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TPP takes back seat as Malaysia sets sights on early conclusion to RCEP trade deal
Malaysia is putting a premium on a free trade deal led by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, its trade minister told The Japan Times in a recent interview, while also apparently relegating the Japan-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership to the back burner for the time ...
Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni for shrine's autumn festival
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering Wednesday to Yasukuni Shrine, viewed as a symbol of Japan's wartime militarism by neighboring countries, on the first day of its four-day autumn festival. Abe, who is on a foreign trip to attend a meeting of Asian ...
A peep into a Thimphu toy shop shows stacks of Pokemon, all made in China, a testimony to the quiet overtures Beijing is making in Bhutan at rival India's expense. China's annexation of Tibet in 1951 and an unresolved border dispute have long been irritants ...
China pares U.S. Treasury holdings for third month in bid to keep yuan from falling
China's holdings of U.S. Treasuries fell for a third consecutive month in August as the Asian nation struggles to prevent the yuan from weakening amid trade tensions with America. China's ownership of U.S. bonds, bills and notes was $1.165 trillion, down from $1.171 trillion in ...
China party expels general who killed self amid bribery probe, indicts another
China's ruling Communist Party has expelled a former top general who killed himself during a corruption probe and indicted another on graft charges amid President Xi Jinping's continuing crackdown on military malfeasance. Official media reported that Zhang Yang killed himself at home last November, after ...
Trump's China battles give Taiwan supporters renewed influence
Escalating tensions between the U.S. and China over trade, the South China Sea and recent arms sales are pushing Taiwan back into the American foreign policy spotlight, attracting Beijing's ire. After a precedent-shattering phone call with Trump when he was president-elect, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen ...
China rolls out PR push on Xinjiang internment camps, calls them vocational training centers
China issued Tuesday an ardent defense of its alleged mass internment of minorities in far west Xinjiang region amid a global outcry, with a regional official insisting that authorities are preventing terrorism through "vocational education" centers. Beijing has sought to counter criticism with a series ...
A popular Chinese livestreamer has been sentenced to five days in detention for "insulting" China's national anthem by waving her arms and mimicking a conductor as she sung the song during a broadcast to millions of her followers. The woman, Yang Kaili, was detained by ...
Japan and China to sign agreement on maritime search and rescue
Japan and China have decided to sign an agreement facilitating cooperation in search and rescue operations when accidents take place in waters off the two countries, government sources said Monday. The accord, expected to be inked later this month when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits ...
Japan firms try out China's 'Belt and Road' cargo transport to Europe
Japanese and Chinese logistics firms are paving the way for an alternative route to ship cargo from Japan to Europe faster than by sea by exploiting China's "Belt and Road" initiative designed to improve regional cooperation and connectivity. Major Japanese logistics firm Nissin Corp. and ...
In full offensive against China's rise, Trump takes a gamble on end-game
President Donald Trump has escalated his feud with China into a full-press offensive that has drawn comparisons to the Cold War. Now the question on both sides of the Pacific is, how will it end? In recent weeks, Trump has slapped $250 billion worth of ...
At IMF meeting in Indonesia, China's globalization agenda gets left behind
Three days before U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping portrayed Beijing as the champion and defender of globalization at the Davos World Economic Forum amid rising fears of trade protectionism. A few months later, as Xi launched a ...
