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JAKARTA: Hundreds of Muslim hardliners on Wednesday (Sep 24) protested against the incoming governor of the Indonesian capital, labelling the Christian, ethnic Chinese politician an "infidel" and "the devil". Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (鍾萬勰) will be Jakarta's first leader from the tiny ethnic...

North Korea executes Kim Jong-un’s powerful uncle Image of final arrest North Korean laeder Kim Jong-Un (C-front) and his uncle, Jang Song-Thaek (front 2nd L) The disgraced uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un - Jang Song-thaek - has been executed, the country’s state media...

It looked like hoot, with six coast guards laughing as they fired at the Taiwanese fishing boat. “The video showed the soldiers acted unprofessionally. They were laughing while they were shooting the boat,” a source who had seen the video of the Philippine Coast Guard shooting of...

WASHINGTON--The leader of Tibet's exiled government said Wednesday he would accept the Chinese Communist Party's rule in the territory, assuring Beijing it faced no threat to its sovereignty if it eases its grip. Lobsang Sangay, who was elected in 2011 to a new position of prime minister in...

Any country dealing with China should be aware, before making any move, that China may well have a countermove planned — one that may be surprising in its scope and its depth. Chinese officials have certainly been busy. Last month, China rejected a Philippine request for arbitration of...

WASHINGTON: The US Senate unanimously passed the Pentagon's 2013 budget, despite a political impasse over debt reduction that could see huge cuts to military spending next year. After months of negotiations, lawmakers voted 98-0 to approve the $631 billion National Defence Authorisation Act...

A line of cars waiting for gas stretched from 96th Street and West End Avenue up to at least 105th Street on Thursday New York City will begin rationing gasoline on Friday for the first time since the 1970s, in response to a persistent gas crisis that has shuttered hundreds of gas stations...

DENVER - Colorado on Tuesday become the first state to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana for recreational use, in defiance of federal law. A similar measure in Washington state also appeared headed for voter approval. Supporters of a Colorado constitutional amendment legalizing...

As Beijing's reach continues to expand, Chinese analysts are increasingly troubled by the country's weak ability to influence how international issues, especially the rise of China, are framed and evaluated - called the "right to speak" or "discourse power" (huayuquan). The Western concern about...

Today's feature article from Wikipedia United States of America v. Wong Kim Ark (黃金德), 169 U.S. 649 (1898), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that virtually everyone born in the United States is a U.S. citizen. This decision established an...

Happy 63th Birthday Modern China!!! And the Chinese National Anthem: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTE3NTIwMjA=.html

New York’s biggest investment houses are shifting jobs out of the area and expanding in cheaper locales in the United States, threatening the vast middle tier of positions that form the backbone of employment on Wall Street. The shift comes even as banks consider deeper staff cuts here, which...

The US House of Representatives on Monday unanimously passed a resolution apologizing for a century-old law that prevented Chinese from immigrating to the US at the turn of the 20th century. The resolution, approved by the Democratic-led Senate in October, formally expressed regret for the...