Locsin slams ‘idiotesses’: ‘Just leave clams issue alone’

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 06:07:27 +0000

Locsin slams ‘idiotesses’: ‘Just leave clams issue alone’

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday again called for the clams issue in the Scarborough Shoal to be left alone. 

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Duterte to China: We’re pals but don’t touch Pag-asa

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 23:04:30 +0000

Duterte to China: We’re pals but don’t touch Pag-asa

President Duterte has told China not to “touch” Pag-asa Island, the largest in the Kalayaan Island Group occupied by Filipinos, otherwise he would send Philippine troops on a “suicide mission” in response.

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Cell phone ‘Tower of Babel’ highlights China e-waste problem

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 03:49:33 +0000

Cell phone 'Tower of Babel' highlights China e-waste problem

A Chinese artist unveiled a sculpture made of discarded mobile phones and shaped like a cell tower to highlight the problem of e-waste.

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China’s currency becomes key issue in US trade talks

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2019 03:55:12 +0000

An employee packages 100-yuan notes at a bank in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province on July 23, 2018. - China on July 23 rejected accusations by US President Donald Trump that it was manipulating the yuan to give its exporters an edge, saying Washington appeared "bent on provoking a trade war". (Photo by - / AFP) / China OUT

US officials have said any trade deal with China will include a provision to prevent manipulation of the exchange rate to help exporters but Beijing’s currency regime reflects a complex reality.

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Saudi crown prince meets Chinese official on Beijing visit

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 07:25:56 +0000

Saudi crown prince meets Chinese official on Beijing visit

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Friday with a Chinese vice premier in a bid to strengthen relations.

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Hong Kong’s legislature takes up China national anthem bill

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 07:44:33 +0000

Hong Kong's legislature takes up China national anthem bill

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s legislature has taken up a bill that punishes anyone who “publicly and intentionally insults” the Chinese national anthem with up to three years in prison.

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