Taipei - A Chinese dissident attempting to claim asylum in Taiwan since last year asked to be repatriated on Saturday, following an unsuccessful bid for refugee status.
Cai Lujun, 40, made the request in a letter emailed to the Taiwan government. Taiwan officials have said that they would respect Cai's wish.
Cai, a former businessman in Hebei Province in China, was a jailed for three years in 2003 for criticizing the Chinese government on the internet.
On July 26, 2007, he fled to Taiwan on a fishing boat to seek asylum.
Shares on China's main stock market lost more than 5 per cent of their value on Monday, dragged down by banking stocks, on the first day of trading after the one-week National Day holiday.
Tokyo - Chemical tests in Japan have confirmed that a Chinese-produced chocolate containing the chemical melamine was imported into Japan, local media reported Sunday, adding that the government in the city of Osaka has called on the importer NS International to recall the sweets from markets.
Hong Kong - Around 200 people marched through Hong Kong on Sunday calling for a minimum wage to protect low-paid workers in the wealthy former British colony.
Islamabad, Oct 5 : Pakistan and China would soon establish a joint body to attract investments for nuclear and coal-based power plants and large dams in the country, sources in Pakistan’s Water and Power Ministry said.
Washington, Oct 5 : Beijing has warned that the US’ decision to sell weapons to Taiwan worth more than six billion dollars would hamper US-China relations. Following the US announcement on Friday in this regard, officials in Beijing issuing denunciations and warnings that the weapons deal could “worsen bilateral relations”.
