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About a month ago Japan put out an emergency survey that would intrun put 170 kids into protection programs. This survey came after and incident of a fatal abuse of a ten-year-old girl in January just outside of Tokyo. Her parents were arrested and it opened the government’s eyes that there’s more kids out their in risk of being abused… Read more »

U.S., China hold ‘candid and constructive’ trade talks in Beijing

BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States and China said they made progress in trade talks that concluded on Friday in Beijing that Washington called “candid and constructive” as the world’s two largest economies try to resolve a bitter, nearly nine-month trade war. “The two parties continued to make progress during candid and constructive discussions on the negotiations and important next… Read more »

Tom Hiddleston: Why China loves the ‘creepy’ Centrum ad

Creepy, uncomfortable and downright weird are just some things an advertisement starring Tom Hiddleston has been called, but none of that will matter as it’s found success with its intended audience – Chinese women, as the BBC’s Yvette Tan explains. Imagine waking up in the morning, walking down to your stylish kitchen and finding actor Tom Hiddleston making breakfast for… Read more »

170 children in protection for possible abuse

Japan’s government says its emergency survey on child abuse across the country has led to placing 170 children under protective custody nationwide by separating them from their guardians. This was reported to a meeting of a government taskforce on child abuse on Thursday. The welfare ministry carried out a month-long survey until March 8, covering about 37,800 children and their… Read more »

Govt. issues guidelines for massive quake

The Japanese government has released guidelines on how local authorities and businesses should act when an alert is issued for a massive earthquake along the Nankai Trough off the country’s Pacific coast. The alert program was introduced by the Meteorological Agency in November 2017 to replace one that had been based on the premise that a quake is predictable. The… Read more »

Wanzhen Lu: Kidnapped Chinese student found unharmed

A Chinese student, Wanzhen Lu, aged 22, was allegedly kidnapped in Canada Saturday evening by an gang of masked men armed with stun-guns. The student however, was found unharmed Tuesday evening after showing up at a doorstep of a home in Gravenhurst Ontario, begging for help. Following this encounter, he was taken to a hospital and treated for minor injuries… Read more »

Wanzhen Lu: Kidnapped Chinese student found unharmed

A Chinese student who was violently kidnapped by a stun-gun toting gang of masked men in Canada has been found safe and well, police say. Wanzhen Lu, 22, showed up at a home in Gravenhurst, Ontario, asking for help on Tuesday evening. He was taken to hospital and treated for minor injuries, York Regional Police spokesman Andy Pattenden said. Lu… Read more »

‘Long-term security risks’ from Huawei

The Chinese company Huawei has been strongly criticised in a report by the body overseeing the security of its products in UK telecoms. The report, issued by the National Cyber Security Centre, which is part of GCHQ, says it can provide “only limited assurance that the long-term security risks can be managed in the Huawei equipment currently deployed in the… Read more »

China will enforce deals it makes, says Li Keqiang

Chinese Premier rejects talk of trust deficit in Sino-US relations Lim Yan Liang China Correspondent In Boao (Hainan) China means what it says and will enforce deals it makes, Premier Li Keqiang has stressed as US trade negotiators arrived in Beijing for a new round of trade talks. Despite a tariff stand-off and substantial differences that still have to be ironed… Read more »

Wife of missing ex-Interpol chief says arrest in China politically motivated

The wife of the missing Chinese former head of Interpol on Thursday (March 28) dismissed allegations by authorities in China accusing her husband of graft and said his arrest was politically motivated. China will prosecute former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei for graft after an investigation found he spent “lavish” amounts of state funds, abused his power and refused to follow… Read more »