The kick in the groin during the China-Belgium men’s soccer match was the low point of the Olympic Games for hundreds of millions of Chinese sports fans.
The Japanese government that it would lodge a strong protest over the detention and beating of two Japanese journalists by security forces in the Chinese town of Kashgar on Monday.
Improved relations with Taiwan and Japan have helped showcase China’s frequent claims to be a new kind of global power that intends to rise on the world stage.
Hundreds of parents whose children were killed in the May earthquake say they were harassed by riot police during protests over shoddy school construction.
Munkherdene, 13, is among a growing number of urban, affluent Mongolians trying to rediscover their nomadic roots by hitting the summer horse-racing circuit.
Horse racing is becoming a big industry across the Central Asian steppes as Mongolians from the traffic-choked capital try to get back to their nomad roots.
President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan called on Wednesday for a rapid expansion of economic relations between Taiwan and mainland China over the next year or two.
A supporter of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has set up a page on the popular social networking Web site. Already, the page has drawn more than 12,500 supporters.
As the search for survivors was scaled back in many areas, officials announced a three-day mourning period during which the Olympic torch relay will be halted.
Both candidates in Taiwan’s presidential election want closer ties with Beijing, differing only in how quickly and to what degree they would strengthen relations.