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SIXTH MISS WORLD WIN DRAWS INDIA LEVEL WITH VENEZUELA
Saturday marked the Miss World pageant's return to Sanya, on southern China's Hainan Island, for a seventh time, where the event was last held in 2015... READ MORE›
TOP-RANKED FENG SHANSHAN AIMS TO INSPIRE CHINA GOLF GENERATION
Her ascension to number one was confirmed this week, underlining China's growing influence in a sport that was banned under Mao Zedong... READ MORE›
ROOKIE TOPS LPGA GOLF RANKINGS FOR FIRST TIME EVER
Ten of the top 20 players in the official Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings are South Korean as it stands... READ MORE›
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CHINA'S AERIAL ANTICS RENEW CONCERNS OF ANTI-US MILITARY ACTS
China operates a major naval port at Dalian, north of the Yellow Sea, that is a major submarine base and a target of military intelligence monitoring... READ MORE›
MUTED U.S. RESPONSE TO CHINAS SEIZURE OF DRONE WORRIES ASIAN ALLIES
In June, China sent a warship for the first time into the waters around the islands, further escalating tensions... READ MORE›
CHINA AGREES TO RETURN SEIZED DRONE, ENDING STANDOFF, PENTAGON SAYS
China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters -- rips it out of water and takes it to China in unprecedented act, he said... READ MORE›
APPEAL BY MAO LED TU YOUYOU TO NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE
I think that Tu Youyou's prize should lead to deeper reflection about China's scientific efforts, Wang Yuanfeng, a professor in Beijing said in an online commentary... READ MORE›
FOR US PILOTS THE REAL WAR ON ISIS IS A FAR CRY FROM TOP GUN
In the year since airstrikes against Islamic State militants began, American pilots have assumed a huge bulk of the war effort... READ MORE›
US ACCUSES CHINA FIGHTER OF RECKLESS MID-AIR INTERCEPT
Near-misses between aircraft and naval vessels of the US and China are commonplace off the coast of China... READ MORE›
POKER-PLAYING ENGINEERS TAKE ON AI MACHINE
Alan Du, a venture capitalist and World Series of Poker veteran, was in his fifth day of matching wits against his stone-cold opponent... READ MORE›
THAT TIME U.S. SERVICEMEN WERE DETAINED OVERSEAS BY A HOSTILE POWER, AND AMERICA SAID SORRY TWICE
Some Chinese state media played up both admissions as signs of a formal apology, despite U.S. insistence that it was not... READ MORE›
BE VERY AFRAID: TRUMP CLAIMS HIS UNPREDICTABILITY IS A STRENGTH IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS
If China and other world powers see Trump as a buffoon, that's how they will treat him - and in that there'll be consequences... READ MORE›
ANASTASIA LIN: A FALUN GONG PRACTITIONER SEEKING THE MISS WORLD CROWN IN CHINA
Tens of millions in China practice Falun Gong which combines moral philosophy meditation and qigong exercises and emerged out of ideas prevalent in alternative Chinese medicine... READ MORE›
PENTAGON SAYS CHINESE PILOT FLEW TOO CLOSE TO US PLANE
WASHINGTON -- A Chinese fighter jet performed an unsafe maneuver last week while close to a United States spy plane, Defense Department officials said Wednesday... READ MORE›
U.S. PATROLS TO RAISE STAKES WITH BEIJING IN DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA
This cannot be a one-off, said Ian Storey, a South China Sea expert at Singapore's Institute of Southeast Asian Studies... READ MORE›
35 TONS OF DEAD FISH WASH UP IN CHINA LAKE
Residents of Haikou city on China's southern Hainan island began noticing the dead white and yellow fish on Wednesday... READ MORE›
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION: CAN THE NORTHERN WHITE RHINO ESCAPE EXTINCTION?
Wildlife conservation tigger is doomed but can other species such as the northern white rhino escape extinction?... READ MORE›
HOW CHINA'S FISHERMEN ARE FIGHTING A COVERT WAR IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
TANMEN, China -- In the disputed waters of the South China Sea, fishermen are the wild card... READ MORE›
MISS WORLD CANADA 'BARRED FROM ENTERING CHINA' FOR PAGEANT
Anastasia Lin a Falun Gong follower says she was prevented from boarding her connecting flight from Hong Kong... READ MORE›
WHATS AT STAKE AS U.S. WEIGHS SOUTH CHINA SEA PATROL
In 1974, a conflict between South Vietnam and China led to a shootout in the Paracel Islands, located between Vietnam and China's Hainan Island... READ MORE›
CHINA SHUTTERS GOLF COURSES, PROBES OFFICIALS WHO PLAY
The ruling Communist Party that President Xi Jinping commands has long been nervous of golf's image in China as an elitist, corrupt pastime... READ MORE›
THE SUBMARINES AND RIVALRIES UNDERNEATH THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
Operating from a state-of-the-art base near Sanya, on Hainan island's southernmost tip, Jin class submarines are now patrolling the depths of the South China Sea... READ MORE›
CHINESE JETS INTERCEPT U.S. MILITARY PLANE OVER SOUTH CHINA SEA
Chinese jets intercept U.S. military plane over South China Sea Pentagon... READ MORE›
NEW STRAINS OF RICE MAY HELP FIGHT CHINA'S DIABETES SCOURGE
As of today, more than 430 million cases of type-2 diabetes occur worldwide and the problem is severe in developing countries like China and India, Sreenivasulu said... READ MORE›
FACTBOX: WHY THE PHILIPPINES' SOUTH CHINA SEA LEGAL CASE MATTERS
Centered on the Spratlys archipelago, which straddle vital international shipping lanes, tensions in the South China Sea have simmered for decades, intensifying in recent years... READ MORE›
CHINA DEMANDS END TO U.S. SURVEILLANCE AFTER AIRCRAFT INTERCEPT
China claims most of the South China Sea, through which 5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year... READ MORE›
CHINA BELIEVES IT IS THE REAL VICTIM IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE
Beijing casts the case before the Permanent Court of Arbitration as a foreign plot to weaken and humiliate China... READ MORE›
CHINA DENIES CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH AMERICAN PLANE
It also rekindled memories, for both sides, of 2001, when a collision between an American surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet off the Chinese coast precipitated a diplomatic crisis... READ MORE›
LITTLE BLUE MEN: THE MARITIME MILITIAS PUSHING CHINA'S CLAIMS
The best-known are based in Hainan province, where local communities have long-standing historical and commercial interests in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
SAY HELLO TO SOUTHEAST ASIA'S NEW SILK ROADS
And all that action also ties in with China positioning itself as a de facto high-speed rail power in Southeast Asia... READ MORE›
CAMPAIGNS CHINA TONE COULD CLOUD OBAMA MEETING
On Thursday's visit, China experts said, Mr. Xi is likely to deliver a reassuring message to Mr. Obama... READ MORE›
PARACELS BUILD-UP A POINTER TO CHINA'S BROADER SOUTH CHINA SEA AMBITIONS
The Spratly Islands are more complicated because they involve every claimant, she said... READ MORE›
CAUGHT BETWEEN A REEF AND A HARD PLACE, MANILA'S SOUTH CHINA SEA VICTORY RUNS AGROUND
Chinese construction on the reef, which began two decades ago as a few rickety shelters perched on stilts, now covers an area larger than 500 football fields... READ MORE›