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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 20, 2014
22 dead in attack on Han Chinese market in Xinjiang, report says
Four Uighur men armed with knives and explosives attacked a marketplace in northwestern China's Xinjiang region on Oct. 12, leaving 22 people dead, including police officers, Radio Free Asia said Sunday. The attackers were among the dead.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 20, 2014
Hopes to end deadlock in Hong Kong hang on Tuesday talks
A deepening sense of impasse gripped Hong Kong as pro-democracy protests entered their fourth week, with the government having limited options to end the crisis and demonstrators increasingly willing to confront police.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 19, 2014
Abe Yasukuni offering followed by China coast guard visit to Senkakus
Chinese boats sail into waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe angers Beijing by sending an offering to Yasukuni Shrine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 19, 2014
Western sanctions force Russia to aid China's rise; Beijing may acquire advanced weapons
Defying his former enemies in the United States and Europe may force Russian President Vladimir Putin to aid the ascent of his biggest rival in the east.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 18, 2014
China files formal protest over Yasukuni Shrine visits by three of Abe's ministers
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Saturday lodged a protest with Japan's embassy in Beijing over the visit by three Cabinet ministers to Yasukuni Shrine, Japanese diplomats said.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 17, 2014
Abe greets Chinese Premier Li at Asia-Europe summit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe exchanged greetings with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday during a gathering of Asian and European leaders, a senior government official said Friday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 17, 2014
Don't overstate Japan 'danger'
Chinese allegations that the Abe government is moving toward a militarist foreign policy demonstrate China's inability or unwillingness to acknowledge that current Chinese behavior contributes to the enhancements in Japanese security policy that China wishes to avoid.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2014
China should act as umbrella revolution folds
If Beijing learns anything from the biggest protests against its authority since the British returned the keys to Hong Kong in 1997, it should be that Hong Kongers want competent leaders, not cronies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 17, 2014
Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni; several lawmakers visit shrine
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sends another Shinto offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, signaling he will skip its autumn festival to raise his chances of meeting China's leader.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2014
U.S.-China skirmishes beg for guidelines on 'spying'
What do the dangerous encounters at sea and in the air between Chinese and American ships and aircraft have in common, and how can they be prevented or managed?
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2014
Japan jets scrambling to counter rising Russian incursions
The number of times Japanese fighter jets scrambled to ward off Russian military aircraft more than doubled in the last six months, amid diplomatic tensions between the two countries which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is keen to ease.
WORLD
Oct 16, 2014
EU, China agree to step up cooperation against terrorism
Leaders from China and the European Union agreed to step up cooperation to counter extremism and terrorism in the Middle East and Africa, the EU said on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 16, 2014
China likely set to expel disgraced security chief from party
China's disgraced former domestic security chief, Zhou Yongkang, looks set to be expelled from the ruling Communist Party at a key meeting next week, sources said, possibly paving the way for his formal prosecution.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 16, 2014
China blocks BBC website as Hong Kong tensions rise
Chinese censors have blocked the website of Britain's national broadcaster, the BBC said in a statement late on Wednesday, as tensions rise in Hong Kong between pro-democracy protesters and police.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 15, 2014
China's ambassador urges Japan to overcome 'political hurdles' for warmer ties
China's ambassador to Japan on Wednesday urged Tokyo to resolve historical and territorial issues to improve bilateral ties, while declining to comment on the possibility of a much-anticipated summit on the sidelines of an international conference in Beijing in November.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 15, 2014
Veteran Japanese diplomat sent to China on secret mission
The trip to Beijing in mid-September was meant to help lay groundwork for an official summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping, sources said.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 15, 2014
Komeito chief calls on Takaichi not to visit Yasukuni
Komeito to Takaichi: avoid Yasukuni
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 15, 2014
China rebukes Taiwan for 'irresponsible' comments on Hong Kong
China's top body in charge of relations with Taiwan rebuked the self-ruled island on Wednesday for officials' "irresponsible" comments on the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong, and took an apparent swipe at the protests that often happen in democratic Taiwan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 15, 2014
Chinese company says its Ebola drug could get early approval
A Chinese drugmaker with close military ties is seeking fast-track approval for a drug that it says can cure Ebola as China joins the race to help treat a deadly outbreak of the disease, which has spread from Africa to the United States and Europe.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 15, 2014
China to push creation of APEC-wide free trade zone by 2025
China will be calling for a commitment by the leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum toward the creation of a Pacific-rim free trade area by 2025.

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