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China takes precautions as MERS virus spreads in South KoreaAfter its handling of SARS and swine flu in 2002 and 2012, China appears to have learned lessons on how to manage public health crises. In South Korea, the number of confirmed MERS cases has reached 95.聽
As China knocks down 海角大神 crosses, the faithful restore themIn Zhejiang Province authorities have knocked down more than 450 crosses from official Protestant churches in an anti-海角大神 campaign. On June 8 they demolished a large edifice in Yanxie near Wenling. But many parishioners are not accepting the change.
FocusOn China's campuses, scholars battle ideology and red tapeMore academics say their work is coming under a cloud that has Mao-era features as President Xi Jinping tightens the screws on independent thought.聽
China cruise ship righted in search for more victimsWith 103 confirmed dead and 339 missing, the capsizing is likely to become the country's deadliest boat disaster in seven decades.
Recovery effort continues for capsized Chinese cruise shipMore bodies were recovered Thursday, but many more are expected to be found in the coming days.
Exiled Tiananmen student leaders find that home remains out of bounds26 years ago, pro-democracy protesters filled Tiananmen Square for weeks before government troops brutally dispersed them. Student leaders who fled into exile did not dream then that they would never be allowed to return.
China ship disaster: Why retirees take 'red setting sun' cruisesChinese retirees are increasingly targeted as tourists on cheap but highly prized visits to sites like the Three Gorges Dam.聽
China ship rescue: 'We will treat them as our own,' official tells relativesHundreds of mostly elderly passengers and crew are still missing, with some possibly trapped inside the hull, after a Chinese cruise ship capsized on the Yangtze River, en route to the Three Gorges Dam.
Search continues for survivors in Yangtze River shipwreckHundreds are still missing after a cruise ship carrying more than 400 people capsized in China's Yangtze River on Tuesday.
Yangtze River ship sinks in China: More than 450 on boardYangtze River ship sinks:聽Fifteen people have reportedly been rescued from the ship that聽sank overnight in the Yangtze River. More than 450 people were on board.
Puffing dragon: China's new smoking ban faces economic blowbackBeijing now forbids smoking indoors. But the government agency charged with carrying out the ban also owns the company that makes and sells cigarettes.聽
Myanmar should give citizenship to Rohingya Muslims, US official saysSince early May, more than 4,600 boat people from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been brought ashore from Southeast Asian waters. Some are Rohingya Muslims who have fled persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, which has denied them basic rights.- How will US respond to China's artificial islands?US Defense Secretary Ash Carter sharply condemned Saturday the artificial island-building by China in the聽South聽China聽Sea.
- Powerful earthquake rocks Japan, but no tsunamiJapan was shaken by a magnitude 8.5 earthquake Saturday. 聽There were no reports of significant damage or injuries.聽
In Japan's bid for 'world heritage' sites, Korea sees denial of historyJapan wants 23 locales to be designated as UNESCO sites for their role in the founding of modern Japan. But Korea says seven of them used forced labor during World War II, and should be dropped from the bid.聽
Popularity carries a sting for China's exiled 'Rebel Pepper' cartoonistSatirist Wang Liming had close to a million social-media followers in China until he drew President Xi Jinping as a steamed bun. Now he's under threat at home and exiled in Japan.聽
Hong Kong paper loses four top voices: A pro-China 'putsch'?Critics say that cutting four prominent columnists at the聽South China Morning Post has diminished聽Hong Kong's status as a champion of press freedom.
Deceived and ransomed: Rohingya refugees huddle in Indonesia'I didn鈥檛 know it was going to be like this,' says Mohammad Idiris, a Rohingya Muslim speaking from a refugee camp in Aceh. 'If I had known, I would have stayed in Myanmar.'
Can women end Korean War? After DMZ crossing, Gloria Steinem says 'Yes'Ms. Steinem was one of 30 women activists, including Nobel laureates Mairead Maguire and Leymah Gbowee, who crossed the demilitarized zone between the North and South on Sunday. Protesters say their campaign was naive.
Peace activists and Gloria Steinem ready to cross Korea DMZMarchers from Pyongyang to Seoul include two Nobel laureates and are facing criticism after Ms. Steinem said it was 'bananas' to criticize North Korea over human rights. The march is due to start Sunday.
