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East Asia
Kazakh atomic company and China strengthen nuclear cooperation
China last week, the CEO of Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom, Askar Zhumagaliyev, met with the CEO of CITIC GROUP Corporation Chang Zhenming. The heads of the companies discussed further implementation of joint Kazakhstan–China projects as well as the attraction of investments to the nuclear sector of Kazakhstan, Kazatomprom said,…
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People’s Daily calls for ‘dual-track approach’ in addressing the South China Sea issue
China will persist in a “dual-track approach” in dealing with the South China Sea disputes and maintain a broader picture of China-ASEAN ties, the People’s Daily said in an editorial on Tuesday. The article was published after the Think Tank Seminar on South China Sea and Regional Cooperation and…
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Dialogue and cooperation vital to handling of South China Sea issue
By Ding Zi, Yu Yichun, Yang Ou and Zhang Zhiwen from People’s Daily Parties concerned over the issue of the South China Sea should return to the healthy track of using dialogue to resolve disputes and join hands to promote regional cooperation and development, experts said during the “Think…
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China’s historic rights over South China Sea islands irrefutable: experts
Chen Shangwen – People’s Daily China’s irrefutable territorial sovereignty and maritime interests and rights over the South China Sea will by no means be negated by the so-called ruling issued by an arbitration tribunal, noted a group of experts, refuting the award as illegal and invalid. Backed by ample historical…
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Russian Eastern Military District air defense drills involve 3,000 troops
A large-scale field exercise of the air defense units of Russia’s Eastern Military District has started in the Khabarovsk, Primorsky, Trans-Baikal, Kamchatka Territories, in the Republic of Buryatia, in the Amur, Sakhalin and Jewish Autonomous regions on July 13. The drills involve more than 3,000 troops and 500 units of…
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Georgia and Japan to implement common project
The Project for Provision of Medical Equipment to Georgia Red Cross Primary Health Clinic in Dedoplistskaro (Georgia), which was implemented within the framework of “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects” of the Government of Japan. The Opening Ceremony was held in the town of Dedoplistskaro (Georgia) on 8 July…
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East Asia
The Jedol Day of Korea
Jaecheon Choi (Professor at the Ecological Sciences Department of Ewha Women’s University, Dean of the National Ecology Institute) – July 17th is Constitution Day. The day was promulgated as a national holiday in 1949 to celebrate the first anniversary of the Republic of Korea as a constitutional republic. July 17th…
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Disbanding the Korean Imperial Army
Min Byung Don (ROK Reserve Army General) – On a rainy morning on August 1st 1907, Commander Yang Sung Hwan and his cavalry, artillery, and infantry officers of the Imperial Guards were summoned to the office of Hasegawa, the Japanese Imperial Army Commander. There, the Minister of the Military, Lee Byung…
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Chinese, US experts call for more rationality on the South China Sea issue
By Zhang Niansheng, Wang Rujun, Zhang Penghui, Chen Lidan and Gao Shi from the People’s Daily At a forum on the South China Sea issue held on Tuesday in Washington DC, dozens of veteran Chinese and US experts urged China and the US to prevent the issue from damaging overall Sino-US ties by managing their differences in…
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US experts: bilateral negotiation better way to settle South China Sea disputes
(Liao Zhengjun, Zhang Penghui of People’s Daily) – The South China Sea arbitration unilaterally initiated by the Philippines was a weak substitute for realistic but honest foreign policy, and the US should have urged the Philippines to return to a diplomatic resolution, an American expert on foreign policy said. Abraham…
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