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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 27, 2020
China's foreign minister may visit Japan as early as October
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi may visit Japan as early as October, a government source said Sunday, after the leaders of the two countries agreed to pursue high-level contacts to promote regional and international stability.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 27, 2020
Establishing resistance to overseas influence
With Beijing seeking to build power in other countries, Tokyo must get wise, without turning to anti-China sentiment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2020
Japan is paying firms to make things at home. But China’s pull is still strong.
The pandemic — and Beijing's increasingly combative behavior during it — has driven home the risks of overreliance on China for the production of a broad range of goods.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2020
Brushing off criticism, China’s Xi calls policies in Xinjiang ‘totally correct’
Xi made the remarks at a conference that is likely to set the direction of Chinese policy in Xinjiang for years to come.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2020
As U.S. and China squabble at U.N., a plea — and warning — from Micronesia
As China and the United States feuded at the United Nations last week over COVID-19 and the climate, one of the world's smallest states pleaded for detente.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2020
Nissan eyes return to profit in 2021 on back of resurgence in China
The company, which in May reported its first fiscal year loss in a decade, is forecasting a strong recovery in the Chinese market by year-end.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2020
U.S. tightens exports to China's chipmaker SMIC, citing risk of military use
The United States has imposed restrictions on exports to China's biggest chipmaker SMIC after concluding there is an "unacceptable risk" equipment supplied to it could be used for military purposes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 26, 2020
Taiwan's armed forces strain in undeclared war of attrition with China
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visited a low-key but critical maintenance base for fighter jet engines on Saturday, offering encouragement as the Chinese-claimed island's armed forces strain in the face of repeated Chinese air force incursions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 26, 2020
China says WHO gave blessing for coronavirus vaccine emergency use program
The World Health Organization supported China's campaign to vaccinate certain people against coronavirus in July while clinical trials were still under way, a Chinese health official said Friday, although some experts have expressed concern about the move.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2020
China developer Evergrande spooks investors with liquidity crunch warning
If the firm fails to win approval for a listing in Shenzen it will need to repay debt valued at around 92 percent of its cash, threatening the broader financial system.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2020
China is paying a high price for provoking India
Aggression and expansionism obviously are not genetic traits, but they appear to be defining Chinese President Xi Jinping's tenure.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2020
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong arrested for 2019 illegal assembly
Hong Kong police arrested prominent democracy activist Joshua Wong on Thursday for participating in an unauthorised assembly in October 2019 and violating the city's anti-mask law, according to a post on his official Twitter account.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2020
A Hong Kong protester's farewell note and failed escape
Wong Wai-yin's wife feared the worst after reading his short farewell letter.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2020
PM Suga talks with Moon for first time but signals no fresh start
The 20-minute phone call offered a glimmer of hope that the ties between the two Asian countries may finally improve after having come to a standstill.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Sep 24, 2020
U.N. fails to shine at its diamond jubilee
The world is facing a set of unprecedented crises and the world body is distracted by geopolitical rivalries and a growing tendency of governments to go it alone.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2020
China accuses foreign correspondents of meddling in Hong Kong
Beijing warned Hong Kong’s foreign correspondents to stop interfering in the city’s affairs under the guise of press freedom, piling further pressure on media organizations in the financial hub.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2020
China still expanding Xinjiang re-education camps, report says
The findings could bolster calls to punish Beijing over its human rights practices in the predominately Muslim region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2020
China pledge and Biden win could move climate goals into view, scientists say
Keeping planetary heating in check could help avoid some of the worst predicted impacts of climate change, from wilder weather and sea level rise, scientists say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2020
Suga and Xi set for talks Friday, a day after Japan PM's call with Moon
Talks are aimed at expanding ties between Japan and China. The leaders are also expected to discuss Xi's state visit to Japan.

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