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East Asia
China and India count down to joint military drill
China and India will launch a two-week joint military drill on Tuesday, the first exercise of its kind since the two Asian giants were locked in a tense border stand-off in the Himalayas 18 months ago. Analysts said the drill could help rebuild trust between the two countries’ militaries, but…
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India’s Strong Man: Narendra Modi Remains an Authoritarian at Heart
Narendra Modi became prime minister of India in 2014, with a consummate mastery of political communication and a superficial nod to democratic language. Two of his favorite phrases translated into something like this: “Summon the Power of 1.25 billion Indians,” and “Everyone Together, Everyone’s Progress.” Like a Napoleonic figure, he…
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US-China trade war ‘just tip of iceberg’: Jack Ma
The ongoing trade war between China and the United States is just the tip of the iceberg hiding deeper, underlying tensions between the world’s two largest economies and the real problem lies in their fraught bilateral relations, the executive chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba said on Wednesday. “Even if the…
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Dusted Black Santa did one-man protest at COP24s of the Poland Climate Change Convention
Special guest who came to urge the seriousness of usage of fossil fuel At 9 am (local time, GMT+1) on Dec. 10th, at the 24th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Katowice, Poland, Art Performance type of Protest urging for the end of the fossil fuel era. At 9…
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Abe’s advice to Xi meeting Trump at trade war dinner
When Chinese President Xi Jinping sat across the table from his US counterpart Donald Trump in Argentina last weekend, he exuded quiet confidence and impressed the Americans with a detailed presentation that led to a truce in the trade war between the two countries. But a month earlier at a…
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Korail under fire after yet another accident
Saturday’s derailment of a Seoul-bound KTX train from Gangneung has brought state-owned railroad operator KORAIL under heavy public scrutiny, as it was the 10th accident on Korail tracks in three weeks. The accident, which left 15 injured, came just three days after Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon paid a special visit…
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Top Huawei executive arrested in Canada at US request
The chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei has been arrested in Canada. Canada’s Department of Justice said Wednesday (local time) that Meng Wanzhou, 46, who is also the deputy chair of the company’s board and the daughter of its founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Vancouver on Dec.…
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Women-only taxi service to roll out by year-end
New taxi services in Seoul tailored to women will roll out by the end of the year. The service is aimed at transporting women safely and tackling the problem of sexual harassment and assault in taxis. Along with the women-only cab service, call taxis will be offered to prevent taxi drivers…
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Spanish Newspaper Pledges to Become Bridge of Spain-China Friendship
Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Spain, his signed article titled “Joining Hands for New Splendor in the New Era” was published on Nov.27 on Spanish newspaper ABC in two full pages. A day before that, People’s Daily reporters paid a visit to the Spanish newspaper to…
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Xi’s visit a promise of intensified China-Spain ties: Spanish ambassador
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Spain is an expression of the close relations both sides have and also a promise that these relations will be intensified in the future, Spanish Ambassador to China Rafael Dezcallar said in an interview with People’s Daily before Xi kicked off his trip.…
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