All posts tagged "China"

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    China confirms first case of MERS, a South Korean man

    SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) — A South Korean man who left for China after showing symptoms of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was confirmed as a new case Friday, Seoul officials said, raising the total number...

    • Posted May 29, 2015
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  • Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan, left, poses with his South Korean counterpart Han Min-goo for photographers prior to a meeting at the Defense Ministry in Seoul. (AP Photo/Ed Jones, Pool)
    China’s military warns of ‘instability’ on Korean Peninsula

    BEIJING, May 26 (Yonhap) — China’s defense ministry said Tuesday that the Korean Peninsula is facing “instability and uncertainty” as it issued a White Paper on its military strategy. “The Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia are shrouded...

    • Posted May 26, 2015
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  • Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei urged all parties that are affected by the missile testings to remain calm. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    China urges restraint after N. Korea’s miniature nuclear warheads claim

    BEIJING, May 21 (Yonhap) – China Thursday called for restraint and efforts to ease tensions after North Korea claimed it has made nuclear warheads small enough to mount on missiles. China’s foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei made...

    • Posted May 21, 2015
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  • Actors re-enact the police crackdown on miniskirts in the 1970s during the Chungjang Recollection Festival in Gwangju, Wednesday. In those days, officers used rulers to measure women's skirts to make sure they were not "too short," but one restaurant in China is measuring them for a different reason. (Yonhap)
    Shorter skirts mean cheaper meals at China eatery

    A restaurant in China is offering discounts for women in short skirts. Yang Jia Hot Pot, in Jinan, east China, gives female customers discounts depending on how much skin they show from the knee up, the People’s...

    • Posted May 20, 2015
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  • Bus falls off cliff in northern China, killing 35 people

    BEIJING (AP) — A bus fell from a cliff in north-central China on Friday, killing 35 people on board, authorities said. Twenty-five people were killed instantly in Shaanxi province and 10 died in a hospital, the propaganda...

    • Posted May 15, 2015
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    News of N. Korea’s purge seemingly blocked on China’s Baidu

    BEIJING, May 14 (Yonhap) — The news of the purge and reported execution of North Korea’s defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, was not searchable on China’s dominant search engine Baidu Thursday, suggesting that China’s Internet authorities might have...

    • Posted May 15, 2015
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  • FILE - In this file photo taken July 16, 2014, a man stands near the razed remains of a Catholic church in a village in Pingyang county of Wenzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province. The Chinese province where authorities have forcibly removed hundreds of rooftop crosses from Protestant and Catholic churches has proposed a ban on any further placement of the religious symbol atop sanctuaries. (AP Photo/Didi Tang, File)
    Chinese province to ban rooftop Christian crosses

    BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese province where authorities have forcibly removed hundreds of rooftop crosses from skylines of cities and towns has proposed a ban on any further placement of the religious symbol atop sanctuaries at both...

    • Posted May 8, 2015
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