China on soft power offensive in Bangladesh;

Hu meets with KMT leader on sidelines of APEC

PLA engineers operating multiple projects in Pakistan;

Chinese space-monitoring facility in Australia complete

Wealthy Chinese drawn to emigration, favor Canada and Australia;

PLA loosens standards to attract new recruits

Deteriorating quality of groundwater sparks concerns;

Beijing tightening control over social media

China to Japan: stop scrambling fighters to intercept our planes;

Beijing may look to Taoism as extension of soft power