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Donald Trump will travel to Asia in November for the first time since becoming president Cheap Nike Air Max Online , stopping in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines on a trip expected to be dominated by the North Korea nuclear threat.

Joined by his wife Melania, Trump will travel Nov. 3-14. His visit will include attending two major summits Cheap Nike Air Max Wholesale , the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Vietnam and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conclave in the Philippines.

President Trump pauses as he speaks with reporters during his arrival at the White House from Indianapolis. REUTERS

Trump’s visit to China will reciprocate a trip to the United States made in April by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

A Chinese mainland spokesperson warned Wednesday that an arms race between Taiwan and the mainland would only harm Taiwan people, after the island announced plans for submarines and vowed to upgrade its "strategic partnership" with the US.

"We resolutely oppose Taiwan engaging in military and official exchanges of any form with countries having diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China," Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a press conference Cheap Nike Air Max Black , the Xinhua News Agency reported.

"It will lead nowhere if Taiwan's authorities attempt to guard their wrong political path with bluffs or so-called military strategies," Ma said, adding that it would only increase tension and confrontation between the two sides, and hinder social and economic development on the island.

Ma reiterated that the foundation of the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations lies in opposing "Taiwan independence" and adhering to the 1992 Consensus.

"We hope that the Taiwan side can go back on the right track," he said.

"As the foundation established by the mainland and Taiwan since 2008 has been impaired Cheap Nike Air Max Shoes , 'Taiwan independence' forces have been itching to make trouble," he added.

Taiwan announced plans on March 21 to build its own submarines, news portal ifeng reported.

The craft will be jointly built by the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology and local ship building company CSBC Corporation. It is estimated to cost $98.5 million and be delivered in eight years.

Purchasing or building weapons is a way for "Taiwan independence" supporters to embolden themselves, but is no use as the gap in military might between the two sides is so huge, Liu Xiangping Cheap Nike Air Max , head of the Institute of Taiwan Studies at Nanjing University, told the Global Times.

"And Taiwan people will not support the movement," Liu noted, adding that an arms race would only damage cross-Straits ties. "Although [Taiwan leader] Tsai Ing-wen did not express support to 'Taiwan-independence' in public, her movement has released her tendency in the path Cheap Air Max Womens ," Liu added.

One day after the submarine announcement, Tsai proposed to upgrade its US partnership at the annual dinner party at the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, "strengthening their communication in regional security, trade and economy."

Tsai said that "the US has always been the biggest supporter of strength to Taiwan and an important pillar to the stability in the Taiwan Straits."

However, the US would not sacrifice its core interest over the Taiwan question for it still needs China's cooperation in handling international and regional issues Cheap Air Max Clearance , said Su Ge, president of the China Institute of International Studies, adding that the mainland should maintain vigilance against military trade between the island and the US.

NEW DELHI, July 28 (Xinhua) -- India's Supreme Court Friday rejected a 10-year-old rape victim's plea to abort her foetus.

A two-judge bench, led by Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar Cheap Air Max Online , took the decision based on the assessment of doctors who said a medical termination was not safe for the girl or the foetus.

The girl, who was raped by her uncle, is 32 weeks pregnant. Indian law does not permit medical terminations after 20 weeks unless there is a threat to the mother's life.

The plea for abortion was filed in the Supreme Court on behalf of the girl by a lawyer after a lower court in the Indian city of Chandigarh had earlier rejected her petition for abortion.

The girl's pregnancy was discovered by doctors when her parents took her to a hospital for medical check-up after she complained of stomach pain.

The girl then narrated her ordeal to her parents and doctors, saying that her uncle had raped her over seven months.

Rapes of women, including minors Cheap Air Max Wholesale , are on the rise in India, despite the government toughening laws against sexual assaults post 2012 fatal and brutal gangrape of a medical student in Delhi.

Four of the men who had raped the 23-year-old student on a moving bus were sentenced to death by the top court earlier this year while the main accused ended his life during trial.

The sixth accused, being a minor at the time of the crime, was let off after serving three years in a remand facility.

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