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/begin my translationTaiwan: Fingerprinting Chinese to Start in the Middle of This Month Taiwan would introduce the measure to fingerprint Chinese to virtually restrict their travel, starting possibly in the middle of this month. According to June 30th report of Hong Kong's Feng-huang TV, which quotes Taiwanese Media, Taiwan's Interior Ministry submitted the report titled, 'The Essential Points on the Project of Fingerprinting Chinese,' at the "Mainland Committee," which is in charge of Chinese affairs on June 28. The fingerprinting is apparently aimed at the improved monitoring of Chinese, and curbing illegal activities of Chinese in Taiwan. Liu De-xun, the vice manager...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States warned North Korea that it would face action from the international community if it does not stop exporting dangerous weapons and other illegal activities. "If North Korea will not act, it will find the United States, its allies and other partners equally prepared to respond with measures that ensure North Korea cannot threaten our countries or international stability," said Mitchell Reiss, the department's director of policy planning. Speaking at the Heritage Foundation, one of Washington's leading repositories of expertise on East Asia, Reiss said the United States was taking steps to enforce its laws...