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First LookWhy Chinese school kids face a treacherous cliff-face commuteLocal Chinese authorities said they will build steel stairs after images of rural school children forced to climb down a more that 2,600-foot mountain side to get to class caught international attention.
For Japanese, Obama's Hiroshima visit is historic 鈥� but complicatedObama will tour Hiroshima's Peace Museum Friday, a move strongly supported by survivors of the first atomic bomb. But the trip has stirred up tough questions about how Japan treats its own history.
President Obama's balancing act during visit to JapanThe US president hopes to help heal wounds from World War II atrocities by pointing toward future relations among Asia's Pacific nations without slighting deeply held grievances by South Korea, a US ally.
First LookWhy is China cheering US lifting of arms embargo on Vietnam?Beijing outwardly praised the end of the decades-long embargo.聽
Why Obama lifted the arms embargo on Vietnam nowLifting the decades-long US arms embargo was the latest step in an uneven effort to counter China's influence in Asia.聽
With eye on South China Sea, China's neighbors weave new security webPresident Obama visits Vietnam and Japan this week. The US approach to security in the region is shifting as its friends in the region forge new ties among themselves.
Why South Koreans are protesting over one woman's deathThe stabbing death of a 23-year-old woman has struck a nerve in a country where many women say they are increasingly afraid of threats, abuse and attacks by men.
Why this Taiwan panda needed a 'proof of life' photoPanda politics: The Taipei Zoo moves to debunk rumors that a prized panda recently died.聽
50th anniversary of Mao's Cultural Revolution? Why Beijing yawns.Fifty years ago,聽Mao Zedong started the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution,聽to revive communist goals and enforce a radical egalitarianism. Today, China yawns.聽
Australia arrests five men in motor boat plot to join ISISFive men, aged between 21 and 31, were charged with preparing to leave Australia and enter a foreign country "for the purpose of engaging in hostile activities."
How one Australian state is rethinking its relationship with AboriginalsNo Australian government has signed a treaty with its indigenous population. But now in the state of Victoria, the premier sees a treaty as a way to enhance Aboriginals鈥� well-being and self-determination.
N. Korea's triumphal congress does little to win over a frustrated ChinaDuring his five years in power, Kim has shown little regard for his influential neighbor's concerns.
World's highest graffiti: China watches Mount Everest for vandalsThe Mount Everest base camp 17,000 feet is a popular tourist site and has fallen prey to the sort of behavior the Chinese government says is uncivilized and vows to punish.
Taiwan, China find common cause 鈥撀爄n battling organized crimeRecent deportations of Taiwanese members of fraud rings to Beijing has won gradual acceptance from Taiwan 鈥� despite what that might mean to Taiwan's diplomatic status.
China scrambles jets as US Navy tests navigation near disputed islandThe USS William P. Lawrence, a Navy destroyer, traveled within 12 nautical miles of Fiery Cross Reef, where China has built an airstrip in the South China Sea.
N. Korean leader bestows new title on himself. BBC journalists get the bootDuring the first North Korean ruling-party congress in 36 years,聽Kim Jong Un declared himself the new party chairman.
Why some Chinese are warming to Trump, 'rape' comments asideChinese are scrutinizing the presumptive GOP nominee more closely now. While Trump described China's trade policy as 'raping' the US, he also espouses a more isolationist strain that plays well.
N. Korea's leader signals firm grip on power as he opens rare congressKim Jong-un's聽focus is a two-pronged push on nuclear weapons and the economy 鈥� not to mention sending a clear message about his style of leadership.
How two American women survived five days in New Zealand wildernessAn North Carolina exchange student and her mother got lost hiking in the聽expansive Tararua Forest Park. How they survived their ordeal.
China outlines to Japan its conditions to improve relationsOn Saturday, Beijing portrayed the visit by Japan's foreign minister as an act of outreach to an angry China.