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Chinese mooncake Apsara or Reahu Apsara, which one you prefer?

An employee at the Apsara mooncake store in Phnom Penh. It is not clear whether, the Chinese-like goddess shown on the box represents the store's depiction of an Apsara or not (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)
Apsara as seen by artist Reahu


Asia wary as China asserts territorial ambitions

9/23/2010
Agence France-Presse

As a newly assertive China confronts Japan and the United States over its territorial ambitions, other Asian nations are growing wary of being crushed between brawling powers.

China has a long list of disputes over land and sea, including swathes of the Himalayan plateau also claimed by India, and the islets and reefs of the Spratlys chain staked out by Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei.

As Beijing's economic might grows, many of its neighbours now find themselves defending their own territorial ambitions against a giant they literally cannot afford to offend.

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