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Apple's Movies And Books Services Are Closed In China
The closure was reportedly ordered by censors last week. According to local media, it comes just as a controversial — and banned — film is being released on Apple's Hong Kong iTunes service.
Chinese Cartoon Warns Against 'Dangerous Love' With Foreigners Who May Be Spies
China's campaign directed toward female government workers is meant to show how romancing a handsome foreigner might lead to espionage.
World Anti-Doping Agency Suspends Credential For Chinese Lab
Citing "non-conformities" in the laboratory in Beijing, the sports agency said it revoked the lab's certification for up to four months. WADA also recently suspended Russia's lab.
Can The U.S. And China Keep Their Climate Pledges?
The two nations topping the world in greenhouse gas emissions agreed at the Paris talks to cut way back. But critics have stalled a key part of the U.S. plan, and China's good start may be fragile.
Mitsubishi Says It Tricked Fuel Mileage Tests On Some Cars
While the scandal seems to be limited to the Japanese domestic market, Mitsubishi Motors says it is now investigating vehicles it made for overseas markets as well.
World's Steelmakers To China: Time To Cut The Glut
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker says the United States will join other nations in trying to curb China's steel output. Chinese steelmakers are overproducing, hurting prices and jobs, she says.
In A Remote Fishing Town, Young Pakistanis Question Plan To Build Trade Route
A teenage girl in a burqa steps out and takes the microphone. She launches into a tirade about the lack of girl's education in her home town of Gwadar on the Arabian Sea. In Pakistan, it's unusual for a young girl speak out. It's very rare for her to do so in front of Pakistan's most powerful man, the chief of the armed forces. The general came to Gwadar to listen to people debate a multi-billion plan to make the port a centerpiece of a new "silk road" trading route to China.
For Afghan Victims, U.S. Bombing Is Followed By Anger, Confusion
President Obama apologized for the attack on a hospital. But six months after the bombing, victims say they're facing a complicated bureaucratic process over compensation.
To The List Of High-Stakes Tests In Korea, Add The Samsung SAT
Samsung's rigorous aptitude test underscores the company's near-mythical status in Korean society. "I think this is only the way to be successful," says a test-taker before braving the entrance exam.