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Diaoyu Dispute: Where Will Tensions Lead?
A Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on Wednesday that China would carry out a geographical survey of the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, according to Xinhua News. From AFP (via the South China...
View ArticleViolence at Myanmar Border Puts Beijing in a Bind
Last week, The Economist reported on conflict between government troops and local rebels in Myanmar’s border region of Kokang—an area largely populated by Chinese-speaking ethnic Han—and how the...
View ArticleBurmese ‘Stopped From Seeking Shelter’ in China
Al Jazeera reports that Chinese authorities have turned back thousands of Myanmar refugees fleeing heavy fighting between armed ethnic groups and government troops near the country’s northern border....
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