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“China’s reputation in the Arab world will be hurt to some degree [because they don't support Syrian intervention], but it will surely be quite temporary and limited. After all, China should not be required to agree with others every time. Otherwise, its reputation, including that for willpower, might be negatively impacted even more in the longer term both among the Chinese public and some, or perhaps many, nations in the world.” more ›

The draft resolution did not signify any constructive role in advancing the political course in Syria. Superficially, it called for the immediate start of political dialogues. But the outcome of such dialogues was already predictable: the Syrian government would be driven to the corner, while the opposition would be instigated to press for ever greater gains. more ›

In this week's totally insane China news, a 95-year-old woman thought dead climbed out of her own coffin after lying in it for six days! First thing she does? Raids the fridge. more ›

Is the Cold War Bloc Party still going strong? A non-binding UN General Assembly resolution to denounce the violence in Syria passed 137 votes to 12 while 17 countries abstained, with China and Russia among the 12 countries who voted against the measure. Other states who voted against the measure were Syria, North Korea, Iran, Cuba, Belarus, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Zimbabwe. more ›

China's deputy permanent representative to the UN Wang Min, in an address to the UN General Assembly on Monday, called on the international community to play a "positive and constructive role" in the Syria issue, saying that the UN action on Syria "should comply with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter" and the basic norms guiding the international relations. more ›

A delegation of Syrian opposition groups  visited Beijing earlier this week and met with Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed. This is the first contact reported by the Chinese government since violence broke out in the Middle Eastern country. more ›

Angry Syrian and Libyan demonstrators threw rocks, eggs and tomatoes at the Chinese embassy in Tripoli to protest China's veto of a UN Security Council resolution urging Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step down: more ›

According to the Wall Street Journal, a lawsuit against the Bank of China has been filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming that Bank of China transferred millions of dollars for terrorist groups bent on attacking Israel, ignoring demands by Israeli counterterrorism officials to halt the practice. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of more than 100 victims of terrorism in Israel and alleges that the money was transferred for the militant groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Iran and Syria, and processed through Bank of China's branches in the U.S. and China. "I don't know about the matter," Wang Zhaowen, spokesman for the bank, told Dow Jones Newswires. According to one of the plaintiffs' attorneys, Bank of China now has 20 days to respond to the lawsuit under U.S. legal procedures. more ›