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With international recognition, even when Taiwan wins, it loses
From climate action groups and the Olympics to bird-watching societies, the island's government in Taipei has its hands full...
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Beijing orders importers to avoid frozen food from countries with major coronavirus outbreaks
According to a statement from the Beijing Municipal Commerce Bureau, "customs and local governments have repeatedly detected the coronavirus...
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China’s President Xi says Xinjiang policies ‘completely correct’ amid growing international criticism
Up to 2 million Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group, as well as other minorities, are believed to have...
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China is doubling down on its territorial claims: here’s what you need to know
From the South China Sea to the Himalayan Sino-Indian border, and even in one of its own cities, China...
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China says it got WHO support for coronavirus vaccine emergency use
China has been administering experimental coronavirus vaccines to hundreds of thousands of people since July under an emergency use...
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North Korea: Kim Jong Un apologizes in letter to Seoul for shooting of South Korean official
In a letter sent to South Korea's Blue House Friday morning, North Korea said units responded to a call...
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Magawa the ‘hero rat’ from Cambodia wins gold medal for hunting landmines
Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, was given a gold medal by the British veterinary charity People's Dispensary for...
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Nepal’s Ang Rita Sherpa, first to climb Mount Everest 10 times, dies at 72
All the ascents to the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) summit of the world's tallest mountain between 1983 and 1996 by Ang...
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Vietnam police seize 345,000 used condoms that were sold as new
Footage broadcast by state-owned Vietnam Television (VTV) this week showed dozens of large bags containing the used contraceptives scattered...
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South Korea official shot dead by North Korean troops
According to Lt. Gen. Ahn Young-ho, a top official with South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, a staffer with...
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