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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 8, 2020
Trump’s attacks on China reach new peak of ‘pent-up’ grievances
U.S. President Donald Trump’s rapid-fire escalation of attacks on China — from bans of WeChat and TikTok to sanctions on Hong Kong’s top official — underscores that he’s dropped past restraint and decided to make confronting Beijing his priority less than 90 days before the U.S. election.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 8, 2020
WeChat U.S. ban cuts off users link to families in China
U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on transactions using popular Chinese messaging app WeChat will cut ties to families and friends in China, millions of users in the United States fear, as they become the latest casualties in the standoff between the two nations.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 8, 2020
City in China's Inner Mongolia issues warning after bubonic plague patient dies
Authorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia issued a warning after a patient who had bubonic plague died of multiple organ failure, state media reported on Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 7, 2020
Trump widens China tech attack, ordering bans on WeChat and TikTok
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders prohibiting U.S. residents from doing business with the Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat apps beginning 45 days from now, citing the national security risk of leaving Americans’ personal data exposed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2020
Japan subsidies to cut China reliance set to boost Southeast Asia
'Even before coronavirus and the U.S.-China trade war struck, there was a shift away from production in China,” said a Japan External Trade Organization official.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2020
China warns Japan a TikTok ban would affect relations: report
A group of of ruling party lawmakers will reportedly push to restrict the app in the name of data security, but the government says it isn't considering a ban.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2020
China sentences Canadian to death for drugs amid strained ties
A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian man to death on drug charges, a decision that follows capital punishment rulings handed down to other Canadians and comes as ties between Beijing and Ottawa remain fraught.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2020
U.S. ambassador nominee wants Japan to play bigger alliance role
As ambassador, Kenneth Weinstein said he would encourage Japan to further bolster its defense capabilities and take greater responsibility within the U.S.-Japan alliance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2020
'Sheep without a shepherd': Hong Kong churches divided by politics
Beijing has closed churches outside China's state-controlled system and imprisoned worshipers on grounds they are more loyal to religion than the Chinese state.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 5, 2020
China and U.S. to review trade deal and air other grievances Aug 15
Senior U.S. and Chinese officials will review the implementation of their Phase 1 trade deal and likely air mutual grievances in an increasingly tense relationship during an Aug. 15 videoconference, two people familiar with the plans said.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2020
TikTok sparks national security concerns
Banning the app makes some sense but also risks promoting the internet censorship and segregation traditionally associated with authoritarian governments.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2020
What does Vietnam think of America's Indo-Pacific strategy?
The South China Sea is where the rubber meets the road for U.S.-Vietnam security ties, and in this regard, Hanoi has gone as far as it is comfortable.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2020
U.S. health chief to be most senior official to visit Taiwan in decades
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days, his office said Tuesday, making the highest-level visit by a U.S. official in four decades — a move that angered China, which claims the island as its own.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 5, 2020
China’s assertiveness is becoming a problem for its friends, too
In the regular drumbeat of arrests of alleged Chinese spies, one case last month stood out.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 5, 2020
TikTok’s price is a giant question mark in an already complex deal
Analysts and bankers have pegged the value of the video-sharing app's U.S. business at anywhere from $20 billion to $50 billion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2020
The U.S.-China relationship is a Shakespearean tragedy
We are witnessing the biggest strategic misjudgment in history: Two superpowers are sliding toward conflict when they still share huge common interests.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2020
The China hawks got it mostly right
Are there any China accommodationists left in Washington?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Aug 4, 2020
Microsoft’s long history in China complicates potential TikTok deal
Hawks in the Trump administration oppose any purchase of the social-media service by the tech giant, citing its contributions to 'the Great Firewall of China.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 4, 2020
American journalists in Hong Kong could be Beijing’s next target
China could take aim at American journalists in Hong Kong, if the U.S. doesn’t renew visas for Chinese journalists, Global Times Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2020
Trump’s TikTok assault opens new front in tech war with China
By going after TikTok, the U.S. is expanding a fight against Beijing using Chinese-style restrictions on tech companies in a move that could potentially have enormous ramifications for the world’s biggest economies.

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