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China, Nepal To Discuss Joint Military Exercises

China's defence minister will arrive in Nepal later Tuesday for talks on joint military exercises, a meeting that will...

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China Watches Hong Kong Vote As Protests Threatened

Hong Kong will select a new leader on Sunday in a vote skewed towards Beijing that has once more opened up the city's...

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Young Chinese Jet Set Shop At Hong Kong’s Art Basel

Huang Xiaoshuai and his wife last year splashed out $70,000 for a large painting of fish by Oscar-winning actor Adrien...

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Singapore Court Denies Full Compensation To Woman In IVF Mix-Up

A Singaporean woman inseminated with a stranger's sperm in a startling in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) mistake cannot be...

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China Denies Plans To Build On Disputed Shoal

China Wednesday denied plans to build an environmental monitoring station on a disputed shoal near the Philippines'...

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Hong Kong Leader Must Cooperate With China

Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing said Wednesday he would vote for the candidate who is willing to cooperate with...

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Bayern Munich Opens China Office

German powerhouse Bayern Munich opened a Shanghai office Wednesday in a bid to capitalise on China's vast fan base and...

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US To Host Summer Manchester Derby

Manchester City will play Manchester United in a pre-season friendly in the United States on 20 July. A venue is still...

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S. Korea Returns Chinese Soldiers’ Remains Despite THAAD Row

Seoul on Wednesday repatriated the remains of 28 Chinese soldiers killed in the Korean War, despite a heated row...

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Minister Pledges To Abolish Negative Cultural Practices

The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Rockson Ayine Bukari has pledged to work closely with traditional,religious...

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Swiss Watch Exports Tumble Ahead of Basel Trade Fair

The world's biggest watch fair will open in Switzerland this week, even as slumping exports of luxury Swiss timepieces...

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Chinese Police ‘admit Torture’ of Dead Suspect

Police in central China's Henan province have issued a rare statement admitting that some officers may have tortured a...

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Face Recognition Flushes Out China’s Toilet Paper Crooks

A years-long crime spree by Chinese toilet paper thieves may have reached the end of its roll after park officials in...

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Beijing Installs Facial Recognition In Toilets To Combat Tissue Theft

Public toilets in Beijing are deploying facial recognition technology to stop tissue paper thieves. At the Temple of...

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Taiwan Launches Submarine Project In Face of China Threat

Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen launched the island's first ever home-grown submarine project Tuesday in the face of...

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China Overtakes Japan In S.Koreans’ Worst Countries List

The row between Seoul and Beijing over the deployment of a US missile defence system has seen China overtake even...

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Life Bans For China’s Marathon Cheats

China will ban marathon cheats for life to clamp down on scandals that have dogged the fast-growing sport, which saw...

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Calls For Hong Kong To Get More Creative

Hong Kong will see a creative surge as Art Basel comes to town, but there's a push for a more permanent change to the...

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North Korea Not Afraid of US Military Strike

North Korea said Monday it is not frightened by US threats of possible pre-emptive military action to halt its nuclear...