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One small step for stability (The Japan Times)HONG KONG — The June 18 announcement of the Beijing-Tokyo agreement to jointly develop gas fields in the disputed waters of the East China Sea should help ease tensions between the two countries as they try to forge a new, forward-looking cooperative relationship, but it may cause internal difficulties for China. The accord was difficult to reach because of overlapping territorial claims, and ...

Landslide-disrupted railway resumes operation in S China (People's Daily)The landslide-disrupted Litang-Zhanjiang section of northbound railway line as far as Chongqing was reopened early Tuesday after 1,000 staff worked around the clock, according to sources with the railway bureau of south China's Guangxi Zhu ...

Landslide-disrupted railway resumes operation (China Daily)NANNING -- The landslide-disrupted Litang-Zhanjiang section of northbound railway line as far as Chongqing was reopened early Tuesday after 1,000 staff worked around the clock, according to sources with the railway bureau of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Calming the East China Sea for peace and friendship (The New Straits Times)THE June 18 announcement of an agreement between Beijing and Tokyo to jointly develop gas fields in the disputed waters of the East China Sea should help ease tensions between the two countries as they try to forge a new, forward-looking cooperative relationship, but this may cause internal difficulties for China.

Landslide derails passenger train in S China, 7 injured (China Daily)Rescuers work at the site where a passenger train derailed due to a landslide in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 30, 2008. Seven people were slightly injured and the Litang-Zhanjiang railway, which links Guangxi with Guangdong Province, was cut off.

Far Eastern Patriot Games (Space War)by Andrei Fesyun RIA Novosti political commentator Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 02, 2008 China and Japan have done the unthinkable. For the first time since the end of World War Two, a Japanese warship docked in a Chinese port on June 24 and stayed there until June 28.

Warship brings message of peace (China Daily)The first Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) ship to visit China left Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, on Saturday after a five-day stay at the headquarters of the South China Sea Fleet.

Global business (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)Nokia proposed to buy the 52 percent it does not already own of Symbian, which creates software used in about two-thirds of so-called smart phones (for Web browsing, e-mail and the like).

Japanese destroyer makes historic visit (Moldova.org)The Japanese warship Sazanami left a southern Chinese port Saturday after a historic five-day visit.The destroyer was the first Japanese military vessel to visit China since World War II, Xinhua, the government news agency, reported. The commander of the Chinese South Sea Fleet saluted the Japanese crew at a farewell ceremony Saturday morning in Zhanjiang.Please send the love and friendship of ...

First Japanese naval visit brings memories, smiles (China Daily)Zhanjiang -- "Please send the love and friendship of the Chinese navy and people back to Japan," Lt. Gen. Su Shiliang, commander of the South Sea Fleet of China, said to Major-Gen. Shinichi Tokumaru of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.