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By Eric Baculinao, NBC News Beijing bureau chief
 
BEIJING - It was hardly conceivable that the sports of rock n’ roll dancing and Frisbee could help drive Taiwan closer to China, but that’s exactly what happened with the recent visit to China of a leading stalwart of Taiwan’s pro-independence movement.
 
Chen Chu, mayor of Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second [...]

By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer
BEIJING – “City of Life and Death” might sound like your average escapist action film helping to usher in the summer movie season. 
But it’s not.
The 2-hour black and white epic recounts the early days of Japan’s occupation of Nanking (now known as Nanjing) in 1937. Over six weeks, [...]

As the number of people fleeing fighting in Pakistan’s northwestern Swat valley reaches nearly 2 million, the race to help those displaced by the worsening war may prove crucial in determining the outcome of the battle. NBC News’ Ian Williams reports.

VIDEO: Realatives, friends strain to take in Pakistan refugees…(read more)

By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer
Graduation is just a month away and millions of college students in China are expected to hit the streets during what is the country’s tightest job market in decades.
In anticipation of keen competition, most of this year’s 6.1 million graduates have been searching high and low for work the [...]

As the war in Afghanistan morphs into a drug war, the U.S. is shifting its tactics by trying to develop alternative crop programs for the world’s top opium producer. NBC News’ Jim Maceda reports.

VIDEO: Planting seeds of change in Afghan drug war…(read more)