The Philippine government has protested what it calls “provocative and illegal presence” of two Chinese surveillance vessels and a military ship within its exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea and called on Beijing to respect Manila’s sovereignty over its waters.
Hong Kong stocks fell 126.66 points, or 0.54 percent, to close at 23,366.37 on Tuesday.
China’s stock index futures closed higher on Monday, with the contract for June 2013, the most actively traded, up 0.70 percent from the previous trading day to 2,593.8 points.
Power breaker Jeffrey de Luna and fellow Pinoy Johann Gonzales Chua posted separate victories in the 2013 China 9-Ball Open in Shanghai, China.
US delivery provider FedEx said Thursday it would donate 1 million yuan (about USD162,000)to help with relief efforts in China after the devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Sichuan Province last month.
Australia and the United States should cooperate with China in areas that support Pacific Island priorities rather than building any new security or diplomatic arrangements designed to compete with it, a new study from the Lowy Institute for International Policy said Thursday.
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Wednesday that addressing the issue of the perilous plight of North Koreans who have fled their totalitarian country is one of the top priorities for his government.
Fiji will host a five-day international meeting which will see local and international sugar research personnel sharing information on “erianthus”, a sugar hybrid, the government announced Wednesday.
U.S. special representative on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) policy Glyn Davies will visit China on Wednesday, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
A sheep implanted with a new type of artificial heart developed by Chinese scientists using cutting-edge aerospace technology has lived for 62 days thus far, the heart’s developers announced on Monday.
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