) on one charge   Read More ...

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  Chinese geologists say North Korea nuclear test site collapsed, may explain end of program

  BEIJING — A study by Chinese geologists shows the mountain above North Korea’s main nuclear test site has collapsed under the stress of the explosions, rendering it unsafe for further testing and necessitating monitoring for any leaking radiation. The findings by the scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China may shed new light on North Korean President Kim Jong Un’s announcement that his country was ceasing its testing program   Read More ...

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  Chinese baby thrown out of parents’ van escapes unscathed

  A baby boy has escaped unscathed after he fell out of his parents’ van in eastern China when one of its doors swung open following a sharp turn. The incident involving the 11-month-old child was caught on surveillance camera in Changzhou in Jiangsu province after the van had swerved sharply to get into lane, Anhui Television Station reported. The baby is seen in the footage falling from the van and rolling into the centre of the road   Read More ...

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  ‘World’s biggest’ mosquito found in southwest China

  A giant insect, said to be the world’s biggest mosquito, will go on display at a museum in southwest China next month. The supersized insect was discovered by Chinese entomologist Zhao Li during a field inspection at Qingcheng mountain in Sichuan province in August. Zhao said he had since spent time confirming that it was the largest mosquito found in the world before revealing his discovery   Read More ...

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  Kim's 'bitter sorrow' as bus crash kills 32 Chinese tourists [PHOTOS]

  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the Chinese embassy in Pyongyang to express his "bitter sorrow" over the deaths of Chinese tourists in a bus accident in his country, by visiting the Chinese embassy in Pyongyang, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Tuesday. His visit came only hours after the accident, an unusual move. It was also Kim's first visit to the Chinese embassy in his country since taking power in late 2011   Read More ...

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  Over 30 Chinese dead in North Korea tourist bus crash

  Chinese tourists have been involved in a major bus accident in North Korea that caused a large number of casualties, China's state media and the government said on Monday, without giving a precise break-up. Chinese visitors account for about 80 percent of all foreign tourists to North Korea, says a South Korean think-tank, the Korea Maritime Institute, which estimates that tourism generates about $44 million each year in revenue for the isolated country   Read More ...

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  Kuzey Kore'nin nükleer test alanının çöktüğü iddia edildi

  South China Morning Post'un haberine göre, Çin Bilim ve Teknoloji Üniversitesinden deprem bilimciler Kuzey Kore'deki nükleer deneme alanı Punggye-ri'nin kısmi olarak hasar gördüğünün tespit edildiğini belirterek, burada bir kez daha test yapılması durumunda bunun "çevresel bir facia"ya neden olabileceğini iddia etti. Bilim adamları, Kuzey Kore'nin son nükleer denemesinin Mantap Dağı altında test alanında kısmi çökmeye neden olduğunun sanıldığını ifade etti. AA'nın aktardığına göre; Kuzey Kore, Seul ve Washington yönetimleriyle yapacağı zirvelerden önce nükleer ve kıtalararası balistik füze denemelerini durduracağını duyurmuştu   Read More ...

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  Asian elephants said at risk from Chinese demand for skin

  BANGKOK (AP) -- A report by a British-based conservation group says rising Chinese demand for products made from elephant skin is driving poaching and posing an even greater threat to Asia's wild herds than the ivory trade. The group Elephant Family says the threat is currently greatest in Myanmar, but warns that the Asian elephant could become extinct in half of the areas where it now ranges in the region if the problem escalates   Read More ...

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  China to punish those who 'glorify wars of invasion' - World

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China is reviewing a draft law to protect the reputation and honour of "heroes and martyrs" and punish those who "glorify wars of invasion", state media said on Wednesday, amid public anger at people dressing up in Japanese army uniforms. China unveiled the law to protect heroes and martyrs in December, and it is likely to be passed by the largely rubber-stamp parliament on Friday   Read More ...

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  China warns of more action after military drills near Taiwan - World

  BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - A series of Chinese drills near Taiwan were designed to send a clear message to the island and China will take further steps if Taiwan independence forces persist in doing as they please, Beijing said on Wednesday, as Taiwan denounced threats of force. Over the past year or so, China has ramped up military drills around democratic Taiwan, including flying bombers and other military aircraft around the self-ruled island   Read More ...

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  China seizes record 1.3 tonnes of cocaine

  Beijing, China. Chinese police have seized 1.3 tonnes of cocaine from South America in the country's biggest ever haul of the drug, authorities said. Police in the southern city of Shenzhen have detained 10 suspects, mostly from Hong Kong, following an investigation that began in July 2017, the Guangdong province public security department said. The statement, released Tuesday, called it the "biggest amount of cocaine seized in the country"   Read More ...

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  North Korea nuclear test site part-collapsed: Chinese experts

  BEIJING: North Korea's underground nuclear test site has partially collapsed following a massive bomb blast last year, making it unusable, Chinese seismologists have concluded.   Read More ...

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  North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site Is Largely Unusable, Chinese Scientists Say

  Updated April 25, 2018 12:07 p.m. ET BEIJING—A large part of North Korea’s underground nuclear test facility, which leader Kim Jong Un pledged to close, is unusable anyway due to the collapse of a cavity inside the mountain after the last blast there, Chinese scientists say. Seismologists involved in a soon-to-be-published study also warned that another blast in the same spot and with similar yield could cause “environmental catastrophe   Read More ...

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  Trump to Send Mnuchin to China for Trade Talks Next Week

  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said he was sending a delegation of his top economic advisers to Beijing next week to try to settle trade disputes that have upset U.S.-China relations and rattled markets world-wide.   Read More ...

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  In Suppressing #MeToo Letter, China’s Censors Spark an Uproar

  April 24, 2018 8:39 a.m. ET BEIJING—A student at an elite Chinese university accused the school of trying to muzzle her #MeToo activism in a surprising open letter that set off a scramble by the country’s censors. In the letter, which began circulating online Monday, Yue Xin said she joined other Peking University students in submitting an open-records request about a 20-year-old rape allegation involving a then-professor   Read More ...

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  Trump to send Mnuchin, Lighthizer to China in bid to ease trade tensions

  President Trump is dispatching several of his top economic advisers to China next week for high-level talks aimed at easing Trade tensions, several weeks after the White House and Beijing threatened each other with hundreds of billions of dollars worth of tariffs. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer will be among those on the trip, Trump said Tuesday   Read More ...

• Dragon boat accident kills 17 in China

  Seventeen people have died in a dragon boat accident in southern China thought to have been caused by the strong current. One of the long, narrow boats packed with paddlers overturned and another arriving at the scene also capsized, TV pictures showed. In total, almost 60 people were tipped into the water, on a stretch of a river in the city of Guilin   Read More ...

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  China auto show highlights industry's electric ambitions

  The biggest global auto show of the year showcases China's ambitions to become a leader in electric cars and the industry's multibillion-dollar scramble to roll out models that appeal to price-conscious but demanding Chinese drivers. Auto China 2018, which opens this week, follows Beijing's decision to allow full foreign ownership of Chinese automakers in a move to make the industry more flexible as it promotes electrics   Read More ...

• China to strengthen internet controls

  China must strengthen its grip on the internet to ensure broader social and economic goals are met, state news agency Xinhua reported citing comments from President Xi Jinping, underlining a hardening attitude towards online content. Under Xi's rule, China has increasingly tightened its grip on the internet, concerned about losing influence and control over a younger generation who are driving a diverse and vibrant online culture from live streaming to blogs   Read More ...

• China to impose anti-dumping duty on US, EU, S'pore rubber

  China will impose temporary anti-dumping measures on a certain type of synthetic rubber imported from the US, the European Union and Singapore, its Commerce Ministry said yesterday. The measures take effect today. An anti-dumping duty is a tariff imposed on foreign imports believed to be priced below fair market value. The measures are based on preliminary findings from an investigation the Chinese authorities launched last August   Read More ...

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  China’s Universities Face a #MeToo Moment

  BEIJING—A decades-old case of alleged rape and suicide at a prestigious university is giving China a #MeToo moment—and showing the constraints confronted by social movements in the authoritarian-ruled country.   Read More ...

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  China's President Xi to meet Indian PM Modi April 27-28

  BEIJING (REUTERS) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold an informal meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 27-28 in central China's Wuhan, China's official Xinhua news agency reported Sunday (April 22). The announcement of the meeting was made by the Chinese government's top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, after talks with visiting Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, Xinhua said   Read More ...

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  17 killed as 2 dragon boats capsize in southern China

  BEIJING (AP) — Seventeen people were killed after two dragon boats capsized in southern China, authorities said Sunday. The boats were practicing Saturday for a race in the Taohua River in the city of Guilin when the accident happened, said the fire department of the city of Guilin, capital of Guangxi region. It was not immediately clear what caused the boats to capsize   Read More ...

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  China Looks to Close Technology Gap With U.S.

  BEIJING—Chinese President Xi Jinping outlined an updated vision for China’s future as an internet and technology power, pledging more state support for sectors caught in the crosshairs of a trade fight with the U.S.   Read More ...

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  Continuous boundary line proposed for China's claims in South China Sea

  HONG KONG - A new boundary in the South China Sea has been proposed and it might add weight to Beijing's claims over the disputed waters, the South China Morning Post reported. The proposed boundary would be in the form of a precise continuous line that joins up the current U-shaped "nine-dash line" which marks the vast area claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea said to be rich in energy and mineral deposits   Read More ...

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  ‘To Be Number One Is the Target.’ China’s Ding Junhui Is Taking on the World Snooker Championship

  All top sportsmen must deal with the weight of expectation, though it’s hard to imagine a burden comparable to Ding’s. China’s most successful player has been hailed by World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn as “the true superstar of the sport” in China, and more than a quarter of his homeland’s television viewing public — some 210 million people — tuned in to see his World Championship final defeat in 2016   Read More ...

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  Chinese combat helicopters hold live-fire drills in south-east coast

  BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese combat helicopters conducted live-fire drills with missiles off the country's south-east coast, state media said on Thursday (April 19), without confirming whether the exercises took place in the sensitive Taiwan Strait. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) exercise took place on Wednesday and involved various types of helicopters that tested "all-weather operational capability of the air force at sea," the official Xinhua news agency said   Read More ...

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  What’s inside made-in-China electronics should worry federal customers, study says

  The U.S. government is dangerously vulnerable to Chinese espionage or cyberattack because of its dependence on electronics and software made in China, a risk that threatens to grow as Beijing seeks global technological dominance, according to a study for a congressionally chartered advisory commission. Information technology products made by enterprises owned or influenced by China could be modified to work poorly, conduct espionage or otherwise interfere with government operations, said the report for the U   Read More ...

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  Chinese researchers carry out live-streaming of deep-sea exploration in South China Sea

  BEIJING - A team of Chinese scientists on Tuesday (April 17) began one month of live-streaming deep-sea exploration of the South China Sea, the Global Times reported. The team will explore up to 4,000 meters underwater for the first time using a Canadian-made unmanned submersible, according to a report on the website of Tongji University in Shanghai. Maritime science enthusiasts, college and high school students can watch the Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Science (ROPOS) robot collecting samples and interact with scientists in real time, the Global Times said   Read More ...

• China holds live-fire drills off coast in warning to Taiwan

  BEIJING (AP) -- China has held live-fire exercises off its southeast coast, state media said Thursday, in an apparent warning to the democratic, self-ruled island of Taiwan against what Beijing deems as provocative remarks on independence. The official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday an air unit of the People's Liberation Army ground forces held a live-fire exercise on Wednesday off China's southeast coast   Read More ...

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  China environment ministry warns of 'stalemate' in war on smog

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China's war on pollution is at risk of reaching a "stalemate", with poor weather conditions undermining the country's efforts to reduce smog, an environment ministry spokesman said on Thursday. Air pollution rose by more than a quarter in parts of northern China in March, and the region has been hit by another bout of smog in the second half of April, which the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) has blamed on weak air circulation   Read More ...

• Wife of North Korea's Kim given "Respected First Lady" title

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has given his young, stylish wife the title of First Lady in what analysts say is a major boost to her status ahead of back-to-back summits with South Korea and the United States. Ri Sol Ju has often accompanied Kim to official events but made her first solo public appearance last weekend at a ballet performance by a visiting Chinese troupe   Read More ...

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  China says ready to deal with any fallout from US trade row

  BEIJING (REUTERS) - China is well prepared to handle any negative effects from its trade dispute with the United States, the Commerce Ministry said on Thursday (April 19), adding that China's tariff hikes on US imports will not have a big impact overall on its domestic industries. The United States would be making a miscalculation if it is determined to contain China's rise, ministry spokesman Gao Feng said at a regular media briefing in Beijing   Read More ...

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  China bans imports of 16 more scrap, waste products from end-2018

  BEIJING/SHANGHAI (REUTERS) - China will ban the imports of 16 more scrap metal and chemical waste products from the end of this year, the environment ministry said on Thursday (April 19). The 16 banned products include steel smelting slag containing more than 25 per cent of the metal manganese, and ethylene polymer waste, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said in a document published on its website   Read More ...

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  Doctors in China remove 9cm-long lighter from man's stomach after 20 years

  A Chinese man recently visited a hospital for stomach pains - only to have doctors discover a 9cm-long lighter sitting in his abdomen for some 20 years. Local broadcaster Jiangxi Television reported that the man in his 40s from Dujiangyan City, Sichuan province, had sought help at a local hospital, after suffering from long-term stomach pains and blood in his stool   Read More ...

• Japan, China must continue talks to truly improve bilateral relations

  The Yomiuri ShimbunIt is important for Japan and China to utilize momentum for improving their relations and steadily continue practical cooperation, thereby promoting mutual confidence building. Both nations must make sincere efforts in this respect. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks with visiting Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. “[Japan] will seek to expand [bilateral] relations in various areas,” the prime minister said   Read More ...

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  China releases 30 North Korean defectors: report

  China has released 30 North Korean defectors who some feared would be forcibly sent back to the reclusive state, Radio Free Asia reported Tuesday, citing a defector who has taken asylum in South Korea. The defector told the U.S.-funded broadcaster the previous day that the Chinese government freed them as it is concerned about criticism in the international community that Beijing deports North Korean defectors back to their home country, where they face severe punishment   Read More ...