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East Asia
Heaviest rainstorm in five years hit central China’s Hubei Province
Two elders walk across a flooded road in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, July 7, 2013. Wuhan was hit by the heaviest rainstorm in five years from Saturday to Sunday. The local meteorologic center has issued red alert for rainstorm for many times in sequence. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Cheng Min>
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S. Korean airplane crashs while landing at San Francisco Int’l Airport, 2 dead
A federal safety official said Sunday the cockpit voice recorder from Asiana Flight 214 showed the jetliner received a warning that it could stall because it was flying too slowly and tried to increase its speed before it crashed. National Transportation Safety Board chief Deborah Hersman said at a news…
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East Asia
N. Korea’s 2002 reforms have lasting consequences
Half-forgotten N. Korean economic reforms not to be overlooked One of the important peculiarities of North Korea is its stubborn unwillingness to take the reform path trodden thus far by Vietnam and China. Due to a number of political and social reasons, for decades the North Korean government has worked…
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East Asia
China and Pakistan vow to promote their partnership to higher level
China and Pakistan on Thursday hailed their traditional friendship and pledged to promote their all-weather partnership to a higher level. China and Pakistan are “good neighbors, friends, partners as well as brothers,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said when conferring with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday in Beijing. He…
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China-Russia joint naval drills held in the East Sea or the Sea of Japan
The destroyer Shenyang and comprehensive supply ship Hongze Lake are seen during Sino-Russian joint naval drills held in the sea of Japan, July 4, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Wang Dongming> The soldiers from destroyer Shenyang observe the distance between two vessels during Sino-Russian joint naval drills held in the sea of Japan, July…
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East Asia
[Asia Round-up] In danger of being a nation run by thieves
Editor’s note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. Positive reinforcement more effective than physical punishment [Nepal, The Kathmandu Post, 05-07-2013] Recently, in a private school in Hirminiya, Banke of mid-western Nepal, a teacher hurled a textbook at eight-year-old Ajaya Dhobi for not finishing his…
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Japan kicks off campaign for July 21 House of Councillors election
Japan on Thursday officially kicked off the election campaign for the House of Councillors, the upper house in the Diet, with ruling coalition’s vow to retake the chamber. Half of the 242 seats in the upper house are up for grabs every three year under the combination of constituencies and…
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East Asia
South China tiger cubs play at central China’s Wangcheng Park
Photo taken on April 23, 2013 shows south China tiger cubs playing at the Wangcheng Park in Luoyang, central China’s Henan Province. A female south China tiger in the park gave birth to three cubs on March 21, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Gao Shanyue> A south China tiger cub is seen at the…
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East Asia
How social exchanges can help solve North Korea problem
North Korea is not an ordinary country. It is a major problem for the international community that has been remarkably resistant to solutions over the last two decades. Since the early 1990s, when the North Korean nuclear problem first emerged, the US and, more broadly, the international community has oscillated…
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N. Korea urges US to accept its offer for dialogue to ease tensions
North Korea’s top diplomat said Tuesday that the U.S. must accept its offer for dialogue without preconditions if it wants to ease tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula. He drew a quick rebuttal from his South Korean counterpart, who said the international community has made clear that Pyongyang must give…
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