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September 20, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of September 20, 2013

Will Piekos and Sharone Tobias look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. Chinese President wraps up trip to Central Asia. President Xi Jinping ended a ten-day trip to Central Asia with a me…

Government soldiers escort residents who were taken hostage and used as human shields by Muslim rebels of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) during fighting with government soldiers, in Zamboanga city in southern Philippines on September 17, 2013. (Stringer/Courtesy Reuters)

August 10, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of August 9, 2013

Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top stories in Asia this week. 1. China fines milk formula companies. The Chinese government has fined six milk formula companies a total of $110 million f…

A child undergoes a medical check for possible kidney stones at a hospital in Shanghai on September 27, 2008 (Nir Elias/Courtesy Reuters)

August 1, 2014

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of August 1, 2014

Ashlyn Anderson, Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Andrew Hill, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Amid a slew of world crises, U.S. secretary of state John Kerry …

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) greets Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi on July 31, 2014 (Lucas Jackson/Courtesy: Reuters).

July 18, 2014

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of July 17, 2014

Ashlyn Anderson, Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Andrew Hill, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over eastern Ukraine. Malaysia…

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March 22, 2013

Japan
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of March 22, 2013

Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. Xi and Li begin their first week in office. Though the world has known who China’s chosen leaders are since November…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew speaks with China's President Xi Jinping during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 19, 2013.