By James Pomfret, Laurie Chen, Mei Mei Chu and Antoni Slodkowski HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) -When Chinese leader Xi Jinping organised his first parade to mark the anniversary of the end of World War Two, in 2015, he placed his two predecessors by his side in a show of respect and continuity of leadership. Ten years …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s finance ministry announced on Friday that 940 million yuan ($131.42 million) had been allocated in agricultural disaster relief, in conjunction with the country’s agriculture and water resources ministries, following record-breaking rains. The funding is to be used to replant washed-out crops, repair agricultural production facilities to ensure grain production and accelerate the …
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By Martin Petty BANGKOK (Reuters) -Two rival camps in Thailand are in a dogfight for power after a court’s dismissal of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister, with parliament set to vote on a new premier on Friday. WHAT HAPPENED SINCE THE RULING? The court’s August 29 dismissal of the ruling Pheu Thai party’s Paetongtarn for …
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By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -When Sakda Vicheansil, a lawmaker from western Thailand, announced his resignation from the ruling Pheu Thai party in early September, his words reflected the extraordinary decline of the country’s most dominant politician, Thaksin Shinawatra. “Thai people across the country, and especially in my constituency – Kanchanaburi, Constituency 4 – are …
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By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping that North Korea will continue to support China in protecting Chinese sovereignty, territory and development interests, North Korean state media KCNA said on Friday. “No matter how the international situation changes, the feeling of friendship cannot change” between North …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Washington was restricting visas for some Central American nationals who it alleged to be “intentionally acting on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party” and undermining the rule of law. The statement from Rubio did not name any individuals or cite …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. State Department employee was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday for conspiring to collect and transmit national defense information to individuals he believed to be working for China’s government, the Justice Department said. Michael Schena, 42, of Alexandria, Virginia, worked at State Department headquarters in Washington. …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. and Taiwanese defense officials held talks in Alaska last week, a U.S. official said on Thursday, a move likely to anger China. The United States is Taiwan’s most important international backer and arms supplier, despite the absence of formal diplomatic ties. China, which has never renounced the use of force to bring …
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(Reuters) -A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. The quake follows a series of earthquakes earlier this week that killed more than 2,200 people and injured over 3,600 in the country’s east, flattening …
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By Stefanno Sulaiman and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) -Student groups met two senior ministers late on Thursday to press their complaints after more than a week of sometimes violent protests over lawmakers’ bonuses and police tactics used against demonstrators. Crowds – led by students, workers and rights groups – took to the streets in the …
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