Issue: August 17, 2012   (Archive)
Thursday, May 23, 2013   

Beauties vie for world crown in ghost town
More than 100 beauty queens from around the globe have descended on the northern mining city of Ordos on the edge of the Gobi desert ahead of the Miss World final this weekend.



Undersea cables mark first for rivals
The first undersea telecoms cables linking Taiwan and mainland territory have been completed, a company official said yesterday, as ties between Taipei and Beijing continue to warm up.



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