China’s 60th anniversary stirs pride, also unease
China celebrated its rise to a world power over 60 years of Communist rule on Thursday, staging its biggest-ever parade of military hardware with over a hundred thousand marching masses in a display that stirred patriotism — and some unease. Police blocked off a wide area around central Beijing's Tiananmen Square for the...
Earthquakes across Asia Pacific cause two disasters in under 24 hours
The boy, who has not been named, is among 119 confirmed victims of tsunami up to 35ft high that tore through the South Pacific islands of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga leaving communities in ruins. The giant wave was caused by a tremor with a magnitude of 8.3, that struck about 120 miles from American Samoa, a US territory,...
‘Paranoid’ mainland ramps up firewall on anniversary
Press rights group Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday that a "paranoid" mainland had blocked tens of thousands of websites ahead of the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic. The Paris-based group said that authorities in Beijing had targeted Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and other ways that residents, including...
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