Issue: July 12, 2012   (Archive)
Sunday, May 19, 2013   

Islands spat with Tokyo flares again
Beijing told Japan yesterday to respect its "indisputable sovereignty" over islands claimed by both countries in the East China Sea, in the latest territorial row between the Asian neighbors.



Knife killing of foreign man
A foreigner was stabbed to death in Beijing yesterday, but police did not give his nationality or a motive.

Woman forced to abort after seven months gets 70,000 yuan
Authorities have paid 70,000 yuan (HK$85,563) to a woman forced to abort seven months into her pregnancy.



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