Anthony Kuhn

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Malaysian Prime Minister Announces Airliner Went Down

Monday, March 24, 2014

It's now believed that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 "ended" in the southern Indian Ocean, the premier said. Relatives of those onboard were informed that all lives were lost.

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For Flight 370 Families, Every Day Is 'Torment'

Thursday, March 20, 2014

It's been an excruciating wait for families of passengers on the missing Malaysian airliner. They wait for word in a Beijing hotel and have little confidence in Malaysian authorities.

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Politics And Power Complicate The Airliner Search

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Malaysia's government, which is leading the search for the missing airliner, has come under fire from critics who are accusing it of mismanagement and partisan politicking.

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Three Years From Meltdown, Japanese Nuclear Plant Still Struggles

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

In the time since the meltdown at Fukushima's nuclear plant, there have been other mishaps. A recent tour of the reactor reveals that the facility's dogged by both technical problems and labor issues.

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Search Goes On For Jetliner That Mysteriously Disappeared

Monday, March 10, 2014

Authorities continue to piece together scant clues as to why a Malaysia Airlines flight disappeared over the weekend. The plane was headed from Malaysia to China with 239 people aboard.

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Chinese Superstar Lifts Ivory Cause Onto His Shoulders

Thursday, March 06, 2014

Former NBA star Yao Ming is very famous in China, and he's using his fame on behalf of conservation issues. Now a member of China's parliament, Yao is calling for a ban on the sale of ivory in China.

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Idle No More: Japan Plans To Restart Closed Nuclear Reactors

Thursday, February 27, 2014

A new energy plan reverses an earlier decision to phase out nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster. The public is largely opposed to nuclear power, but Japan says it's necessary to meet demand.

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Touring Reactor No. 4 At Tsunami-Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Thursday, February 27, 2014

It's been nearly three years since the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Cleaning up and shutting down that plant involves huge challenges and risks that are expected to last for decades.

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Three Years Later, A Harrowing Visit To Fukushima

Saturday, February 15, 2014

On Thursday night, I stayed at a motel in the town of Hirono, just outside a restricted zone in Fukushima Prefecture. The motel's residents were all men, all apparently working on the cleanup of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, where three reactors melted down and a fourth caught on fire ...

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Chinese Flock To The Countryside For A More Authentic New Year

Thursday, February 06, 2014

China goes back to work Friday after a week-long holiday marking the Year of the Horse. Traditionally, celebrations continue through the first month of the Lunar New Year.

As in years past, some 800 million viewers tuned in this year to the state TV New Year's gala program to ...

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Chinese Red Guards Apologize, Reopening A Dark Chapter

Tuesday, February 04, 2014

For most of the past half century, China has avoided a full accounting for one of the darkest chapter of its recent history: the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976.

During that time, Chairman Mao Zedong's shock troops — communist youth known as Red Guards — persecuted, tortured or even killed millions ...

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A Crusader Against Corruption, Chinese Activist Sentenced To Jail

Sunday, January 26, 2014

China's government has recently jailed officials and issued a slew of new rules to curb corruption, but it's apparently not an effort that independent citizens groups are welcome to join.

On Sunday, a Chinese court sentenced Xu Zhiyong, a leading proponent of civil society, to four years in jail. Police ...

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Biden's Pre-Planned Asia Visit Becomes High-Stakes Mission

Tuesday, December 03, 2013

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China Sets Ambitious Agenda In 'Asian Space Race'

Tuesday, November 05, 2013

India's launch Tuesday of a satellite bound for Mars is the latest milestone in a space race among Asian nations. China, though, is still seen as the leader. A decade ago, China became the third nation to put up a manned spacecraft; it has worked on a lunar ...

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