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Trinidad & Tobago |
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China president makes first ever visit to Trinidad
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| Jun.3 |
 Northeast China |
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Explosion, fire reportedly kill 119 at poultry plant  Map of Jilin China| An early morning fire at a poultry processing plant in northeast China killed at least 119 people. Another 54 workers were injured. | |
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| Jun.4 |
Northeast China |
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Families demand answers after plant fire kills 119
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| Jun.7 |
 Southern California |
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 Xi Jinping joins Obama for summit Map of Palm Springs USA| Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama have begun a two-day summit in California. The two leaders shook hands under a shaded walkway at the Sunnylands estate. ... | |
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Southern China |
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Dozens dead in China bus fire Map of Xiamen Fujian China At least 47 people have died in the Chinese city of Xiamen following a bus fire, according to state media
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| Jun.8 |
Southern China |
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'Suicidal' man caused China bus fire A suicidal man started a fire on a packed commuter bus in south-eastern China that killed 47 people, state media report.
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Southern California |
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 Obama-Xi talks focus on economy  Map of Palm Springs USA Economic and environmental issues dominated the second day of a summi, but cyber-security was also on the agenda
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Southern California |
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Obama-Xi summit 'constructive' US President and Chinese leader have ended a two-day summit described by a US official as 'unique, positive and constructive'
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Beijing |
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Liu Xiaobo's brother-in-law jailed A court in China has sentenced Liu Hui, the brother-in-law of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in jail on fraud ch...
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| Jun.10 |
 Hong Kong |
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 US spy leaker 'defending liberty' Edward Snowden, ex-CIA employee has said he acted to 'protect basic liberties for people around the world' in leaking details of US surveillance
| Edward Snowden, 29, was revealed as the source of the leaks at his own request by the Guardian newspaper.
Snowden, who has fled to Hong Kong, said he had an 'obligation to help free people from oppression'
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Hong Kong |
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 US spy leaker Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong | Edward Snowden, 29, who leaked details of US top-secret phone and internet surveillance has disappeared from his hotel in Hong Kong | |
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| Jun.11 |
China |
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Chinese spaceship blasts off from Gobi Desert Map of Gobi Desert China Shenzhou 10 blasted off from a launch center, carrying three astronauts on what is expected to be the Asian giant's longest crewed mission yet
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| Jun.12 |
Hong Kong |
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Snowden 'vows to fight extradition' Edward Snowden, the ex-CIA employee who leaked secret US surveillance details, has vowed to fight any attempt to extradite him from Hong Kong
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| Jun.13 |
Beijing |
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China newspaper: Snowden could be useful to China A Communist Party-backed newspaper is urging China's leadership to get more info from Edward Snowden rather than send him back to the U
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| Jun.17 |
Hong Kong |
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Snowden stands by leak allegations The former intelligence contractor who leaked documents on US surveillance programs has defended himself in an online chat, the Guardian rep...
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| Jun.19 |
China |
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China gives first lecture from space China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, has delivered the country's first-ever video lecture from space
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China |
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China factory activity slows further China's manufacturing activity weakened further in June, falling to a nine-month low as demand fell, according to a preliminary survey
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| Jun.22 |
Hong Kong |
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Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong on Moscow flight| US intelligence fugitive Edward Snowden has flown out of Hong Kong, the Chinese territory's government has confirmed | |
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| Jun.24 |
Beijing |
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American factory boss held hostage by scores of workers Chip Starnes, 42, said he has been held hostage for four days at his medical supply plant in Beijing by workers demanding severance package...
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| Jun.25 |
China |
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China astronauts return to Earth A capsule carrying three Chinese astronauts has landed safely after a 15-day mission in space on the Shenzhou-10
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| Jun.27 |
Tibet |
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China 'moves two million Tibetans' More than two million Tibetans have been resettled by the Chinese government over the last seven years, a new report by Human Rights Watch s...
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Beijing |
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China official in sex case gets prison for bribery Lei Zhengfu at the center of a sex scandal has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for taking bribes of more than 3 million yuan ($510,000)
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| Jun.28 |
Western China |
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China's west erupts in violence 2nd time in 3 days A tense minority region in China's far west erupted in violence, hours after the government called the earlier unrest a 'terrorist attack'
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| Jun.29 |
Western China |
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China's Xinjiang hit by fresh unrest More than 100 people riding motorcycles, some wielding knives, have attacked a police station, according to state-run media
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| Jun.30 |
 Thailand |
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Oil falls toward $96 as China factories slow The price of oil fell toward $96 a barrel Monday as weak Chinese manufacturing raised the prospect of subdued demand
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