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Relations between China and Taiwan this year will be "even more complex and grim" and Beijing will resolutely oppose any form of separatist activity, a senior Chinese official says.
Topics: world-politics, china, taiwan, united-states, asia
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| UpdatedThe new US administration of President Donald Trump says its trade strategy to protect American jobs would start with withdrawal from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states, asia, australia, japan, china
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| UpdatedThe US Government asks South Korea to arrest a brother of former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on charges that he engaged in a bribery scheme to carry out the sale of a Vietnamese building complex.
Topics: corruption, foreign-affairs, korea-republic-of, united-states, asia
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| UpdatedMalaysia says it will pay a reward to any private company that finds the fuselage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, days after a three-year hunt was suspended.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, air-and-space, malaysia, australia, china, asia
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A truck loaded with sand collides with a school bus, killing at least 24 children in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police say.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, india, asia
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| UpdatedBeverley O'Connor speaks to Anwar Ibrahim's lawyer N. Surendran after a court ruled the jailed opposition MP can proceed with a legal challenge.
Topics: courts-and-trials, government-and-politics, world-politics, malaysia, asia
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A South Korean court dismisses an arrest warrant against the head of Samsung Group, the country's largest conglomerate, amid a corruption scandal that has led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.
Topics: corruption, world-politics, government-and-politics, bribery, korea-republic-of, asia
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China will build a "new model" of relations with the United States, President Xi Jinping says, in a speech that portrayed China as the leader of a globalised world where only international cooperation could solve the big problems.
Topics: world-politics, human, china, asia, united-states
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Two Iranian men who were bashed by police in Papua New Guinea return to court after being arrested for a second time.
Topics: refugees, law-crime-and-justice, police, papua-new-guinea, pacific, australia, asia
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| UpdatedTwo months since India's two biggest banknotes were invalidated overnight to fight graft things are slowly returning to normal, but change has come at a cost to one of Asia's fastest-growing economies.
Topics: currency, community-and-society, world-politics, india, asia
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Chinese President Xi Jinping offers a vigorous defence of free trade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, in a speech underscoring Beijing's desire to play a greater global role as the United States turns inward.
Topics: trade, business-economics-and-finance, world-politics, government-and-politics, markets, currency, globalisation---economy, switzerland, china, united-states, asia
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With Donald Trump as President-elect, the China-US relationship is about to enter a much more uncertain and tense time as the world waits to see what the fallout will be, writes correspondent Matthew Carney.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, foreign-affairs, trade, business-economics-and-finance, us-elections, united-states, china, asia
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Dr Allan Patience from the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne about what to expect of the China-US relationship once Donald Trump becomes president.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, us-elections, china, united-states, asia
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| UpdatedThe Department of Immigration and Border Protection is accused of mismanaging offshore detention centre contracts, with an independent audit alleging more than $1 billion was spent over the last four years without proper authorisation.
Topics: government-and-politics, immigration, federal-government, australia, nauru, asia, papua-new-guinea, pacific
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South Korea's special prosecutor seeks a warrant to arrest the head of Samsung, the country's largest conglomerate, accusing him of paying multi-million-dollar bribes to a friend of President Park Geun-hye.
Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, bribery, government-and-politics, world-politics, business-economics-and-finance, korea-republic-of, asia
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Korea Associates Business Consultancy's Tony Michell about the potential arrest of the head of Samsung.
Topics: bribery, corruption, crime, korea-republic-of, asia
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| UpdatedThe Environment Minister criticises Japan for whaling in Antarctic waters, saying the Government is opposed to "so-called 'scientific' whaling". His comments follow a weekend meeting between Malcolm Turnbull and his Japanese counterpart.
Topics: whaling, conservation, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, australia, asia, japan
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| UpdatedThe Sea Shepherd conservation group says it has caught the Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru in Australian waters with a slaughtered minke whale on board.
Topics: whaling, fremantle-6160, asia, japan
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| UpdatedAsia forced to deal with a growing mountain of discarded smartphones and other electronics, amid environmental fears.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, consumer-electronics, recycling-and-waste-management, china, asia, indonesia, cambodia, thailand
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| UpdatedUS President-elect Donald Trump says he will not commit to the "one-China" policy until he sees progress from Beijing in its currency and trade practices, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, us-elections, currency, business-economics-and-finance, markets, united-states, russian-federation, china, asia
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| UpdatedPrime Minster Malcolm Turnbull and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe commit during bilateral talks in Sydney to pursuing the threatened Trans-Pacific Partnership and strengthening defence ties.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, world-politics, turnbull-malcolm, trade, australia, japan, asia
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The Philippines' Catholic Church has called on people to the streets after President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order directing government agencies to provide contraception to 6 million Filipino women.
Topics: government-and-politics, catholic, philippines, asia
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Former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has returned to South Korea where he is expected to announce a bid to be the country's next president.
Topics: government-and-politics, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, asia
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At least five activists known for their liberal views on social media have gone missing in Pakistan since the beginning of January.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, pakistan, asia
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| UpdatedBan Ki-moon returns home saying that he will make a decision "soon" on his future political career, amid expectations he will succeed Korean President Park Geun-hye if she is forced from office.
Topics: world-politics, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, asia