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New Zealand

Chinese largest source of migrants

Chinese migration continued to be the largest contribution to the country's migrant net gain, with 9,600 of the 72,100 net arrivals coming from China, despite a 6.5 percent drop on a year earlier. New Zealand's statistics department said on Wednesday that China continued to be the biggest source of migrants on residence visas, despite a dip of 4.4 percent to 3,200 in the year to the end of October. India was the second largest source of migrants at 6,900.

Japan

Mitsubishi units falsified data

Subsidiaries of Mitsubishi Materials have falsified product data, the company said on Thursday, becoming the latest major Japanese firm to admit problems with quality control. Affected products included rubber sealing materials used for packing and gaskets, often used to prevent leaks of liquid or gas from pipes in a wide variety of industries including aerospace and automobiles, the company said in a statement.

India

Violence after suicide of student

Students at a university in the southern state of Tamil Nadu resorted to violence and torched furniture following the suicide of a fellow student, police said on Thursday. The violence broke out on Wednesday night on the campus of Sathyabama University on the outskirts of Chennai, the capital city of the state. According to officials, the students went on rampage after a fellow student hanged herself. Police said she was allegedly caught cheating during an exam.

Thailand

Woman arrested over 2015 bombing

Police on Wednesday arrested a woman wanted in connection with a 2015 bombing in Bangkok that killed 20 people, 14 of them foreign tourists. No group claimed responsibility for the blast that killed five people from the Chinese mainland and two from Hong Kong and wounded more than 120 people. The woman faced various charges including premeditated murder and co-possession of explosives and weapons, police said.

Australia

Earth can 'absorb' subatomic particles

Scientists have observed how earth stops high-energy neutrino particles in their tracks for the first time. The international study, led by University of Adelaide scientists, marked the first time that the earth's absorption of neutrinos has been observed. Because neutrinos are so small and have no discernible charge, they are able to pass through a vast majority of matter unimpeded and undetected.

(China Daily 11/24/2017 page12)