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Issue: November 06, 1996 (Archive)

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Japan sued over forced labor Lawyers representing former laborers forced to work in Japanese factories during World War II have filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government and two companies. War focus ruled out for Xi Berlin trip World War II will not be a key part of President Xi Jinping's visit to Germany, Beijing's envoy to Berlin said, adding Germans are fine for China to use their contrition over the war to slam Tokyo. Boss faces jail for trade-secrets sale A businessman in California has been convicted of selling stolen trade secrets to Chinese firms so they could develop a pigment used to whiten products. Man charged over Taipei ramming A man who rammed a heavy truck into the presidential headquarters in Taipei in a suicidal attack was yesterday charged with attempted murder and lesser offenses relating to the incident. Concern as Korea fires rocket into flight path Beijing expressed concern after North Korea fired a rocket into the flight path of a Chinese airliner during weapons tests. Joint property scheme gets push in cities A pilot project on joint home ownership between local governments and private buyers will be extended into some big cities this year, as authorities look to subdue a property market in danger of overheating. Official defends Uygurs as mostly `good' A deadly knife attack at the Kunming train station last week should not be linked to ethnicity, a senior government official said. Jitters over beefy defense budget China unveiled a 12.2 percent increase in the 2014 defense budget, provoking fresh concern in rival Japan. Uygurs face 'demonize' threat A prominent exiled Uygur leader has urged China's government to respond calmly to the knife attack in Kunming, and not "demonize" ethnic Uygurs after Beijing blamed the mass killings on extremists from the far western region of Xinjiang. Killers shot dead 'in 15 seconds' An interview with the police officer said to have shot five knife-wielding thugs who killed and injured scores of people in a railway station attack has been broadcast on state television.

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