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• OpenU approves pro-Beijing scholar as president, despite student sit-in

  
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  Despite a sit-in protest by Open University students, pro-Beijing scholar Wong Yuk-shan was appointed to be the fifth president on Thursday morning. The university council chairman made the announcement during a meeting where six students staged a demonstration to protest against what they called an opaque selection ...
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• China jails 19 for extremist crimes in Muslim west

  
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  Courts in China’s far western region of Xinjiang have sentenced 19 ethnic Uygurs to up to six years in jail for promoting racial hatred and religious extremism online, in the latest crackdown on what China sees as violent separatists. All but one of those jailed were from the heavily Uygur southern part of Xinjiang, ...
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• Chen Guangcheng called an oblivious ‘chess piece’ in China-US relations

  
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  As soon as the US realises co-operation with China is what prevails, Chen would be “consumed in a one-off manner” and abandoned as a “cumbersome asset”, the Global Times said in an editorial. Original post: Chen Guangcheng called an oblivious ‘chess piece’ in China-US relations The post Chen ...
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• China threatens death penalty for serious polluters

  
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  Chinese authorities have given courts the powers to hand down the death penalty in serious pollution cases, state media said, as the government tries to assuage growing public anger at environmental desecration. An increasingly affluent urban population has begun to object to China’s policy of growth at all costs, ...
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• Survey shows China manufacturing shrinks in June

  
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  HONG KONG (AP) — Manufacturing in China contracted this month at a faster pace as demand weakened, according to a private survey Thursday, adding to fears about a fragile recovery in the world’s second-biggest economy. HSBC said that the preliminary version of its monthly purchasing managers index fell to a ...
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• Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security around the country

  
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  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security around the country. Read more here: Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security around the country The post Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security ...
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• Family of US scientist Shane Todd call Singapore inquest a ‘sham’

  
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  The family of an American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year dismissed on Tuesday the city-state’s findings that he committed suicide as “a sham and a cover-up” for a murder. “I am not surprised by the state’s findings because the state refused to consider murder, they only investigated ...
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• China to place ban on private orphan shelters

  
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  “Adopting and handling abandoned infants at one’s own will is forbidden,” a circular, issued by seven government departments, said. Excerpt from: China to place ban on private orphan shelters The post China to place ban on private orphan shelters appeared first on heave-ho.org | all the news thats fit to ...
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• Oil prices stay steady before 2-day US Fed meeting

  
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  BANGKOK (AP) — The price of U.S. benchmark oil rose slightly Tuesday, a day after briefly touching a nine-month high, as traders awaited the start of a Federal Reserve policy meeting. Benchmark oil for July delivery rose 5 cents to $97.82 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York ...
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• Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces

  
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  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces. View original post here: Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces The post Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national ...
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• Stranded dolphin dies after being used as a photo prop by tourists

  
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  A stranded dolphin died on Monday morning in Sanya City, Hainan province, after being manhandled by tourists who used it as a photo prop. The dolphin was first discovered at 6pm on Sunday evening stranded near Sanya’s Dadonghai beach resort, reported China Daily and Hainan news site Hinews.cn. Go here to read the ...
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• FDI into China rises in Jan-May: govt

  
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  Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China rose during the first five months of this year, the government announced on Tuesday, paced by strong increases from the European Union and United States. Incoming FDI, which excludes financial sectors, rose 1.0 per cent to US$47.6 billion (HK$369.4 billion) from January ...
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• David Beckham, soccer ambassador in China, joins Sina Weibo

  
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  Former soccer player David Beckham has more than 400,000 followers only a day after making his official Sina Weibo debut. “Hi I am David! Welcome to the OFFICIAL David Beckham Sina Page! Talk to you soon!” the Englishman wrote in his first post, which has been shared by more than 50,000 people. “Thank you for ...
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• EU, US leaders launch trade talks, France digs in on culture

  
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  The United States and the European Union launched talks on Monday to create one of the world’s most ambitious free-trade zones, as France again underscored its determination to protect its movies and culture. A trans-Atlantic free trade agreement was first considered three decades ago but was knocked down by France ...
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• South Korea’s top envoy to North Korea heads to US

  
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  South Korea’s top envoy on North Korea left on Tuesday for a meeting in Washington with his US and Japanese counterparts, two days after Pyongyang proposed direct, high-level talks with the United States. After Washington, Cho Tae-yong will travel on to Beijing – where he is likely to overlap with a visit by North ...
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• President Obama says NSA secret data gathering is ‘transparent’

  
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  President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview and called them transparent — even though they are authorised in secret. Read more from the original source: President Obama says NSA secret data gathering is ‘transparent’ The post President ...
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• Uncertainty over US stimulus drags shares lower

  
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  TOKYO (AP) — Jitters over a possible change in U.S. stimulus efforts by the Federal Reserve helped pull share prices mostly lower in early Asian trading Tuesday. Asia’s biggest benchmark, Japan’s Nikkei stock average, shed early gains to fall 0.6 percent by mid-morning in choppy trading, to 12,956.78. Hong ...
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• China foreign minister’s new ride: the Mao Zedong-approved limousine

  
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  China’s foreign minister has a new ride. In a ministerial first in more than three decades, Wang Yi has chosen a locally manufactured Red Flag limousine, the same brand Mao Zedong rode to inspect parades. “Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi’s official car is a Red Flag H7 sedan,” the ministry wrote in a ...
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• Afghan police chief survives car bomb attack

  
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  An Afghan police chief survived a suicide car bomb attack on his convoy that wounded three officers early on Monday, officials said. It was the latest apparent attempt on a commander’s life in an intense Taliban assassination campaign. Broken glass and the charred remains of the bomber’s car were strewn in a main ...
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• Macau corruption trial opens without defendant tycoon Joseph Lau

  
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  Macau’s Court of First Instance on Monday began a corruption trial involving Hong Kong tycoons Joseph Lau Luen-hung and Steven Lo Kit-sing, despite Lau being absent from the court for a fourth session in a row. Lau’s lawyers asked the court that they be allowed to represent Lau in his absence. They did not explain ...
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