January 8, 2017 Choked by smog, Beijing creates new environmental police Officials in Beijing are creating a new environmental police squad in the latest effort to fight China's persistent problems with heavy smog.
January 8, 2017 Taiwan leader heads to Americas; US stops set to irk China Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has set off to visit Central American allies, saying she wants to bolster Taiwan's presence on the international stage on a trip that includes transits in the U.S. that look set to raise China's ire.
January 8, 2017 Beijing creates new environmental police squad to fight China's heavy smog Officials in Beijing are creating a new environmental police squad in the latest effort to fight China's persistent problems with heavy smog.
January 7, 2017 Sri Lanka gov't supporters attack China port deal protesters Sri Lanka government supporters have attacked protesting Buddhist monks and villagers with clubs as they marched against what they say is a plan to take over private land for an industrial zone in which China will have a major stake.
January 7, 2017 British conservationist fights to save seahorses in Cambodia A 7-inch creature with a head resembling a horse and a monkey-like tail glides gracefully out of a dark coral crevice off the Cambodian coast.
January 7, 2017 Sri Lanka gov't supporters attack protesting Buddhist monks, villagers Sri Lanka government supporters attacked protesting Buddhist monks and villagers with clubs on Saturday as they marched against what they say is a plan to take over private land for an industrial zone in which China will have a major stake.
January 6, 2017 Police brace for Sri Lanka rally against port lease to China Sri Lanka police are bracing for a big protest by thousands of Buddhist monks and opposition supporters against a government decision to lease a major seaport to a Chinese-controlled venture.
January 6, 2017 Russia role in Syria undiminished despite latest withdrawal Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to cast himself as a peacemaker in Syria, after his military proved to be the difference in the battle for Aleppo.
January 6, 2017 Bluefin tuna goes for $632,000 in 1st Tsukiji auction of '17 A Japanese sushi chain boss bid a winning 74.2 million yen ($632,000) Thursday for a 212 kilogram (466 pound) bluefin tuna in what may be Tsukiji market's last auction at its current site in downtown Tokyo.
January 6, 2017 Philippines' Duterte tours Russian warship amid warming ties Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has toured one of the two Russian warships docked in Manila in another gesture of warming ties with Moscow as he shifts his country's foreign policy away from long-time ally, the United States.
