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Seeking influence, China hosts Mideast peace forum
BEIJING — China yesterday hosted a Mideast peace forum backing a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, part of its quest for greater diplomatic influence in a...
India probes reports of sex check for Shah Rukh Khan’s baby
NEW DELHI — Health officials in Mumbai are investigating reports that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his wife know the sex of a baby they are having through a surrogate...
Beijing bans private adoptions of infants who are abandoned
BEIJING — China yesterday announced that individuals and groups are banned from privately adopting abandoned infants, in a country where tens of thousands are abandoned each...
Xi to launch ‘thorough cleanup’ of Communist Party
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday pledged a “thorough cleanup” of the ruling Communist Party (CPC) as part of a year-long campaign aimed at ridding its ranks of...
China censors Winnie the Pooh
LONDON — Children’s favourite yellow anthropomorphic teddy bear has become a target for China’s Internet censors.
Dissident says Beijing criticism led to NYU exit
BEIJING — Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, whose escape from house arrest to the American Embassy in Beijing last year provoked a diplomatic crisis, said he was being forced...
Fatal floods in northern India; dozens missing
Torrential rain and floods washed away buildings and roads, killing at least 23 people in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said yesterday.
China asks US to explain Internet surveillance
BEIJING — China made its first substantive comments yesterday to reports of United States surveillance of the Internet, demanding that Washington explain its monitoring...
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