Asia One reports that the United States is advising all US airlines to take steps to stay safe amid fresh tensions in the East China Sea as they seek clarification about Beijing’s newly-declared air zone over disputed islands. “We’re attempting to determine whether the new rules apply to civil aviation, commercial air flight,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. “In the meantime, US air carriers are being advised to take all steps they consider necessary to operate safely in the East China Sea region.” But she would not be drawn on whether US officials were advising commercial airlines to advise Chinese authorities of any flight plans which take them over the islands. Read article
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globalpost.com reported that after decades of peace, could China and Japan be on the brink of war? Both China and Japan have long-held claims to the Japanese-administered islands — known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan. Tensions have intensified over the past year, and observers fear that a political or military misstep could […]
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The Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), a terrorist group known to have links to Pakistan-based outfits and blamed for recent violence in China’s far-western Xinjiang region, has released a video describing last month’s attack in Tiananmen Square as a “jihadi operation” and threatened to carry out further attacks on high-profile targets in the Chinese capital. The […]
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According to shanghaidaily.com, a Shanghai tourist died in a fall from the Simatai section of the Great Wall in Beijing on Saturday during a hiking trip, Beijing police said yesterday. According to media reports, the group undertook the hike despite being told by a forest ranger that conditions were unsafe. The 45-year-old woman, surnamed Dai, […]
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A foreigner was killed this morning when his scooter was hit by a taxi on downtown Wulumuqi Road, according to xinmin.cn (further reported by shanghaidaily.com). The accident happened around 7:30am near intersection of Wulumuqi Road and Hengshan Road in Xuhui District. The victim was a man and his identity has not been disclosed. Witnesses said […]
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According to china.org.cn, a girl surnamed Yu was detained by Chaoyang District police in Beijing on Nov. 3 for stealing money from foreigners in bars. In an incident this August, the girl started to chat to a foreign man in a bar in Chaoyang District, and got him drunk, after which she took him to […]
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As reported by Saipantribune.com, a 33-year-old male Chinese tourist drowned outside of the designated swimming zone of Mañagaha Island on Saturday afternoon. Department of Public Safety Commissioner James Deleon Guerrero told Saipan Tribune yesterday that investigation is still ongoing and that Boating Safety investigators went back to Mañagaha yesterday for further investigation. DPS spokesman Sgt. […]
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shanghaidailly.com reported that Chinese police have detained five suspects for Monday’s deadly car crash at Beijing’s Tian’anman Square that killed five people and have labeled it a terrorist attack. The attack was “carefully planned, organized and premeditated,” police said. Read Article
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shanghaidaily.com reported that a highway linking Medog, the last roadless county in China, with neighboring Bome county in Tibet formally opened to traffic on Thursday, ending the county’s isolation from the outside world. The 117-km highway, which cost 950 million yuan (155 million U.S. dollars), links Zhamog Township, the county seat of Bome, and Medog […]
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shanghaidaily.com reported that at least three domestic flights to or from Changsha in central China were diverted after receiving hoax bomb calls around noon today. Flight JD5662 of Capital Airlines from Changsha in Hunan Province to Hangzhou first reported a hoax bomb call around noon some 30 minutes after the Airbus 319 took off. The […]
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