Australian student expelled from North Korea for 'committing anti-DPRK incitement'

Alek Sigley, the Australian student who was detained in North Korea, was deported for spreading anti-government sentiment, the country's state media has said.

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Bloody Japan defeat a lesson for China and US

In early July 1944, on a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, the United States clinched a devastating defeat over Japan in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II.

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Erdogan says Xinjiang camps shouldn't spoil Turkey-China relationship

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a soft line on China's mass detention centers in Xinjiang during a trip to the Chinese capital of Beijing this week, in a departure from the previous harsh criticisms made by his government.

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Children in Xinjiang housed in mass boarding schools, research claims

Children of parents detained in China's vast system of "re-education camps" in the far west region of Xinjiang are being separated from their families and placed in vast purpose-built boarding schools, according to new research.

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Tornado tears through Chinese city

At least 6 people died and 190 were injured from a tornado that hit Kaiyuan City in northeastern China on Wednesday, according to state news agency Xinhua. The dramatic weather phenomenon hit around 5:15pm local time (5:15 pm ET).

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No more 'Beijing bikini': Chinese city calls topless men 'uncivilized'

Each summer, as Chinese cities swelter under the baking heat, middle-aged men across the country roll their T-shirts up above their bellies to cool down.

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Beijing admits 'weaknesses' in handling of African swine fever crisis

The Chinese government issued a rare admission of failure Wednesday, saying that there had been "weaknesses" in the handling of an African swine fever epidemic which has now spread to all of China's 25 provinces.

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