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President Xi Jinping has called for increased economic and strategic cooperation with Australia, suggesting continued enthusiasm for a free trade agreement between the two nations.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday morning made an offering to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine during its autumn festival.
A panel of experts convened by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to explore the issue of lifting the nation's self-imposed constitutional ban on the right of collective self-defense Wednesday proposed some ideas about the role the armed forces here could play if the ban were to be lifted.
The death toll from a recent powerful earthquake in central Philippines jumped to 156 while 22 others were still missing.
Japan and Britain on Wednesday agreed to promote bilateral cooperation in security-related areas such as maritime and cybersecurity and anti-terrorism measures, said Japanese foreign minister.
A Lao Airlines plane flying in stormy weather crashed into the Mekong river in southern Laos on Wednesday, killing all 44 people on board, among them nationals of 10 countries.
"China and Myanmar, linked by rivers and mountains, share a paukphaw (fraternal) friendship with each other," President Xi Jinping said.
More Chinese economists are beginning to sound the alarm over the risk to China of holding more than $1 trillion in US Treasury bills, as efforts by the US Congress to raise the debt limit remain elusive.
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A Lao Airlines plane crashed into the Mekong River in southern Laos on Wednesday, according to an airline official, in an accident Thai television channels said killed 39 people.
Eight crew members have been rescued after a cargo ship with 18 Chinese nationals and a Vietnamese aboard sank Tuesday off the coast of the Republic of Korea.
Total primary energy demand in Asia and the Pacific alone is expected to nearly double between 2010 and 2030.
The second China-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Myanmar) Commodities exhibition in conjunction with Shandong Trade Fair (CAEM-2013) will be held at Tatmadaw Hall in Myanmar's Yangon next month, according to exhibition sources Wednesday.
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