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East Asia
Water Sprayer Turned To Keep People Cool In China
Passengers queue under spraying equipment at the Lingyin bus station in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, July 2, 2012. The spraying equipment of the station was turned on to create a comfortable waiting condition for passengers in hot weather. <Xinhua/Wu Huang> news@theasian.asia
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Apple To Pay $60 Mil. To Settle Dispute In China
Photo taken on July 2, 2012 shows an iPad 2 displaying the news about iPad trademark dispute in an Apple store in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Apple Inc. has agreed to pay 60 million U.S. dollars to Proview technology (Shenzhen) to settle the dispute over the iPad…
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Chengjiang Fossil Of China Listed World Heritage
Photo taken on June 18, 2012 shows the Chengjiang Fossile in Chengjiang County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. The Chengjiang Fossil of China was included into the World Heritage List at the 36th World Heritage Conference held in St. Petersburg, Russia on Sunday. <Xinhua/Qin Qing> news@theasian.asia моментальные займы через интернет
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Major news in China on Jun 29: Leftover men to be a big problem
Top news in <People Daily>: Leftover men to be a big problem The sex ratio at birth has been rising in the past 30 years The sex ratio at birth is also known as newborn infant sex ratio. Under natural circumstances, the ratio of every 100 newborn girls to 103…
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Major news in Japan on Jun 29: Japan considering taxing music, books downloaded from overseas sites
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Japan considering taxing music, books downloaded from overseas sites The Finance Ministry is considering imposing the consumption tax on electronic books, music and other contents downloadable from websites operated by overseas vendors, sources close to the issue said Friday. The ministry is eyeing taxing these…
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Foreign Journalists Feel What Division Is At DMZ
Foreign journalists pose with a military police when they visited Dorasan Station, located nearest to the DMZ dividing South and North Korea, in Paju, Geyong-gi province, as part of their DMZ tour Sunday (June 24). The foreign journalists visited Seoul to attend the International Media Conference held at Yonsei University on June 22-24.…
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NK Military Band Comforts Farmers With Music
In this photo taken Wednesday, June 6, 2012, North Korean military band members perform for peasants working on a field in Hwanggumpyong, near the border town of Sinuiju in North Korea seen from across the border with China in Dandong, northeastern China’s Liaoning province. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Hu Talks With Chinese Astronauts In Space
Scientists sit in front of a screen showing the Chinese astronauts who are conducting scientific tests in Tiangong-1 space lab module talking to Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China, on June 26, 2012. Hu came to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center…
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Self-Burning By Tibetans Rekindled Against Chinese Rule
In this image made from amateur video footage released by the Tibetan Youth Congress, a Tibetan runs in flames in his self-immolation to protest against Chinese rule, on a street in Yushu prefecture in China’s Qinghai province Wednesday, June 20, 2012. The exile group released a graphic video showing two…
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Badain Jaran Desert Harbors Striking Sceneries
Photo taken on June 19, 2012 shows scenery of the Badain Jaran Desert in Alashan of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Badian Jaran Desert is 47,000 square km and sparsely populated. It is famous for having the tallest stationary sand dunes in the world. Some dunes reach a…
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