An explosion has rocked a chemical plant in Tongling, in the province of Anhui in eastern China, local media outlets report. No casualties have been reported so far. Pictures tweeted by Xinhua and People’s Daily China show massive fireballs erupting from the factory building. The fire has now been brought ...
Beijing has reminded the US that it has “inherent” sovereignty over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea after the new US defense secretary vowed to continue to protect the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands on behalf of Japan. The islands, known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, ...
