18 h. ago Six dead in China's Inner Mongolia after steel factory blast

Six dead in China's Inner Mongolia after steel factory blast  Reuters

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22 h. ago China: Factory explosion in Inner Mongolia province kills four, injures 84

China: Factory explosion in Inner Mongolia province kills four, injures 84  BBC

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26 h. ago State Council to supervise probe into factory explosion in north China's Inner Mongolia

State Council to supervise probe into factory explosion in north China's Inner Mongolia  Xinhua

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31 h. ago Factory explosion in China's Inner Mongolia region kills 2 and hospitalizes 84

Factory explosion in China's Inner Mongolia region kills 2 and hospitalizes 84  WRAL

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44 h. ago Explosion at steel plate factory in China's Inner Mongolia region kills 2, state media reports

Explosion at steel plate factory in China's Inner Mongolia region kills 2, state media reports  Reuters

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9 d. ago 4 injured in bombings in Thailand’s south amid ongoing insurgency

Assailants detonated bombs at nearly a dozen petrol stations in Thailand’s south early Sunday, injuring four people, the army said, the latest attacks in the insurgency-hit region. A low-level conflict since 2004 has killed thousands of people as rebels in the Muslim-majority region bordering Malaysia battle for greater autonomy. Several bombs exploded within a 40-minute period after midnight on Sunday, igniting 11 petrol stations across Thailand’s southernmost provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani...

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1 week ago China tutoring school’s promotion links civil service exam success to higher bride prices

A Chinese civil service exam tutoring company has sparked controversy by claiming that they can help clients pass the test and then demand an additional 200,000 yuan (US$29,000) in bride price. On December 28, a netizen posted a video claiming that a civil service exam tutoring institution in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, northern China, had used a controversial banner to promote its business. The Inner Mongolia branch of Beijing Chongzheng Education Consulting Co., Ltd., was established in October...

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1 week ago Alan Chin has been appointed Managing Director at Kempinski Hotels Greater China and Mongolia

Alan Chin has been appointed Managing Director at Kempinski Hotels Greater China and Mongolia  Hospitality Net

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2 w. ago Russia claims Ukrainian drone strike kills 24 in occupied Kherson region

Russian officials on Thursday said a Ukrainian drone strike killed 24 people and wounded at least 50 more as they celebrated the New Year in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine’s Kherson region, as tensions between the two nations continue to spike despite diplomats hailing productive peace talks. Three drones struck a cafe and hotel in the resort town of Khorly on the Black Sea coast, the region’s Moscow-installed leader, Vladimir Saldo, said in a statement on Telegram. He said that one of...

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3 w. ago Beijing extends Mars mission lead; stranded astronauts back home: China’s year in space

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China space stories of the year. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Stranded Chinese astronauts return home from space station mission Three astronauts whose return to Earth from China’s Tiangong space station was delayed after a suspected debris strike touched down on November 14 at the Dongfeng landing site in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. 2. China’s Shenzhou 20 debris crisis: a catalyst for space war – or...

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4 w. ago China quietly loads 100+ ICBMs into new missile silos near Mongolia: report

China quietly loads 100+ ICBMs into new missile silos near Mongolia: report  Fox News

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4 w. ago Malaysia says Asean must do ‘whatever is necessary’ to ease Thailand–Cambodia conflict

Malaysia on Monday said Asean had a responsibility to help find a solution to the ongoing conflict between Cambodia and Thailand as the bloc’s foreign ministers convened a special meeting in Kuala Lumpur to address the renewed fighting along their shared border. Fighting reignited in the contested frontier region earlier this month, displacing more than 500,000 people and killing dozens on either side, with Phnom Penh and Bangkok accusing each other of instigating violence and attacking...

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4 w. ago Malaysia says Cambodia, Thailand set for Christmas Eve ceasefire talks after Asean push

Malaysia on Monday said senior defence officials from Cambodia and Thailand will meet on Christmas Eve to discuss details of their pledged ceasefire, after Asean’s foreign ministers met in Kuala Lumpur to push for an immediate end to renewed fighting along their shared border. Fighting reignited in the contested frontier region earlier this month, displacing more than 500,000 people and killing dozens on either side, with Phnom Penh and Bangkok accusing each other of instigating violence and...

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