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Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Mar 3, 2023
As China ages, investors bet they can beat retirement home stigma
Who takes care of the elderly in China, where pensions are tiny, is one of the major headaches policymakers face as they deal with the start of a demographic downturn.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 2, 2023
How Xi Jinping is fortifying China's economic security
Authorities in Beijing are working to build a strategy of obtaining economic predominance by using China's strengths, such as its price competitiveness.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2023
More Chinese cars in Russia after Western brands exit
While Western companies withdrew from Russia in the early days of the war, many Chinese firms have continued to operate there with impunity.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 2, 2023
Hong Kong removes mask mandate for residents and travelers
After almost three years, the government decided to ease restrictions on facial coverings. But concern over new variants keeps many people wearing masks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 2, 2023
Taiwan reports second day of large Chinese incursion into its air defense zone
China has said its activities in the area are justified as it seeks to defend its territorial integrity and to warn the United States against 'colluding' with Taiwan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2023
U.S. seeks allies' backing for possible China sanctions over Ukraine war
The consultations are intended to drum up support from a range of countries, especially those in the wealthy Group of Seven, to coordinate support for any possible restrictions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2023
U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok
Lawmakers voted to approve the measure to grant the administration new powers to ban the ByteDance-owned app as well as other apps considered security risks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 2, 2023
Upcoming legislative sessions in China offer insight into Beijing's path ahead
The dual political sessions that begin this weekend should provide some clues as to how China intends to deal with its myriad challenges.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2023
Airline websites swamped as Hong Kong ticket giveaway takes off
The city government last month launched a campaign to reboot its reputation as 'Asia's world city,' after years of strict pandemic-related travel restrictions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 1, 2023
China welcomes Russian ally Lukashenko in visit overshadowed by war
The summit is the latest sign that Xi Jinping is taking a deeper interest in the war in Ukraine, a year after Russia launched the most intense conflict in Europe since World War II.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 1, 2023
How Japan and its businesses should respond to U.S. economic security policies
Washington's moves against Beijing in semiconductors and other fields have put Tokyo and other global players in a delicate situation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Mar 1, 2023
Rust belt province got old before it got rich, as much of China will
As China's 1.4 billion population declines and ages, in part because of a policy that limited couples to one child from 1980 to 2015, pressure on pension budgets is soaring.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 1, 2023
A Japan-Europe alliance against Eurasian despotism
If Japan and European nations allow Russia to use force to unilaterally change the status quo in Europe, China would be encouraged to forceful expand its sphere of influence in Asian waters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 1, 2023
New U.S. committee on China warns of 'existential struggle' in first hearing
The committee of 13 Republicans and 11 Democrats used the hearing to discuss a number of issues, from alleged Chinese human rights violations to Beijing’s designs on Taiwan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2023
When mob diplomacy rules the day
As the recent Chinese balloon saga showed, public opinion is increasingly in the driver’s seat, and it is steering international relations away from open, honest dialogue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2023
China’s economy shows strong recovery as 'zero-COVID' era ends
Top leaders in China have pledged to prioritize growth this year, and the country's rebound is also giving a boost to manufacturing in other parts in Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2023
China’s imports of Russian uranium spark fear of new arms race
China’s burgeoning capacity to expand its atomic weaponry comes as the last remaining treaty limiting the strategic stockpiles of the U.S. and Russia is on the verge of collapse.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Mar 1, 2023
Investors consider battle plans amid risk of China-Taiwan conflict
Although clients have not made specific trades related to that risk, their overall exposure to China has reduced for other geopolitical reasons.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2023
China’s old playbook is back. That’s bad news.
A nod to projects fueled by debt at the expense of industrial technology may not end well for China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 28, 2023
Japan and Australia may conduct South China Sea patrols with U.S. and Philippines, ambassador says
If the plan materializes, it will be the first time the Philippines has joined multilateral maritime patrols in the South China Sea, a move that would likely anger Beijing.

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