WikiLeaks: China May Be Fed Up With North Korea

Dec 3rd 2010 – 10:01 AM |AOL News

Andy Wong, AP

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Dec. 3) -- U.S. State Department cables made public by WikiLeaks appear to confirm what many suspected: China is just as fed up with North Korea as the U.S. and other countries,...

Japan Besieged From North and South by Island Claims

Nov 6th 2010 – 3:32 PM |AOL News

Mikhail Klimentyev, AFP / Getty Images

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Nov. 6) -- Japan, which for centuries relished the security of being an archipelago, is being challenged in separate territorial disputes over small islands. It's unclear whether the...

China's Internet Imperils Corrupt Officials, but Not Regime

Oct 28th 2010 – 12:39 PM |AOL News

CCTV

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Oct. 28) -- The Chinese Internet has been abuzz over a hit-and-run incident involving the young son of a high-level security official in Hebei Province, outside Beijing. The episode...

'Brother Gymnast' Shows China's Road Risks

Oct 22nd 2010 – 12:33 PM |AOL News

YouTube

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Oct. 21) -- A video of a motorcyclist miraculously walking away from a crash has gone viral on the Chinese Internet -- the latest of several spectacular accident videos to cause a...

Some See Beijing's Hand in Anti-Japan Protests

Oct 19th 2010 – 10:45 AM |AOL News

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TAIPEI, Taiwan (Oct. 19) -- Three days of rowdy and occasionally violent anti-Japan demonstrations in Chinese cities have left observers puzzling over whether the generally hyper-vigilant Chinese...

North Korean Heir Apparent Is No PR Hit

Oct 15th 2010 – 3:56 PM |AOL News

Kyodo News / AP

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Oct. 15) -- Despite having finally made his first public appearance this week at a military parade, North Korea's heir apparent Kim Jong Un appears to be missing the mark so far in...

Much of Asia Silent on Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Oct 13th 2010 – 11:02 AM |AOL News

EFE / ZUMA Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Oct. 13) -- In the wake of Chinese pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Peace Prize win, congratulations -- and some criticisms -- have poured in from governments the world over....

China-Japan Spat Rattles Nerves in Asia, US

Sep 28th 2010 – 8:16 AM |AOL News

Karii Matayoshi, Okinawa Times / AP

(Sept. 28) -- Relations between the world's No. 2 and No. 3 economies are in tatters even after Japan released the captain of a Chinese fishing boat four days ago. Commentators from Japan, China and...

Twitter Clone Helps Chinese Family Thwart Authorities

Sep 21st 2010 – 11:12 AM |AOL News

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Sept. 21) -- It was a typical case of property seizure, like those that happen nearly every day in China, but with a key difference. This time microblogs blasted the story across...

Was Plane Baby's Migrant Mother a Victim, Too?

Sep 19th 2010 – 10:05 AM |AOL News

Jose Steve Lita, Media Affairs NAIA / AP

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Sept. 19) -- The sensational case of a Filipina migrant worker who gave birth on a flight from the Middle East and dumped her newborn in the trash highlights broader problems facing...

Japan's PM Out of the Frying Pan, but Fire Awaits

Sep 14th 2010 – 8:40 AM |AOL News

Junji Kurokawa, AP

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Sept. 14) -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan today survived a leadership challenge in a party vote. The embattled leader's win could help stabilize his center-left ruling party as...

For Chinese Activist, 'The Truman Show' Begins

Sep 13th 2010 – 12:29 PM |AOL News

AFP / Getty Images

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Sept. 13) -- A famous Chinese rights activist, recently released after serving four years in jail, now faces constant scrutiny that human rights groups compares to a more sinister...

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