The forces of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad shell rebel-occupied neighborhoods of Damascus. Four young female members of a punk rock band begin their fifth month in a Moscow jail. Somewhere in China a local party boss meets... more ››
Is there going to be a war over the Tiaoyu Islands, which the Japanese call the Senkakus? According to a joint poll conducted by Taiwan's Want Want China Times Public Opinion Survey Center and China's “Global Times... more ››
China comes in at the top of the class when it comes to the Olympics of economic statistics. Beijing left all rivals trailing when it produced its figures for gross domestic product for the second quarter of 2012, a mere 13 days... more ››
Chinese exports to Africa jumped 22 percent last year to hit $73 billion, more than double the gross domestic product of Kenya or Ethiopia. Chinese officials pledged to do more to encourage exports of African goods, including... more ››
It was only seven months ago that Barack Obama and Julia Gillard stood together to jubilantly announce a permanent new deployment of US Marines to Darwin. It was the biggest permanent shift of US forces in peacetime into the... more ››