Elizabeth Dalziel/AP
A Chinese woman looks at models of the Chinese-made satellites and rockets at the military museum in Beijing.
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U.S. knew of China's missile test, but kept silent
By MICHAEL R. GORDON AND DAVID S. CLOUD
Some experts say American officials might have been able to discourage the Chinese from launching the antisatellite missile.
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Bhutan reluctantly embraces democracy
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
The people of this remote Himalayan kingdom took their first steps toward a modern parliamentary system over the weekend, but not everyone is convinced that they will be better off without the king.
American's imprisonment in Kazakhstan seen as political
By ILAN GREENBERG
The imprisonment of Mark Seidenfeld, an American telecoms executive, in Kazakhstan underscores a chilling legal trend in Central Asia.
Afghan intelligence service officer beheaded; bomb kills 6 others
AP
Assailants abducted and beheaded an Afghan intelligence service employee and struck one of the agency's vehicles with a remote-controlled bomb in a separate attack, killing six employees and wounding three, officials said Monday.
Afghan officials say 200 Taliban surrounded in south, commander may be among them
Asia's cancer rate may more than double by 2020
By SIMEON BENNETT AND KANOKO MATSUYAMA / AP
Aging populations, tobacco use and increasing rates of obesity are fueling the incidence of deadly tumors in Asian patients too poor to afford advanced treatments.
At Shanghai auto show, China carmakers in search of edge
By KEITH BRADSHER
Though the Chinese car industry is the world's fastest growing, it will be a while before its designs have much global influence.
Chinese carmakers veer to green
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Privatization plan for Ho Chi Minh City hospital under attack
Reuters
Vietnam is privatizing businesses ranging from banks to telecoms, but a plan for the first flotation of shares in a state hospital is deadlocked.
Yuan's value critical to livelihoods in China and the U.S.
Bloomberg News
Chinese and American interests will collide next month when the U.S. treasury secretary Henry Paulson and Chinese deputy prime minister Wu Yi hold their next set of talks.
Thaksin Shinawatra's children ordered to pay $616 million in taxes, fines
AP
Two children of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra were ordered by an anti-graft body on Monday to pay 20 billion baht (US$616 million; €454 million) in outstanding taxes and fines from the sale of the family's telecommunications business.
Chinese environmental activist arrested, wife says
Reuters
Wu Lihong had reported pollution from chemical factories at Tai Lake, China's third-largest freshwater lake.
Morgan Stanley appoints chief economist head Asian operations
By KEITH BRADSHER
Morgan Stanley announced Monday that Stephen Roach, the bank's chief economist, would move to Hong Kong from New York and become the chairman of its Asian operations.
Solar power pays off for Chinese entrepreneur
By JOE MCDONALD / AP
A bet on solar power has made a billionaire out of Shi Zhengrong, a physicist whose company, Suntech, is now the world's fourth-largest maker of solar cells.
U.S.-India nuclear deal runs into trouble
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Officials argue whether the accord's limitations on Indian nuclear activities are an affront to the country's sovereignty.
South Korea agrees to send rice to North
By CHOE SANG-HUN
The agreement for $152 million worth of rice came despite North Korea's foot-dragging in implementing an international agreement to shut down its nuclear facilities.
EU to begin negotiating trade with Asia
Bloomberg News, IHT, AP
With global trade talks faltering, the European Union said Monday that it would begin negotiating free trade pacts with India, South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Sri Lanka bars mediator from visiting insurgents
Beijing to raze and replace its oldest opera house
Filipinos defend slain Peace Corps volunteer
Thailand to weigh new foreign business ownership rules
Vietnam to ease rules on bank stakes
Imports of U.S. beef to South Korea resume
Popularity of Prius lifts Toyota's U.S. imports
The developing world's absent providers
China is finding it hard to get enough uranium to fuel nuclear plants
Former peasant joins ranks of China's richest
Philippine autopsy shows Peace Corps volunteer died from blows to head
Relatives in South Korea say Cho was an enigma
Killings of Afghan civilians recall Haditha
Australia and the U.S. join to discourage refugees
Chinese political prisoner sues Yahoo
China sentences Canadian activist to life in prison
China Citic Bank raises $5.4 billion in IPO
Software for the poor: Microsoft's $3 Windows
Letter from China: Wen reveals himself as a new kind of Chinese leader
Bangladesh says it won't let an ex-leader re-enter the country
Four Asian nations hit by 1997-98 financial crisis face vulnerability
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