TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced at a press conference on Monday that he will dissolve the House of Representatives when it convenes Thursday to pave way for a general election next month

In 2002, she became the first person from her country to receive China's Friendship Award, the highest honor given to foreigners by the central government

The Philippines under Duterte has tried to develop an independent foreign policy rather than being a US puppet most of the time

"You can speak Chinese!""I can also speak Changsha dialect!"The man you see in pictures can do more than speak the Changsha dialect

The survey released on Sept 21 bore a title saying people in the Philippines still favor the United States over China, but that the gap is narrowing