June 4: Three graft fugitives said to be hiding in Vancouver; robot gives university lecture

Politics and Policies

Aside from graft fugitive Cheng Muyang, three more suspects on China's 100 most wanted list of corrupt officials are also hiding inVancouver, China's consul general in the city said. (Xinhua)

Diplomacy and defense

The South China Sea should not have become an issue between Beijing and Washington in the first place, as Washington is not one of the claimants to islands there, Chinese ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said on Tuesday. (Xinhua)

China's Foreign Ministry expressed shock at "outrageous and unreasonable" remarks by Philippine’s President Aquino, who made a veiled comparison on Wednesday between China's activities in the South China Sea and Nazi Germany's expansionism before world war two. (Reuters)