China ramps up propaganda war
WITH a vital ruling on the South China Sea looming, China isn’t just making military moves. It’s staging a bizarre PR campaign.
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China’s space station ‘out of control’
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Tension builds at South China Sea
THE dispute over this trading route goes to an international court on Tuesday, but if China won’t listen we may be plunged into conflict.
NKorea launches test missile from submarine
TENSIONS are already high in southeast Asia with multiple countries challenging China over rights to the South China Sea. Then this happens.
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Angry China flexes military muscle
BEIJING has sealed off disputed islands in the South China Sea for ‘military exercises’ as an international court prepares to hand down its verdict on the simmering territorial dispute.
5 books in 5 minutes
NOBEL Prize winner Le Clezio’s literary treasure hunt takes readers to colonial Mauritius, and Mei Fong examines China’s one-child policy.
The world’s first 3D-printed house
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Woman critical after freak accident
A WOMAN in China is fighting for life after a bizarre incident in which she was pierced through the skull by a pair of falling pliers. Warning: Graphic
China’s giant leap towards Mars
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People are paying $50 for Weet-Bix
IT’S, dense, dry, and practically tasteless. But there’s a very simple formula to how this humble breakfast product became sexy.
Cupping therapy goes horribly wrong
A MAN has been left with seven infected burn marks after a cupping treatment therapy in China took a turn for the worse. WARNING: Graphic.
China’s big threat to peace in 2030
IT’S a scary, but potentially real threat facing the world by 2030. Expert warns China’s cyber capabilities will be more dangerous than anything else.
Deadly tornado rips through Chinese town
CHINA state media is reporting that 51 people have been killed in a terrifying tornado that ripped through a province, destroying buildings in its path.
Port finds new Power in China
PORT Adelaide’s full board will meet in Shanghai with chief executive Keith Thomas declaring the Power’s “China Strategy” has accelerated beyond expectation.
Mystery over China’s ‘holy grail’
CLAIMS a 600-year-old book holds “iron-clad” proof of China’s sovereignty over the South China Sea have taken a strange twist.
Shots fired: US in troubled waters
THE US flexed its muscles by parading two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the South China Sea. Beijing has responded.
China’s super computing breakthrough
THE Chinese Communist Party has been funnelling huge sums of money into super computing and the country is now leading the way.
Disney’s colossal $7.5 billion gamble
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Meeting that enraged 1.3b people
IT WAS a respectful meeting between two of the world’s most powerful figures, but it’s left a world power infuriated.
Sick new online loan shark trend
WEB-BASED loan sharks are demanding naked photos from cash-strapped female university students who want to borrow money.
Hidden meaning in world flags
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Pigbeast: mutant porker shocks owners
A MUTANT piglet born with two heads and three eyes in China has attracted huge crowds and cash offers, but the owner says it’s not for sale.
3.5 million Chinese tune in for Port clash
PORT Adelaide now has the Chinese interested in Australian football having created a hook on China’s biggest television networks.
China slammed over ‘unsafe intercept’
A CHINESE fighter jet got way too close to a US spy plane on Tuesday. It turns out China has a history of reckless airmanship.
Tolo returns as Opals crack China
MARIANNA Tolo has made a triumphant return to on-court action with the Opals beating China 90-69 in France today.
‘Some even wear diapers’
CHINESE teenagers’ addiction to technology is so out of control, desperate parents are resorting to extreme measures.
This is where luxury cars go to die
HUNDREDS of expensive cars have been wasting away in an overgrown parking lot in China after they were dumped by their rich owners.
‘We do not fear you’: Chinese admiral
CHINA has angrily accused the US of ‘provocations’ and asserted it does not fear ‘trouble’ over its territorial ambitions in the South China Sea.
Tiananmen Square massacre remembered
TENS of thousands have gathered for the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre despite many activists turning their backs on the candlelit vigil.
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