Issue: April 18, 2012   (Archive)
Wednesday, June 19, 2013   

Tokyo chief out to buy Diaoyus
Tokyo's controversial governor wants to use public funds to buy islands disputed between Japan and China, prompting Beijing to denounce the plan as illegal and reassert its sovereignty.



Bo flip-flops before fall
Chongqing Communist Party boss Bo Xilai is said to have agreed to a police probe of his wife's role in the death of a British man but then reversed course and caused upheavals that led to his downfall.



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