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By Reuters A former US military pilot and flight instructor who worked in China was arrested in Australia and faces extradition to the United States,…
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By Heather Chen, CNN The Malaysian government’s insistence on holding a snap general election next month during a monsoon season that’s…
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Continue ReadingXi tightens grip on power as China unveils new leaders
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By CNN Staff Jolie’s nerves were running high as she walked into the campus of Goldsmiths, the University of London, last Friday morning.…
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By Simone McCarthy, Nectar Gan, Steven Jiang, Yong Xiong and Wayne Chang, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping has formally stepped into his norm-breaking…
Continue ReadingXi tightens grip on power as China unveils new leaders
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By Nectar Gan and Simone McCarthy, CNN China’s top leader Xi Jinping is set to begin a norm-breaking third term with an even greater…
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By Simone McCarthy, Yong Xiong and Steven Jiang, CNN China’s former top leader, Hu Jintao, was unexpectedly led out of Saturday’s closing…
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Continue ReadingSingapore’s pre-execution photos seek to soften a policy activists say doesn’t work
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