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Alibaba CEO Jack Ma urges Facebook to resolve its privacy problem a day before Mark Zuckerberg's congressional hearing
•Zuckerberg will appear before the US Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Tuesday to address questions about how his company handles its users’ data.
Chinese fighter jets intercept US Navy surveillance plane over East China Sea, officials say
•Two Chinese fighter jets intercepted a US Navy surveillance plane over the East China Sea, with one jet coming within about 300 feet of the American aircraft
The launch of China's heaviest satellite ends in disaster as rocket fails after lift off
Fp Archives •The Long March-5 Y2 rocket takes off from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan Province, China on 2 July.
China's second heavy-lift carrier rocket 'Long March-5 Y2' launch fails due to abnormity
•China's attempt to launch its second heavy-lift carrier rocket 'Long March-5 Y2' failed on Sunday after abnormity was detected during the flight, official media reported
Typhoon Nida: China issues 'Orange Alert', storm expected to make landfall on Tuesday
•China issued an "orange alert" for Typhoon Nida on Sunday, predicting the storm would hit the southern province of Guangdong on Tuesday, State news agency Xinhua reported
China braces for typhoon Nari, issues orange alert
Fp Archives •China today issued an orange alert, the second-highest warning in its four-tier color-coded weather system, for the approaching typhoon Nari.
Philippines asks China to explain ship deployment
Fp Archives •Chinese officials established Sansha city last year on a remote island 350 kilometers from Hainan to administer hundreds of thousands of square miles of offshore territory that are also claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.