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Australia risks Chinese anger

Australia risks Chinese anger over power grid sale.

China show trials

History is littered with tragedies in which individuals or nations betray their long-term interests for short-term advantage. This week's show trials in China may be just such a case.

Duterte's reign of terror

'Reign of terror': Fear in the Philippines as police embark on state-sanctioned 'killing spree'.

China's worst nightmare in the Pacific

A one minute video shows China's worst nightmare in the Pacific.

Tokyo elects first female governor

Tokyo elects Yuriko Koike as first female governor.

Bangladeshi boy murdered by fellow textile workers

A 10 year old Bangladeshi boy was murdered by his fellow textile workers.

Leaning House of Jakarta

Budi Pradono builds The Leaning House of Jakarta.

Joshua Wong guilty

Joshua Wong found guilty of unlawful assembly in Hong Kong.

Xi Jinping should resign

Loyal Party Members Urge Xi Jinping to Resign in Open Letter.

Philippines' war on crime

Philippines' top lawyer urges police to embrace Rodrigo Duterte's calls and kill more criminals.

12 die in Indonesian traffic jam

Twelve people have died during a massive three-day traffic jam in Indonesia that stretched more than 20 kilometres and brought thousands of holidaymakers to a complete standstill, reports the ABC.

China's trawlers empty Guinea's oceans

Chinese fishing vessels operate illegally off the coast of Guinea, depleting its fish population and destroying marine life. Despite the economic and social consequences of illegal fishing, the Guinean government has failed to police its waters because it doesn't have money to operate surveillance equipment, as the BBC's Tamasin Ford reports.

Mongolia's "Unbreakable Flower"

Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg, whose name translates to “unbreakable flower,” is determined to win gold in Rio. The female wrestler won bronze in London in 2012 and is training twice a day—with both men and women—to prepare for next month’s Olympics. “From ancient times we have been a wrestling country,” her coach, Sukhbataar, said to Reuters. “Mongolian women are like warriors.”

China floods leave 120 dead

China floods leave more than 120 dead, scores missing, state media says.

Chinese Activist Chen Yunfei Is to Stand Trial

A longtime political activist and artist who has been detained for more than a year in China after visiting the grave site of a victim of the violent Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 is expected to stand trial on Thursday, according to his lawyer.