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Chinese president queues for pork buns at Beijing eatery
Chinese President Xi Jinping caused a stir with a weekend visit to a local Beijing restaurant, where he queued and bought his own steamed buns. ... more
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Antarctic rescue bid back on as Chinese helicopter flies in
The helicopter from the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long has just arrived to check out the ice helipad that will be used to evacuate passengers from the ice bound Akademik Shokalskiy. Prof Chris Turney said via Twitter that "It's great to see them and hear about all the hard work the Australian Antarctic Division's icebreaker (the Aurora australis) has been doing on our behalf." According to Turney "the helicopter team seem happy and we just heard it is 100% certain the first of four AAE teams is off in the hour." ... more
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Hundreds monitored in Taiwan after bird flu case
Taiwanese authorities are monitoring hundreds of people who may have had contact with a mainland Chinese tourist infected with the H7N9 strain of bird flu, officials said Wednesday. ... more
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Chinese officials set corpse ablaze in cremation row
Officials in a Chinese village dug up and set fire to a man's corpse after his family ignored their demand that he be cremated rather than buried, state media reported Tuesday. ... more
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A 'remelting' of lunar surface adds a wrinkle to mystery of Moon's true age
Evidence exists for hidden water reservoirs and rare magmas on ancient Mars
Frosty landscape captured at Mars' South Pole
