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LEAD: China activists protest at Japan embassy over isle dispute BEIJING, Feb. 15 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATES) Around 60 Chinese activists protested at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Tuesday over the Japanese government's ......(Continue Reading) Japan drafts remote island defense plan out of China concern TOKYO, Jan. 16 Kyodo Japan has prepared a plan to defend the southern remote islands off Kyushu and Okinawa from possible invasion amid rising security ......(Continue Reading)Half a superpower: China still punches below its weight on the international stage, but it is the only country that could one day challenge American supremacy Three years ago, China "entered the world" (ru shi), the phrase coined by Beijing to describe joining the World Trade Organisation. Chinese ......(Continue Reading)The private equity invasion of Japan: Ripplewood and others are shaking up a traditionally closed market Politicians, bankers and even ice cream-licking punksters on the streets of trendy Shibuya were quietly outraged this past winter when Ripplewood Holdings ......(Continue Reading)Cheney likely to visit Japan, China in mid-April WASHINGTON, March 11 Kyodo U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is likely to visit Japan and China in mid-April to hold talks with Prime Minister Junichiro ......(Continue Reading)
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