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Pentagon advarer mot Nord-Korea

En fersk rapport fra det amerikanske forsvarsdepartementet advarer mot Nord-Koreas atomvåpenplaner og kaller dem ambisiøse. Får nord-koreanerne lov til å fortsette med sine kjernefysiske prøvesprengninger, kan landet bli en alvorlig trussel mot USAs sikkerhet. Les mer

Kinesisk styrke trekker seg ut av India

Den lille kinesiske styrken som for nesten tre uker siden rykket inn i Ladakh i det nordlige India, har nå trukket seg ut. Den uventede "invasjonen" utløste sterke reaksjoner i India. I 1962 utkjempet de to landene en kortvarig grensekrig. Les mer

Ny matskandale ryster Kina

To barnehagejenter i Hebei-provinsen i Nord-Kina er døde etter å ha spist yoghurt tilsatt rottegift. Eieren av en rivaliserende barnehage anklages for å stå bak forbrytelsen. Les mer

China Is Seen Nearing U.S.’s Military Power in Region

China's growing industrial might is likely to allow it to mount an increasingly formidable challenge to the military supremacy of the United States in the waters around China that include Japan and Taiwan, though it will probably seek to avoid an outright armed conflict, according to a detailed new report by a group of American researchers. Read more

Inside Dongguan, China's Sin City

Some 10 per cent of Dongguan's population is said to be employed in the world's
oldest profession. Tom Phillips reports from China's Sin City. Read more

'Appalling irresponsibility': Senior scientists attack Chinese researchers for creating new strains of influenza virus

Experts warn of danger that the new viral strains created by mixing bird-flu
virus with human influenza could escape from the laboratory to cause a global
pandemic killing millions of people. Read more

Salman Rushdie on Chinese Censorship

"I don't feel that writers should be pushed into corners, and there are many writers who aren't temperamentally suited to political engagement in whatever society they happen to be in, so you wouldn't want to make such a writer feel obliged to make a decision. But the reason that so many are upset with [Nobel Prize winner] Mo Yan isn't that he didn't oppose censorship, but that he

Kinas aggresjon i Himalaya vekker oppsikt

For to uker siden rykket en liten kinesisk styrke inn i Ladakh i det nordlige India. Soldatene nekter å forlate sine posisjoner, og den indiske regjeringen har valgt å innta en lav profil. Les mer
Times of India kommenterer

Indian officials fear that if they react with force, the face-off could escalate into a battle with the feared People's Liberation Army. But doing nothing would leave a

Islamophobia: Myanmar's racist fault-line

Aung San Suu Kyi's willful silence on racism in Myanmar suggests only a form of cynical politicking. Until the holy grail of constitutional reform - which would free her to run for President - is within grasp, she is apparently happy to side with a regime which uses brutal force to suppress dissent and engages in ethnic cleansing, writes Penny Green, Professor of Law at King's College London

Chinese party bosses caught leading secret lives

Faced with a strict edict to embrace austerity, China’s officials have had to resort to ever more creative ways to lead the high life. Xi Jinping, China’s new president, has repeatedly warned that the graft and gluttony of the country’s free-spending officials could bring down the Communist Party. Read more