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China takes new tack in maritime diplomacy

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Global Payments Expands China UnionPay Card Acceptance Service to Five Additional Asian Markets

Rescued Chinese hostage dies in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines – A Chinese man rescued after being held captive by al-Qaida-linked militants for three months in the southern Philippines has died of kidney complications just days after he was freed, police said Tuesday. Oscar Lu died in a Philippine…

Hello 2010

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Article by WN Guest Writer Daniel Escurel Occeno In the Chinese calendar the Year 2010 is the Year of the Tiger. The Chinese culture also believes in the Three Kings or the Three Wise Men. Wisdom is more important than gold, but I am forty-nine years old

RP eyes Taiwanese beach vacationers for holidays

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By Ayen Infante 11/27/2009 The country targets attracting more travelers from Taiwan in time for the long vacation during the Chinese New Year in 2010, according to the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco).

Businesses in Albay endorse casino operation

By Rhaydz B. Barcia, Correspondent LEGAZPI CITY: The opposition of the Diocese of Legazpi against the proposed casino is in vain after the Albay Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce Inc.

China Scraps Rule Mandating Censoring Software

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BEIJING – Chinese officials retreated on Thursday from a plan to install so-called anti-pornography software on every computer sold here, saying instead that internet cafes, schools and other public places must use the program, but that individual consumers will be spared. The industry and information technology minister, Li Yizhong, said the notion that the program, called Green Dam/Youth Escort, would be required on every new computer was “a misunderstanding” spawned by poorly written regulations. The ministry order, first issued last May 19, had stirred an outcry from Chinese internet users and foreign computer manufacturers alike, arguing that the software ran counter to China’s..

China lifts blockade around plague-stricken town

BEIJING – A blockade around a remote northwest Chinese town where deadly pneumonic plague killed three people and sickened nine was lifted after no new infections were reported, an official said Sunday. The blockade of Ziketan in an ethnically Tibetan area…

Costly U.S. campaign expected in Afghanistan

As the Obama administration expands U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, military experts are warning that the United States is taking on security and political commitments that will last at least a decade and a cost that will probably eclipse that of the Iraq war. Since the invasion of Afghanistan eight years ago, the United States has spent $223 billion on war-related funding for that country, according to the Congressional Research Service.

Typhoon Morakot hits China coast

Typhoon Morakot has hit the coastal areas of the Chinese mainland, where…

Nearly one million people flee China typhoon

BEIJING (AFP) – China rushed nearly one million people out of harm's away as Typhoon Morakot slammed into its coast Sunday after triggering Taiwan's worst flooding in 50 years, leaving at least four people dead. After also leaving tens of thousands trapped in Taiwan, the powerful storm landed in China's Fujian province at 4:20 pm (0820 GMT), the provincial meteorological bureau said

Strong earthquake shakes Tokyo area

TOKYO—A strong…

China coast battered by typhoon

BEIJING (Reuters) – A child was…

Bangladesh targets snake charmers

The Bangladesh health ministry has said it is planning to give new training to traditional healers and snake charmers. The move follows a survey by the ministry into snake bites, the largest ever…

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