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Protesters stay out on Hong Kong streets, defying Beijing
Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters blocked Hong Kong streets in the early hours on Tuesday, maintaining pressure on China as it faces one of its biggest political challenges since the Tiananmen Square crackdown 25 years ago.
Israel says ‘no winds of war’ despite Syria air strikes
Israel played down weekend air strikes close to Damascus reported to have killed dozens of Syrian soldiers, saying they were not aimed at influencing its neighbor\’s civil war but only at stopping Iranian missiles reaching Lebanese Hezbollah militants.
China offers to broker Abbas-Netanyahu meeting
China offered to broker a meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
China urges Iran ‘flexibility’ as IAEA talks begin
China urged Iran to show flexibility on the day the U.N. nuclear watchdog launched talks with the Islamic Republic over greater access to its nuclear sites.
Netanyahu sees expansion of ties with China
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he envisaged a dramatic expansion of Israel\’s diplomatic ties with China, including a possible role for Beijing in Middle East diplomacy.
Bagel’s roundabout route to China [UPDATE, Chinese Translation]
Once upon a time, whenever Debbie Nagy-Huang and her husband returned home to Beijing from their native New York, they stuffed their suitcases full of H&H bagels. They froze and rationed them so they would last for months. “They’re just that one taste of home that you couldn’t ever get over here,” she said, sighing. Then one day last year, she saw a small story in a local magazine. Jordan Maseng, an honest-to-God, living-and-breathing New Yorker, was baking and delivering bagels, right here in the Chinese capital.
Rude Israeli Olympic medalist ticks off Chinese, Peres apologizes
Israel’s biggest source of pride at the Beijing 2008 Olympics became its biggest blight this past week, after bronze medal-winning windsurfer Shahar Zubari called Chinese people “sh*ts” in an interview published September 5th in Israel’s Yediot Aharanot.