China Focus: Straw burning shrouds central provinces
BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) — Grey haze was reported over a vast portion of central China on Tuesday, and is believed to have been caused by farmers burning straw. According to local environmental protection authorities, lingering haze has shrouded Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi and Jiangsu provinces since Monday. Hubei province witnessed the worst foggy weather […]
Protest By Spainish Miners Looks Like Waging A War
Miners launch handmade rockets to riot police officers, unseen, during clashes following a demonstration after blocking a motorway in Campomanes, Oviedo, Spain, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Strikes, road blockades, and mine sit-ins continue as 8,000 mineworkers at over 40 coal mines in northern Spain continue their protests against government action to cut coal subsidies. <AP/NEWSis> […]
UN Secretary-General awarded Seoul Peace Prize
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is “deeply honoured” over his selection as the 2012 winner of the Seoul Peace Prize, according to his spokesperson. “The Secretary-General regards this award as a recognition of the efforts of the United Nations and humbly accepts the 2012 Seoul Peace Prize on behalf of the United Nations,” his spokesperson said […]
UN Calls For Donation To Help Feed NK People
In this photo taken Sunday, April 8, 2012, North Koreans work near farming machinery next to a field on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea. The United Nations has called for $198 million in donations for 2012 – mostly to help feed the hungry but also to invest in programs designed to prevent the chronic […]
Legislature to vote on US beef amendments
The Legislative Yuan is scheduled to vote on the so-called beef amendments today. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus said yesterday it’s staging an unprecedented 120-hour filibuster that could kill the package. If passed, amendments to Act Governing Food Sanitation would relax Taiwan’s zero-tolerance policy against U.S. beef imports containing ractopamine. If no vote occurs […]
Major news in China on Jun 12: New action plan will safeguard human rights
Top news in <China Daily>: New action plan will safeguard human rights China will enforce measures to prevent extortion of confession by torture and collecting evidence through illegal methods, said a government action plan released on Monday. The National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2012-15), published by the State Council Information Office, pledges that […]
Major news in Japan on Jun 12: Translating smartphone is boon for DoCoMo
Top news in <Japan Times>: Translating smartphone is boon for DoCoMo This month, NTT DoCoMo Inc. began its second trial of a translation service that converts Japanese into 10 languages — English, Korean, Chinese, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Thai and Indonesian — and vice versa. Japan’s biggest telecom carrier said the service seems to have […]
Semi-trailer truck blamed for death of E.China bus driver
WUXI, Jiangsu, June 11 (Xinhua) — A red semi-trailer truck has been faulted in an accident that killed a bus driver in east China’s Jiangsu province on May 29, local authorities said Monday. It was confirmed that a piece of debris from a broken brake hub on the truck smashed the windshield on the bus […]
Sakadawa Festival In Tibet Attracts Tourists
Tourists visit the Jokhang Temple during Sakadawa Festival in Lhasa, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, June 11, 2012. The month-long Sakadawa Festival, which starts on the First Day of the Fourth Month of the Tibetan Calendar, is celebrated by Tibetan Buddhists to commemorate Sakyamuni’s birth, enlightenment and death. <Xinhua/Wen Tao> news@theasian.asia
China urges Japan to stop making new troubles over Diaoyu Islands
BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) — China on Monday urged Japan to stop causing new troubles over the Diaoyu Islands as reports say dozens of Japanese including several lawmakers had landed on the islands. “The Diaoyu Islands and their adjacent islets have been inherent parts of Chinese territory since ancient times, and China has indisputable sovereignty […]
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