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N. Korea's triumphal congress does little to win over a frustrated ChinaDuring his five years in power, Kim has shown little regard for his influential neighbor's concerns.
World's highest graffiti: China watches Mount Everest for vandalsThe Mount Everest base camp 17,000 feet is a popular tourist site and has fallen prey to the sort of behavior the Chinese government says is uncivilized and vows to punish.
Taiwan, China find common cause – in battling organized crimeRecent deportations of Taiwanese members of fraud rings to Beijing has won gradual acceptance from Taiwan – despite what that might mean to Taiwan's diplomatic status.
China scrambles jets as US Navy tests navigation near disputed islandThe USS William P. Lawrence, a Navy destroyer, traveled within 12 nautical miles of Fiery Cross Reef, where China has built an airstrip in the South China Sea.
N. Korean leader bestows new title on himself. BBC journalists get the bootDuring the first North Korean ruling-party congress in 36 years, Kim Jong Un declared himself the new party chairman.
Why some Chinese are warming to Trump, 'rape' comments asideChinese are scrutinizing the presumptive GOP nominee more closely now. While Trump described China's trade policy as 'raping' the US, he also espouses a more isolationist strain that plays well.
N. Korea's leader signals firm grip on power as he opens rare congressKim Jong-un's focus is a two-pronged push on nuclear weapons and the economy – not to mention sending a clear message about his style of leadership.
How two American women survived five days in New Zealand wildernessAn North Carolina exchange student and her mother got lost hiking in the expansive Tararua Forest Park. How they survived their ordeal.
China outlines to Japan its conditions to improve relationsOn Saturday, Beijing portrayed the visit by Japan's foreign minister as an act of outreach to an angry China.
First LookUS citizen sentenced to hard labor in North Korea for 'confessed' espionageA Korean-American businessman, Kim Dong Chul, has been sentenced to 10 years of hard labor in North Korea. He is one of six foreigners being held by North Korea.
China battles foreign influence with new NGO lawThe government's tighter controls could discourage a wide array of international groups from continuing their work in China.
After Canadian beheaded, Philippines military pressured to save 20 hostagesThe Filipino military is under pressure to rescue more than 20 foreign hostages after their Muslim extremist captors beheaded a Canadian man.
China's new Arctic shipping route, thanks to global warmingChina issued a guide book that encourages ships to take the Northwest Passage via the Arctic Ocean. Are those international waters or Canadian waters?
One man's fight to save Cambodia's 'killing forests' from the chainsawsOuch Leng, a Cambodian environmentalist, has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in recognition of his work that exposes illegal activity by timber barons.
First LookPresidential front-runner in Philippines won't apologize for rape commentPhilippine mayor Rodrigo Duterte refuses to apologize for saying that he "should have been the first" to rape an Australian missionary who was assaulted and killed in a prisoner hostage situation in 1989.
Two major earthquakes rock Japan; rescue efforts underwayA pair of strong earthquakes in southwestern Japan has killed at least 41 people, injured about 1,500, and left about 200,000 homes without electricity or water.
China sends sharp warnings to Taiwan's new president as she preps for officeBeijing had 45 Taiwanese citizens deported from Kenya to China on fraud charges, a move Taiwan calls 'kidnapping.' It's just one of the ways that Beijing is sending a message to President-elect Tsai Ing-wen to not try to distance Taiwan from mainland China.
First LookWhy North Korea may celebrate its founder's birthday with missilesNorth Korea appears to be readying one or two intermediate-range missiles for a test on Friday, following a pattern of weapons tests this year that accompany its usual threats against the United States and South Korea.
A N. Korean's defection, complicated by her love-hate bonds with ChinaHyeonseo Lee's perilous road to freedom passed through China, which often sends defectors back to face harsh punishment in the North. She recently shared her experience at a book talk in Beijing, an appearance that caused a stir.
First LookHow unusual is defection of North Korean colonel?South Korean officials revealed that a colonel who had worked for North Korea's central spy agency defected to the South last year.
