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China Raises Tibet Flood Toll to 43 Dead, 519 Missing — But Rescuers Are Still Digging Through What Used to Be Gyirong Port

GYIRONG, Tibet — Eleven days after a massive ice-and-rock collapse high in the Himalayas sent a wall of mud, water and debris racing toward the China-Nepal border, the disaster is still giving up its dead. China on Sunday raised the confirmed death toll on the Tibetan side from 31 to 43, while 519 people remain missing, according to the latest count announced by Chinese authorities and carried by Xinhua. The numbers alone are grim. But what rescuers are confronting at Gyirong Port helps expla

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China Warns of ‘Consequences’ as Taiwan Appears at Pacific Summit — But Palau Says Beijing Doesn’t Choose the Guest List

KOROR, Palau — A gathering designed to showcase Pacific unity instead became the latest arena in the escalating diplomatic contest between China and Taiwan, after Beijing warned of unspecified “consequences” over the presence of Taiwan’s foreign minister at the region’s most important political summit. Chinese special envoy for Pacific island affairs Qian Bo confronted the issue after Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung attended the opening ceremony and other activities associated with the

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China Just Sent Its ‘National Team’ Back Into the Stock Market With $8.9 Billion — But the Problem Beijing Can’t Buy Away Is Getting Bigger

BEIJING — China has once again reached for one of its most powerful tools for calming a falling stock market: state money. After a brutal technology-led selloff erased roughly 10 trillion yuan, or about $1.48 trillion, from mainland Chinese market value in two weeks, two major state-owned investment groups disclosed that they had deployed around 60 billion yuan — approximately $8.9 billion — into Chinese shares. The intervention helped stabilize markets temporarily. But it also exposed a much

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50 Years After Mao Zedong’s Death, China’s Young Are Turning Back to Him — But What They’re Remembering May Be More Important Than Mao Himself

NANJIE, China — Half a century after Mao Zedong’s death, China has transformed almost beyond recognition. Skyscrapers have replaced communes, private enterprise drives much of the economy, and Chinese companies compete at the frontiers of electric vehicles, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing. Yet Mao is far from disappearing. As China approaches the 50th anniversary of Mao’s death on September 9, 2026, the revolutionary leader’s image is again resonating with some young Chinese

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Chinese Worker Found Alive in a Nepal Tunnel After 10 Days — But What He Told Rescuers Could Send Them Deeper Underground

Chinese Worker Found Alive in Nepal Tunnel 10 Days After Catastrophic Flood — But Hundreds May Still Be Trapped Underground Chinese national Lu Haitao was pulled alive Saturday from inside a 225-meter tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project in Rasuwa district, according to Nepal’s military and government authorities. The Japan Times, carrying the breaking report, described him as the third worker rescued alive from hydropower tunnels since the Aug. 26 catastrophe. Reuters reported th

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50 Years After Mao Zedong’s Death, China’s Young Are Turning Back to Him — But What They’re Remembering May Be More Important Than Mao Himself

NANJIE, China — Half a century after Mao Zedong’s death, China has transformed almost beyond recognition. Skyscrapers have replaced communes, private enterprise drives much of the economy, and Chinese companies compete at the frontiers of electric vehicles, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing. Yet Mao is far from disappearing. As China approaches the 50th anniversary of Mao’s death on September 9, 2026, the revolutionary leader’s image is again resonating with some young Chinese

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US and China Military Chiefs Meet as Taiwan Tensions Rise—Why Their Meeting Matters

WASHINGTON/BEIJING — A rare high-level military encounter between the United States and China is drawing attention across the Indo-Pacific after the U.S. commander responsible for the region met with a senior Chinese general whose forces oversee military operations involving Taiwan. U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Adm. Samuel Paparo met Gen. Yang Zhibin, commander of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command, on the sidelines of the Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defense Conference in

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Chinese Survey Ship Spent 25 Days Inside PH EEZ — Then Tarriela Revealed What It Was Capable Of

Philippine Coast Guard West Philippine Sea spokesperson Rear Adm. Jay Tarriela said the 76-meter Chinese vessel Haiyang Dizhi Shihao entered the Philippines’ EEZ around Aug. 10 and remained in the area for 25 days. About three weeks of that period were spent within the 12-nautical-mile territorial sea around Panatag Shoal, according to the PCG. Tarriela said the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the Philippines had not issued the vessel a permit to conduct marine scientific research

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Chinese National Nabbed in Alleged Visa Scam — NBI Uncovers What Was Behind the Operation

MANILA, Philippines — A Chinese national has been arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in connection with an alleged visa-processing scam, according to a report by the Manila Standard. The arrest comes amid intensified Philippine government efforts to crack down on fraud schemes involving foreign nationals, immigration-related transactions and other forms of organized criminal activity. Authorities have increasingly warned the public to be cautious when dealing with

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Chinese Jets Locked Their Radar on 3 Philippine Aircraft Over Scarborough Shoal—What Happened Next?

MANILA, Philippines — Tensions in the West Philippine Sea have taken a more dangerous turn after armed Chinese military aircraft reportedly locked their radar systems onto three Philippine aircraft during an encounter over the disputed Bajo de Masinloc, also known as Scarborough Shoal, on September 2. The incident involved at least three Chinese JL-10 advanced trainer aircraft carrying live PL-5 short-range air-to-air missiles, according to footage released by the People's Liberation Army (PLA)

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