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Auctioneers taken aback by high price fetched by porcelain collected by local woman’s grandfather during Boxer rebellion
Gill Stewart was in her attic rooting around for the Christmas decorations when she came upon the box unpromisingly labelled “broken porcelain” passed on to her by her grandfather 20 years before.
Her first instinct was to put it in the bin but, happily, she decided to take it to an auctioneer on the off-chance, and the pieces have netted her a very pleasant £160,000.

Despite both Labour and the Tories sidelining foreign policy in their campaigns, some foreign leaders are following the outcome keenly
The UK is not the diplomatic powerhouse it once was, with Brexit leaving it looking inward and years of economic failures meaning the Conservatives and Labour are both sidelining foreign policy in their campaign messaging. Still, leaders around the world (some more than others) will be taking an interest in the 4 July election. Here are some of the key issues:

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia are courting regional leaders and pushing an alternative to the U.S.-led order.

President Joe Biden’s decision to raise tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles is a striking example. The president has added new tariffs on Chinese EVs, semiconductors, batteries, solar cells, steel ...

TWO foreign nationals, an American and a Chinese, both male and said to be wanted fugitives from justice in their own countries were arrested by Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives arrested on ...

Chinese state news and social media has been virtually silent about 23 swimmers secretly testing positive in 2021, even as the issue is being debated widely abroad, including in Congress.

U.S.-China tensions led to a 16% drop in Chinese students attending U.S. PhD programs between 2016 and 2019, according to a NBER working paper.

The Bureau of Immigration on Thursday said it arrested two fugitive foreigners in separate operations in southern Metro Manila.

The Bureau of Immigration on Thursday said it arrested two fugitive foreigners in separate operations in southern Metro Manila.

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Violent attacks on foreigners have prompted a debate about extreme nationalism online in a country that heavily censors information the government bans.