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Kim i Nord-Korea skal ha henrettet minst 70 partitopper siden han overtok

Den unge Kim arvet lederskapet i det isolerte landet etter sin far Kim Jong-il som døde i 2011. Siden har han befestet grepet om makten ved nådeløst og brutalt å stoppe ethvert tilløp til dissens, ifølge analytikere og sørkoreansk etterretning. Read more

The Sinocism China Newsletter, May 10, 2015

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Jordskjelvet som brakte frem det beste – og verste – i folk

Det er ikke synet av ruinhaugene jeg kommer til å huske best fra jordskjelvet i Nepal for to uker siden, men alle restene av hverdag: Det levde livet som plutselig og brutalt stoppet opp i løpet av sekundene skjelvet varte. Les korrespondentbrevet til NRKs Petter Svaar

Russia and China are once again Saying, "Take That, America"

President Putin approved a new $ 100 billion reserve fund over the weekend that will specifically aid the BRICS nations: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Read more

China is Africa's biggest trading partner

While the majority of Africa's exports to China are in oil, it also exports iron ore, metals, and other commodities, as well as a small amount of food and agricultural products. 

At the same time, China exports a range of machinery and transportation equipment, communications equipment, and electronics to African countries. In 2009, China surpassed the United States as Africa's largest trade

A bottle of Beijing, please: is Chinese wine any good?

China’s wine-growing areas are both far-flung and diverse. Head deep into the continent, towards the Kazakhstan border in the north-west, and you reach Xinjiang province, home to the point on earth that is most distant (2,645km) from any ocean, as well as the bulk of China’s vineyards. Read more

Chairman Mao's propagandists protest over pensions saying they have been betrayed

They were the standard bearers of Chairman Mao's China: idealistic young film-lovers who fanned out across the countryside using celluloid to herald the Communist Party's good news. Yet despite decades carrying Beijing's message to some of the country's most inaccessible corners, hundreds of Communist Party projectionists say they have been betrayed. More than 1,000 retired professionals

Images show Vietnam South China Sea reclamation but not as vast as China's actions

Newly released images show Vietnam has carried out significant land reclamation at two sites in the disputed South China Sea, though the scale and pace is dwarfed by that of China, a US research institute said. Read more

Student Protest Derails Chinese Military Visit to Hong Kong Campus

The Chinese University of Hong Kong has postponed a campus visit of soldiers from the People’s Liberation Army, after students protested against the invitation to what they called troops of a “totalitarian regime.” Read more

As Russia Remembers War in Europe, Guest of Honor Is From China

When Russia celebrates the 70th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis on Saturday, the most prominent leader standing with President Vladimir V. Putin to review a military parade will not be from the United States or Britain, Russia’s wartime allies. Read more