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China has banned exports to North Korea of a range of technologies that could be used to build weapons.

• 15 июня 2016, 15:44

Residents of a border district in China's mostly Muslim region of Xinjiang must now provide DNA samples when applying for passports.

• 07 июня 2016, 16:52

Thai authorities uncovered a trove of animal parts and intercepted a monk trying to leave a controversial tiger temple with skins and fangs.

• 02 июня 2016, 15:58

A knee-high robot designed to help around the house ended up serenading Taiwan's president as Asia's largest tech trade show kicked off Tuesday in Taipei.

• 31 мая 2016, 16:03

The British media is riddled with "barbarians" who would benefit from a lesson in manners from China's ancient civilisation, a state-run newspaper said Thursday after Queen Elizabeth II called some Chinese officials "very rude".

• 12 мая 2016, 14:29

A tonne of man-made "jellyfish" has been seized by China's police, adding a new ingredient to the country's long recipe of fake foods.

• 11 мая 2016, 18:55

Queen Elizabeth II called members of a Chinese delegation "very rude", in a rare diplomatic gaffe by the British monarch.

• 11 мая 2016, 16:29

Japan will lease military aircraft to the Philippines to counter Beijing's increasing regional influence

• 03 мая 2016, 14:17

A rare violet diamond, the largest of its kind ever found at Australia's remote Argyle mine, will be the centrepiece of annual showcase.

• 03 мая 2016, 14:10

Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright, who has revealed himself as the creator of the virtual Bitcoin currency, is an elusive individual.

• 03 мая 2016, 14:10

Japan is abandoning a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar satellite it sent to study black holes, disappointed space scientists said.

• 28 апреля 2016, 17:54

Hundreds of employees at China's top statistics bureau are being investigated after selling data.

• 28 апреля 2016, 17:40

More than 100 tonnes of clams have perished in central Vietnam because of a possible toxic leak into the sea near an industrial zone.

• 28 апреля 2016, 17:36

China has the youngest premium car buyers in the world, and their tech-savvy demand for connected cars is driving international automakers.

• 27 апреля 2016, 16:30

'It's a dying business,' Gong In-Young said as he watched US activists clear out the cages of his South Korean dog meat farm.

• 27 апреля 2016, 16:08

Coral bleaching has been detected in Sydney Harbour. The damaging phenomenon is blamed on warming sea-surface temperatures.

• 19 апреля 2016, 13:33

Corruption cases involving three million yuan ($463,000) or more may incur the death penalty in future.

• 18 апреля 2016, 14:35

Researchers from Guangzhou Medical University used a gene-editing technique CRISPR to artificially induce a mutation in human cells.

• 13 апреля 2016, 18:31

The head of US Steel has accused Britain and the wider European Union of negligence over China dumping cheep steel on world markets.

• 11 апреля 2016, 16:24

Kazakhstan’s national chess team has become third at the classical chess Asia Nations Cup 2016.

• 07 апреля 2016, 17:34