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China: Taiwan's future lies in reunification Beijing has warned that any attempt by Taipei to separate from the mainland is bound to fail
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| Aug.6 |
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Naval exercises canceled Taiwan is trying to avoid creating 'misunderstandings'. China is hardening aggressive military stance toward the island
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| Aug.8 |
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Australia wins huge China gas deal $13.5 billion deal to supply liquefied natural gas from the North West Shelf fields to China
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| Aug.11 |
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 Taiwan demands equal sovereignty at UN Taiwan has reportedly asked allied countries to revive the issue of separate U.N. status. Move sparks fresh Chinese anger
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| Aug.18 |
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Disaster alert after week of heavy rains Rains, landslides and flash floods have killed 130 people and have closed parts of the massive Yangtze River
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| Aug.20 |
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Giant lake flood threatens millions Lake Dongting is threatening to burst its banks and placing around 10 million people at severe risk
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Flood emergency in province of Hunan Surging water levels in the country's second biggest freshwater lake threaten more than 10 million people
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| Aug.22 |
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Million people battling lake  Map of Lake Dongting Hunan China Families living nearby China's second largest freshwater lake have begun to flee their homes.
| 850,000 civilians and soldiers have mobilised to shore up dykes and embankments. More than 1,000 families have been evacuated
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600,000 begun evacuating Map of Hunan China| Dongting Lake in Hunan province is threatening to overflow and engulf surrounding cities and farmland | |
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| Aug.24 |
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Flooded lake reaches crest| The swollen Dongting Lake slowly begun to ebb after thousands of people worked around the clock to erect barriers | |
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| Aug.25 |
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China tightens missile export rules| A new list of regulations aimed at controlling the export of the technology in an apparent effort to ease U.S. concerns | |
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Millions brace for flood surge Flood surge is heading towards the city of Wuhan, with a population of 7 million. A slow moving front is bringing more rain
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| Aug.26 |
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China desperate for break in the weather Officials are keeping close tabs on the swollen Dongting Lake as levees and dikes groan against the weight of the water
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| Aug.27 |
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 Tokyo court rejects bio-warfare claims Group of 180 Chinese say their relatives were the victims of Japanese germ warfare experiments during WWII
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Flood crest threatens city of Jiuqiang Tens of thousands are continuing round-the-clock efforts to prepare for the flood crest of the mighty Yangtze
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| Aug.28 |
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 China deals U.S. blow over Iraq| Beijing is against the use of force to resolve Baghdad's differences with the West | |
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U.S.: China separatists 'plotted attacks' 2 men suspected of planning attacks on embassies in Kyrgyzstan last spring have been deported to China
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