• West Asia

    Wen Jia-bao Visits Saudi Arabia

    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L, front) attends the welcome ceremony held by Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal (R, front) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 14, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Xie Huanchi> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    People Rush in Hwacheon Sanchoneo Ice Festival

    People enjoy catching Seancheoneo in a river during 2012 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival in Hwacheon, South Korea, on Jan. 14, 2012. The Sancheoneo Ice Festival, under the slogan of “Unfrozen Hearts, Unforgettable Memories”, lasts from Jan. 7 to 29. <Photo: Xinhua/He Lulu> news@theasian.asia  

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  • East Asia

    Ma Gets Victory at Taiwanese Election

    Ma Ying-jeou (front, R), the incumbent Taiwan leader and chairman of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT), gestures as he declares his victory in the island’s leadership election in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, Jan. 14, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai> news@theasian.asia  

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  • East Asia

    A Scenery of Chinese Art Exhibition

    Visitors view Chinese painter Zhao Xucheng’s inkwash paintings at Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum in Nanjing City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Jan. 13, 2012. 2012 Jiangsu Traditional Chinese Painting Institute Art Exhibition and Zhao Xucheng Inkwash Painting Exhibition were held simultaneously in Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, showing more than 400 works.…

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  • West Asia

    Iranian Nuke Scientist Funeral

    People carry the coffin of Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan during a funeral ceremony in Tehran, on Jan. 13, 2012. Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan was killed in a car bomb attack in northern Tehran on Wednesday. <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz> news@theasian.asia

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  • West Asia

    Ban Ki-moon Visits Lebanon

    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) meets with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 13, 2012.  Ban Ki-moon arrived in Beirut on Friday with the aim of discussing a UN-backedp tribunal robing the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister, the unrest in Syria and the attacks on the…

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  • East Asia

    China-Turkmenistan, 20th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relationship

    Chinese President Hu Jintao’s special envoy Chen Zhili makes a speech at a reception in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Jan. 13, 2012. Chen Zhili held the reception to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Turkmenistan Friday. <Photo: Xinhua/Lu Jingli> news@theasian.asia      

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  • East Asia

    Katsuya Okada Accepts Japanese DPM

    Katsuya Okada (L), a former secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), arrives at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 13, 2012. Katsuya Okada was appointed as the deputy prime minister on Friday. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his Cabinet Friday to…

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  • West Asia

    Iranian President Waves to Equador People

    Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa (L) and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad greet residents from the balcony of the Carondelet Palace, in Quito, capital of Ecuador, on Jan. 12, 2012. Ahmadinejad arrived in Ecuador Thursday on the last leg of his Latin American tour. <Photo: Xinhua/Santiago Armas> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    Yuna Cheers to England Players

    South Korean Olympic Champion and Ambassador of Winter Youth Olympic Games (Winter YOG) Kim Yuna (C) pose with British youth atheletes Edward Carstairs (L) and Millie Paterson after a short experience communication at the Olympic World, main venue of the Winter YOG in Innsbruck, Austria, Jan. 12, 2012. The first…

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