First, let’s be clear: China and Vietnam are not about to go to war. But the current atmosphere of tensions, outlined by Beijing correspondent Austin Ramzy last week, leads one to wonder. On June 13, Vietnam…
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“I am a normal person. I have no crime or illegal petition”, Qian Mingqi’s micro blog said. “But I step on a road I don’t want to step on”. The words might have been those…
SINGAPORE – Vietnamese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh said on Friday that disputes with China over the South China Sea should be solved without any interference from a third party. He made the statement when…
BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) — As the Duanwu (Dragon Boat) Festival is to fall on Monday, Chinese housewives spent Saturday wrapping up glutinous rice with reed leaves or buying red-made rice balls at restaurants and…
WUHAN/CHANGSHA, June 4 (Xinhua) — Most of the drought-hit cities in central and southern China embraced moderate to heavy rain Saturday, bringing hope to end the worst drought in six decades in the middle and…
Masdar F Masíudi uttered an interesting opinion during the discussion “Dismantling the Root of Terrorism” in Jakarta earlier this week. According to the PBNU official, China opposes the hegemony of the United States not with…
BERLIN, May 30 (Xinhua) — The German government announced early Monday a plan to shut down all its 17 nuclear power plants by 2022 after a twelve-hour discussion within the ruling coalition. Environment Minister Norbert…
Day 70 Of Libyan War: 8,444 NATO Air Missions, 3,229 Combat Flights! Non-Aligned Movement Conference: Cuba Condemns NATO Attacks Against Libya As International Crime NATO Defies Africa By Intensifying Bombardment Of Libya Britain Deploys Helicopter…
The top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Jong Il, has wrapped up his unofficial visit to China. The 6 day trip, which began on May 20th, saw Kim hold talks with…
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Shiite militia fighters led a massive rally of followers of a hard-liner anti-American cleric on Thursday, marching in Baghdad in a show of defiance as Iraqi leaders weigh whether to keep U.S….