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CHINA

JAPAN / Politics
Jul 2, 2013
Ties said on mend despite summit lack
Kyodo
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 2, 2013
Understanding China's maritime aspirations
China's declaration that it wants to be a sea power and focus on this interest is not sudden. China has long dreamed of becoming a 'maritime civilization.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2013
China lets Tibetans venerate Dalai Lama
The Chinese government has loosened restrictions that kept Tibetan monks in two provinces from openly revering the Dalai Lama, Radio Free Asia reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2013
Snowden's stay in H.K. filled with intrigue
The message was blunt and was delivered Friday night by a shadowy emissary who didn't identify himself but knew enough to locate Edward Snowden's secret caretaker: The 30-year-old American accused of leaking some of his country's most sensitive secrets should leave Hong Kong, the messenger said, and...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2013
China wins in Snowden saga
The release of information about U.S. surveillance efforts worldwide has led to the depiction of Washington as a hypocrite for berating China over cyber espionage.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 26, 2013
Snowden files stoke U.S. security concerns
The ability of contractor-turned-fugitive Edward Snowden to evade arrest is raising new concerns among U.S. officials about the security of top-secret documents he is believed to have in his possession — and about the possibility that he could willingly share them with those who assist his escape....
WORLD
Jun 25, 2013
U.S. probes if China played role in Snowden leaks; fugitive not on Cuba flight
U.S. intelligence agencies are investigating whether Edward Snowden's leaks may be a Chinese intelligence operation or whether China might have used his concerns about U.S. surveillance practices to exploit him, according to four American officials.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 24, 2013
China's slump puts U.S. economy at risk
Concerns are growing about China's economy as the country's new leadership tries to get a handle on deep problems that experts say have been years in the making.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 21, 2013
Abe confidante secretly visited China to reboot ties
A special adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe secretly visited Beijing earlier this week in an apparent effort to improve strained relations with China, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga admitted Thursday at a news conference.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2013
A U.S. 'pivot' to Latin America is long overdue
While the Obama administration and the media have made much ado about the U.S. 'pivot' to Asia, China has been lining up economic allies in Latin America.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2013
A pork sale wrapped in a thin skin
America's reaction to the advance by corporate China, including the buyout of Smithfield Foods, is reminiscent of its reactions to the Japanese 20 years ago.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 17, 2013
Support grows for Snowden in Hong Kong
Political pressure is growing in Hong Kong for its government to protect Edward Snowden, who has said he will remain in the city and allow its people to "decide his fate."
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2013
Southeast Asian leadership without hegemony
Whether it is the United States now, or China later, Asia is searching for a model of regional leadership that goes beyond the hegemony of any one power.
EDITORIALS
Jun 15, 2013
Getting U.S.-China relations right
The U.S.-Chinese summit boiled down to Beijing seeking respect as a great power and Washington wanting Beijing to take more 'responsibility' as a great power.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2013
Strong yuan hurts China in more ways than one
A yuan that has strengthened by 10 percent during the Obama years means that Chinese companies could embark on an earthshaking U.S. shopping spree.

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