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Taiwan President Tsai Ying-wen urges world to 'constrain' China
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen called on the international community to "constrain" China by standing up for freedoms, casting her island's giant neighbor as a global threat to democracy. Her comments in an exclusive interview on Monday come as Taiwan faces what Tsai called "immense pressure" ...
Who is making China great again?
Yet again, a leader in Beijing is trying to make China great.
As tariff deadlines loom, world watches U.S. and China to see who blinks first
The U.S. and China's high-stakes game of economic "chicken" is set to reach a critical juncture in the next two weeks, as the world's largest trading partners approach deadlines on tariffs and other barriers that may determine who blinks first. The Treasury Department on Friday ...
Mattis seeks less contentious visit with Chinese
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis laid out plans for a less contentious, more open dialogue with Chinese leaders as he travels to Asia, less than a month after he slammed Beijing at an international conference for its militarization of islands in the South China Sea. Speaking ...
U.S. to give North Korea post-summit schedule with 'specific asks' soon: official
The United States will soon present a time-line to North Korea with "specific asks" of Pyongyang after a historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, a senior U.S. defense official said. The official, who spoke to a small ...
Japan touts completion of Fukushima cleanup at tripartite environment meeting in China
Environment Minister Masaharu Nakagawa told his counterparts from China and South Korea on Sunday that radioactive decontamination work following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is "all done" except for so-called difficult-to-return-to zones. At the 20th Tripartite Environment Ministers' Meeting held in Suzhou, in eastern China, ...
Former Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui pushes defense cooperation with Japan
During a speech in Okinawa on Saturday, former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui emphasized that it is important for Japan and Taiwan to promote exchanges and cooperation on defense. During the event in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, Lee accused China of being the biggest factor behind instability ...
In cartoon arms race against Japan, Chinese tech giants splash out
Growing up in the Chinese port city of Dalian in the 1990s, Zhang Hongchang spent hours immersed in Japanese cartoons like "Dragon Ball" and "Naruto." China's home-grown cartoons paled in comparison to the Japanese anime series on television and in comic books that captured the ...
Japan is apparently pitching its experience decommissioning a small facility in the village of Tokai as a reason to get into the North’s secretive Nyongbyon facility, sources say.
China's Hainan says will partly lift 'Great Firewall' to lure foreign tourists
China's southern province of Hainan will offer foreigners unrestricted internet access to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as part of new incentives to boost tourism. The island province known as China's Hawaii because of its balmy climate and resort-lined coastline, will create a special "gathering zone" ...
Toward a new strategy in the South China Sea
How the U.S. can reformulate its approach to China in the maritime domain.
The dollar was weaker at around ¥110.10 in Tokyo trading late Friday amid worries about a U.S.-China trade war. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥110.14, down from ¥110.54 at the same time on Thursday. The euro was at $1.1650, up from $1.1562, and ...
