• East Asia

    Season of Tea Harvest in China

    HANGZHOU — A worker picks Xihu Longjing tea leaves on a plantation near the West Lake in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 5, 2012. Harvest of the Xihu Longjing tea, considered the most authentic of all Longjing varieties, will be carried out in full swing starting from…

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    Enjoying Cherry Blossom on Rickshaw

    TOKYO — Visitors ride a rickshaw under cherry blossom trees in Asakusa of Tokyo, capital of Japan, on April 5, 2012. <Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    Camera Catches Wild Leopards

    CHANGCHUN, China — Photo taken with an infrared camera on March 31, 2012 shows an endangered wild amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) at the Hunchun state-level nature reserve in Hunchun, northeast China’s Jilin Province. Two Siberian tigers and two amur leopards were filmed here from March 26 to April 3, according…

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    Endangered Tiger Caught in Camera

    CHANGCHUN, China — Photo taken with an infrared camera on March 26, 2012 shows an endangered wild Siberian tiger (panthera tigris altaica) at the Hunchun state-level nature reserve in Hunchun, northeast China’s Jilin Province. Two Siberian tigers and two amur leopards were filmed here from March 26 to April 3, according to…

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    Major news in China on April 5 2012

    Top news in <CNTV>:  Psychological burden hindering body donations in China news@theasian.asia

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    Major news in Japan on April 5 2012

    Top news in <Japan Today>: Strong yen encouraging production outside Japan news@theasian.asia

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    An Extracurricular Activity in NK

    SAMJIYON, North Korea — In this Tuesday, April 3, 2012 photo, North Korean students practice playing accordions at the Samjiyon Schoolchildren’s Palace in Samjiyon, North Korea. The facility was built for children to take part in after school programs in the arts, sciences, sports, computer and vocational training. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    [China Now] Disappointment grows among Chinese football fans

    This article was compiled from the story of Li Yang, reporter of the China Daily, about people’s growing disappointment of Chinese fooball. His story was carried on the Peoples’ Daily Online on April 01, 2012.  Chinese people have started to have essimistic attitude toward the Chinese football lately. They think that Chinese Super League…

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    Paying Tribute to Fallen Chinese Soldiers in Korean War

      PYONGYANG — Staff members of the Chinese Embassy to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) stand in silent tribute at a martyrs cemetery to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the Chinese People’s Volunteers during the 1950-1953 Korean War in Pyongyang, capital of DPRK, on April 4, 2012, Chinese…

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    Major news in China on April 4 2012

    Top news in <People’s Daily>: Full text of Li Keqiang’s speech at opening ceremony of Boao Forum news@theasian.asia

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