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North and South Koreans in China

Shenyang - Muslimchronicle

While North and South Korean officials hold rare talks this week, in a bustling Korea town in northeast China the rival communities have little to say to each other. Although their nations are separated by a heavily militarised border, North and South Korean restaurants operate side by side in Xita, the Korean neighbourhood in the city of Shenyang. Billboards and signs in KoreanRead more

China's Nobel laureate suffers organ failure

Beijing - Muslimchronicle

The hospital treating China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo offered a grim update on his health on Wednesday, but human rights groups cautioned that the authorities may be manipulating the medical reports. The 61-year-old democracy advocate's liver function continued to deteriorate and he suffered from "shock and organ failure", according to the First Hospital of China Medical University in theRead more

41 people sentenced over election fraud

Shenyang - Arab Today

Forty-one people who had been involved in election fraud in northeast China's Liaoning Province have been sentenced, Liaoning provincial government said in a statement Saturday. They stood trial in 15 intermediate courts in Liaoning from March 28 to 30, and were handed various prison terms, the statement said. According to the statement, these people bribed voters in the election ofRead more

Former city Party chief sentenced for graft

Beijing - ArabToday

Wang Guoqiang, former Party chief of Fengcheng city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for graft. The sentence was handed down by the Shenyang Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning Province. The court also imposed a fine of 900,000 yuan (around 131,000 U.S. dollars) on Wang and ordered all his illicit gains to beRead more

Road accident in NE China kills 9

Shenyang - Arab Today

A road accident involving a minibus and a cement tanker on Wednesday left nine people dead in northeast China's Liaoning Province, police said. The minibus lost control, overturned into the opposite lane, and crashed onto a heavy cement tanker at 6:10 a.m. on a section of road in Wensheng District of Liaoyang city, according to a police officer with LiaoyangRead more

Australia to bring its 'largest ever trade mission' to China

Canberra - XINHUA

Representatives from more than 1,000 Australian businesses will be part of Australia's "largest ever trade mission" to China this month, following the signing of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA). Australia's Trade Minister Steven Ciobo said the trade mission - Australia Week in China (AWIC) - will "underscore the powerful effect of the ChAFTA" which was agreed upon in lateRead more

China holds burial ceremony for soldier remains returned from ROK

Shenyang - Arab Today

Remains of 36 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War were reburied in China after they were excavated and returned from the Republic of Korea (ROK), the third batch returned following a handover agreement signed by the two countries in 2013. With the air filled with the national anthem, China held a grand ceremony in northeastern Liaoning Province onRead more