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Balkhash lake might shrink to 10% of its size Balkhash lake may lose up to 86 percent of its water reserves by 2045, which will mean a huge environmental disaster for Kazakhstan.

05 February 2013 20:26

Japan summons China envoy in island row Tokyo summoned China's envoy Tuesday in protest at what it says was another incursion into its territorial waters, after Beijing's ships sailed near islands at the centre of a bitter dispute.

05 February 2013 10:47

35 Kazakhstan athletes to take part in 2014 China Youth Olympic Games Kazakhstan athletes will compete in weightlifting, boxing, water polo, swimming, gymnastics and other events in the Nanjing Youth Olympics.

04 February 2013 14:56

Schmidt book labels China online menace: report The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that in his coming book, Google chairman Eric Schmidt brands China an Internet menace that sanctions cyber crime for economic and political gain.

02 February 2013 18:46

Fireworks truck blast blamed for China bridge collapse The collapse of a bridge on an expressway in central China was likely caused by an explosion on a lorry carrying fireworks, a local official said Saturday as state media said the death toll rose to 11.

02 February 2013 14:21

Hong Kongers turn to Obama over milk shortage fears More than 12,500 people have petitioned US President Barack Obama to help Hong Kong avoid a baby formula shortage, saying infants in the city are facing malnutrition due to mainland Chinese "smugglers".

02 February 2013 10:04

China steel industry says profits plunge The combined profits of China's major steelmakers crashed by more than 98 percent in 2012 as growth in the economy of the world's largest steel producer slowed.

01 February 2013 18:59

Wall Street Journal says also hit by Chinese hackers The Wall Street Journal said Thursday its computers had been hit by Chinese hackers, becoming the latest US media organization to report an effort to spy on its journalists covering China.

01 February 2013 16:58

Smoke but no fire in smoggy Shanghai Shanghai was forced to deny that China's future tallest building, now under construction, was on fire Thursday after what looked like smog surrounded the towering structure.

01 February 2013 15:00

Recent quake in Almaty oblast damaged over 200 buildings in China The 6.6-magnitude earthquake that hit Kazakhstan on January 28 caused damage to over 200 buildings in the near-border region of China.

01 February 2013 11:04

Daimler seeks stake in China car maker: report German auto maker Daimler is planning to buy a 10 to 20 percent stake in the passenger car unit of its Chinese partner BAIC Group and could sign the deal Friday.

01 February 2013 10:45

China's military at 'high risk' on corruption: watchdog China's armed forces are battling a major corruption problem, with little political oversight and no whistleblower mechanism to counter graft.

31 January 2013 11:31

'Finnegans Wake' is new Chinese publishing hit A new Chinese translation of "Finnegans Wake", renowned for its linguistic difficulty in the original, is proving a hit in China -- although one academic called the author James Joyce "mentally ill".

30 January 2013 15:50

'Off the scale' smog envelops Beijing again Pollution levels in Beijing rose above index limits on Tuesday, the US embassy said, as a dense cloud of haze shrouded large swathes of northern China.

30 January 2013 14:57

Chinese military plane boosts global reach China's new heavy-lift transport aircraft and a successful missile interception test are key steps in expanding the strength and reach of its armed forces.

29 January 2013 10:00

Over 50 million tons of crude pumped via Atasu-Alashankow oil pipeline Since the pipeline was launched in 2006 the volume of crude has been growing by 20% a year on average.

28 January 2013 10:26

China media threatens N. Korea aid cut over atomic test North Korea's sole major ally China will decrease aid to Pyongyang if it goes ahead with a planned nuclear test, state-run media said in an unusually frank warning on Friday.

27 January 2013 11:27

Taiwan boat leaves islands after Japan water cannon duel A boat carrying Taiwanese activists headed for disputed Japanese-controlled islands turned back Thursday after coastguard vessels from the two sides converged and duelled with water cannon.

27 January 2013 10:26

South Korean rocket launch set for Jan 30 South Korea confirmed Thursday that it will make another bid on January 30 to put a satellite in orbit and join an elite club of global space powers that includes China, Japan and India.

26 January 2013 11:52

China may turn Kazakhstan into desert Kazakhstan ecologist spoke about the consequences of China's diverting of transborder rivers to its semi-desert lands.

25 January 2013 13:10

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