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Series of cases in China bring school sex abuse out of shadows
BEIJING — In China's southern Hainan province, a school principal and a housing authority official were arrested after they allegedly took six girls ages 11 to 13 out to sing karaoke, got them drunk and spent the night with them in a hotel. A...
Tags: Trials, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, China, Prostitution
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China accuses U.S. of "prejudice" over 1989 protest comments
ReutersBEIJING, June 1 (Reuters) - China accused the United States of "prejudice" on Saturday after the U.S. State Department renewed a call for Beijing to fully account for its bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in June 1989. The United States...Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, China
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China, in dramatic shift, signals interest in U.S.-led trade talks
WASHINGTON -- Since the U.S. and other nations began talks on an Asia-Pacific free-trade pact, Chinese officials had pretty much looked at the deal with suspicion, as another attempt to contain China's rise in the world. Now, however, Beijing is...Tags: Japan, China, Trade Policy
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China May official PMI stronger than expected
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - China's official PMI rose to 50.8 in May from 50.6 in April, data showed on Saturday, beating market expectations and raising optimism that the world's second-largest economy may be stabilizing. Investors will get a fuller picture...Tags: Finance, China, Productivity, Manufacturing and Engineering, Economy, Business and Finance
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China punishes two brokerages in IPO fraud crackdown
ReutersBEIJING, June 1 (Reuters) - China's securities watchdog has punished two brokerages for violating rules in helping fraudulent firms to list shares, underlining Beijing's determination to bring credibility to a stock market some have likened to a casino....Tags: Technology, China, Initial Public Offerings, Finance, Biotechnology
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Defense chief Chuck Hagel seeks to reassure Asia allies
SINGAPORE — Chuck Hagel emerged from combat in the Vietnam War with two Purple Hearts and "a sense of how important it would be for America to engage wisely in Asia," as he put it to top defense officials gathered here. Now, more than a year after...Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Barack Obama, Japan
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Vietnam PM seeks regional unity as China pushes maritime claims
ReutersBy John O'Callaghan SINGAPORE, May 31 (Reuters) - Vietnam's prime minister called for unity among Southeast Asian countries as China asserts its claims to the energy-rich South China Sea, warning that any conflict could disrupt international trade and...Tags: Politics, Vietnam, China, Singapore, Asia
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Toyota to make batteries in China as country warms to hybrid cars
ReutersBEIJING, May 30 (Reuters) - Japan's Toyota Motor Corp is moving to set up a joint venture in China with a local Chinese company to produce batteries for the country's fledgling electric-gasoline hybrid car market, a Beijing-based company spokesman said on...Tags: Alternative Energy, Japan, China, Warren Buffett, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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South China Sea tension mounts near Filipino shipwreck
ReutersBy Manuel Mogato MANILA, May 29 (Reuters) - A wrecked navy transport ship perched on a remote coral reef could be the next flashpoint in the South China Sea, where China and five other claimants bitterly dispute territory. The Philippine government is...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Petroleum Industry, China, Manila (Philippines), Singapore
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