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East Asia
Chinese Students Prepare For College Entrance Exam At Cram Schools
Gao Biao reads while washing his feet in his dorm at a full-time “cram school” in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province, May 24, 2012. Every year, tens of millions of Chinese high school graduates rejoice or lament after taking highly competitive college entrance exams. Those who fail the test are…
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Major news in Japan on Jun 4
Top news in <Japan Times>: More developed leukemia if both parents exposed to A-bomb news@theasian.asia
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Major news in China on Jun 4: Emotional farewell to hero bus driver in E China
Top news in <Peoples English>: Emotional farewell to hero bus driver in E China news@theasian.asia
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Chinese Kungfu Shown In Israeli Festival
Performers from China Poly Agency perform “Kungfu Revelations: 9 scrolls” at Jerusalem Theater during Israel Festival on May 31, 2012. The Israel Festival was founded in 1961 as a summer music festival taking place in the ancient Roman theatre in Caesarea and was adopted in 1982 as Israeli national festival.…
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Major news in Japan on Jun 1
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Ministry starts dress-down “Super Cool Biz” to save power in office news@theasian.asia
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Major news in China on Jun 1: Rural children face nutrition gap
Top news in <CNTV>: Rural children face nutrition gap news@theasian.asia
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World No Tobacco Day Observed
An Indian man smokes ‘bidi’, a small hand-rolled cigarette on the eve of ” No Tobacco Day” in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Bidis are popular among poor Indians because they are significantly cheaper. A packet of 10 costs about 2 rupees (about 5 US cents; 0.03 euro) while…
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Major news in China on May 31
Top news in <Peoples Daily>: China vows to ensure national sovereignty news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Japan on May 31
Top news in <Japan Times>: Kansai governors: Oi reactors restart is state’s call news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
NK Opera Group In China For Two-Month Long Road-Show
DANDONG, May 29, 2012 (Xinhua) — Singers of the Sea of Blood opera group of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) arrive in Dandong, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, May 28, 2012. A 175-member crew of DPRK’s Sea of Blood opera group arrived in Liaoning’s Dandong City on May 28…
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