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(7 Jun) - Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta just completed an eight-day trip, with stops in India, Singapore and Vietnam, to promote President Barack Obama's new "pivot to Asia" in foreign policy. The trip started with an appearance at the Shangri-La Dialogue conference in Singapore, where Mr. Panetta sounded three themes.... 

(6 Jun) - One in 10 cases of tuberculosis in China cannot be treated by the most commonly-used drugs, driven by a lack of testing and misuse of medicine, according to a national survey that showed for the first time the size of the drug-resistant epidemic. Researchers say the findings from the 2007 survey on drug-resistant... 

(27 May) - China's biggest microblogging service has introduced a code of conduct explicitly restricting the type of messages that can be posted. Sina Weibo - which resembles Twitter - took the action after local authorities criticised "unfounded" rumours posted by some users. Reports suggest a credit score system will also...