Henry Sanderson
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Communist China marks 60 years with tanks, kitsch
Oct 01, 2009 13:37 EDT
With tanks, troops and kitsch, China celebrates 60 years of communist rule and its new power. Jets, tanks and missile-toting trucks thundered through Beijing on Thursday in a show of military muscle to celebrate six decades of communist rule and China's transformation from a war-battered regional player into global economic superpower.
South Korea holding Uighur activist at airport
Sep 17, 2009 09:30 EDT
South Korean immigration officials holding Uighur activist from Germany. Immigration officials stopped an ethnic Uighur activist from Germany from entering South Korea and have been holding him at an airport since early this week, officials said Thursday.
China: Trade penalties will hurt US relations
Sep 12, 2009 20:02 EDT
US says trade penalties on Chinese fair, Beijing says could sour ties between nations. President Barack Obama's decision to impose trade penalties on Chinese tires has infuriated Beijing at a time when the U.S. badly needs Chinese help on climate change, nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea and the global economy.
China Xinjiang chief survives political firestorm
Sep 06, 2009 11:45 EDT
China's Xinjiang chief keeps his job amid waves of protest while colleagues fired over unrest. As leader of the volatile far western Xinjiang territory for 15 years, Wang Lequan is the closest China has to a regional strongman.
Typhoon Morakot leaves 6 dead or missing in Taiwan
Aug 08, 2009 00:44 EDT
Typhoon Morakot pummels Taiwan; at least 2 people dead, 4 missing. A typhoon slammed into Taiwan overnight, leaving at least six people dead or missing and more than a dozen injured, officials and media reported Saturday.
NKorean ship under US scrutiny changes course
Jul 01, 2009 06:48 EDT
NKorean ship changes its course as Pyongyang renews warnings against searching its ships. A North Korean ship monitored for more than a week by the U.S. Navy has changed course and is heading back the way it came, U.S. officials said, as Pyongyang warned Wednesday it will take military action if anyone attempts to search its vessels.
Plane arrives for Mexicans held in quarantine
May 05, 2009 06:41 EDT
Mexicans trapped in China by a swine flu quarantine that their president denounced as discriminatory were picked up by chartered plane to fly home Tuesday, amid a high alert in the region as South Korea confirmed a new case.
Swine flu: NZ's Maori urged to avoid old greeting
May 01, 2009 14:42 EDT
The Roman Catholic Church in New Zealand instructed priests Friday not to place communion wafers in worshippers' mouths because of swine flu risks, and indigenous Maori were urged to stop using an ancient greeting that brings people nose-to-nose.
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