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WWII plane crash records surface decades after Charleroi veta s mission
The C-46 involved in a crash in which Thomas Beveridge survived during World War II prepares earlier to land at a U.S. airfield in China.
Chinese rail industry to see more orders
Booming demand for urban rail transit from an increasing number of Chinese cities would reignite the railway equipment industry, the China Securities Journal reported Friday.
100-year-old former pilot remembers his flight with Jimmy Doolittle
Moon Chin, a pilot with the China National Aviation Company, did not know why he was told to pick up the American that day in April 1942 and ferry him to Calcutta.
PLA snipers conclude training assembly
More than 200 snipers from the Chinese People's Liberation Army concluded a 40-day training assembly on Wednesday.
A meeting of directors of Thai trade offices in overseas markets, chaired by Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, yesterday acknowledged that exports would increase by only 5 per cent this year, down from the previous target of 8-9 per cent.
That is how Myanmar is being portrayed, and not without reason. For both China and the United States, the stakes couldn't be higher.
Subway opens in SW China's Kunming
A subway line opened Monday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, the first to be built in the area.
Round-table Talks Held with Inhabitants upon Their Return Home from South
Round-table talks with inhabitants of the DPRK were held at the Koryo Compatriots House on Friday upon their return home from south Korea to which they had been taken due to south Korean puppet agents' sinister plots and allurement and appeasement.
Carlsberg faces Chinese challenge in booming Yunnan beer market
Aktiefokus estimates that Carlsberg's Yunnan beer market share has fallen from 50%+ in 2003 to around the low 30s in 2013 Danish multinational brewer Carlsberg, which once held a solid market share in the Southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan, is facing tough competition from new entrants and existing competitors desiring a share of the region's ... (more)
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of May 17, 2013
Former police officer Abner Afuang burns a replica of Taiwan's national flag as he protests against the mistreatment of Filipinos working overseas, along a main street of Manila on May 17, 2013.
Chinese Environmental Protesters Demand Transparency
Chinese demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against a planned refinery project in downtown Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan province, May 16, 2013.
Record number of CU-Boulder students receive Fulbright awards
The 2013 University of Colorado students who have received Fulbright offers and their destination countries are: Ulyana Horodyskyj, Nepal; Renee Payne, Brazil; Elise Pizzi, China; Sean Planchard, Spain; Ian Rowen, Taiwan; Amelia Schubert, China; Eric Simley, Denmark; Levin Sliker, Italy; Marin Toscano, China; Andrea Watson, Chile; Claire Waugh, ... (more)
Residents shout 'Protest!' over refinery in China
More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a petroleum refinery, in a large environmental rally that local authorities allowed to go forward in order to let the public vent frustration.
Chinese police crack down on anti-refinery protests
Chinese security forces staged a massive crackdown in the center of a provincial capital city Thursday to prevent protests against the construction of a chemical plant, witnesses said.
Residents protest refinery plan in southern China
About 2,000 demonstrators concerned about pollution have taken to the streets in southern China to protest plans for a planned refinery on the outskirts of the city of Kunming.
New protest in Chinese city over planned chemical plant
Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Chinese city of Kunming on Thursday to protest against the planned production of a chemical at a refinery, the second demonstration this month against the project.
Revealed: It wasn't a UFO, but China's rocket gathering atmospheric data
Residents in cities across the mainland, and including Hong Kong, reacted with alarm on Monday when they saw this apparition high in the skies above Sichuan, as seen in this image taken by a Hong Kong resident.
Measures promised to tackle refinery waste
Yunnan provincial officials said on Tuesday that new facilities will be installed to tackle wastewater and exhaust gas at a controversial oil refinery in Kunming, the provincial capital, and promised to keep a close eye on the air quality there.
Officials vow to stop rally over Kunming chemical plant
Kenji Fujimoto was accepted into Kim Jong-il's inner circle during a 13-year stint serving North Korea's first family.
Work with Red Cross to get boost
China is willing to strengthen cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross, President Xi Jinping said during a meeting with Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC.