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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 13, 2020
Half of U.S. firms in Hong Kong feel 'less safe' under new security law, survey finds
Nearly half said the possibility of extradition to the mainland for trial was a 'game changer” for the city's position as a trusted international financial center.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 13, 2020
Hong Kong pro-opposition primary voters defy threats with high turnout
More than half a million residents cast their ballots in the unofficial poll.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 12, 2020
China signals shrimp virus risk after salmon debacle
China said a handful of packaging samples of imported shrimp tested positive for the coronavirus, raising questions again over whether the pathogen can spread through food or frozen products.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 12, 2020
China's CanSino in talks for COVID-19 vaccine Phase III trial overseas
Chinese vaccine developer CanSino Biologics is in talks with Russia, Brazil, Chile and Saudi Arabia to launch a Phase III trial of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, its co-founder said on Saturday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2020
Wuhan sets an example with a post-coronavirus recovery plan
Three months after it reopened its economy, Wuhan’s uneven recovery offers a glimpse of the hard road back to normality for cities after containing the coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 11, 2020
Here’s how China’s security law is already changing the face of Hong Kong
When China passed its new Hong Kong security law on June 30, officials said it would only affect "extremely few criminals.” Less than two weeks later, it’s clear Beijing is trying to wipe away signs of the city’s protest movement from the streets.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2020
A shot at hostage diplomacy with China backfires in Canada
The letter circulated by Huawei Technologies Co. was blunt. Canada was becoming dangerously entangled in the diplomatic feud between Washington and Beijing, it said, and there was only one answer: for Justin Trudeau’s government to free the state-championed tech giant’s chief financial officer and...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 11, 2020
Trump says phase-two China trade deal unlikely at this point
U.S. President Donald Trump said a phase-two trade deal with China isn’t under consideration, saying the relationship between Washington and Beijing has deteriorated too much.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2020
U.S. plans South China Sea announcement as tensions escalate
The Trump administration plans to make an announcement next week related to escalating tensions in the South China Sea, where Washington and Beijing are vying for military supremacy, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 11, 2020
Amazon bans, then unbans TikTok app from employee mobile devices
In the span of a few hours on Friday, Amazon.com Inc. banned and then unbanned the TikTok video-sharing app from employee mobile devices, calling the move a mistake.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 10, 2020
The 'British' 3 million
It will be surprising if at least half a million Hong Kong residents don't take up the U.K.'s offer of residency.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 10, 2020
U.S. sanctions highest ranking Chinese official yet over Uighur rights
The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on the highest ranking Chinese official yet targeted over alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority, a move likely to further ratchet up tensions between Washington and Beijing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2020
Meet Trump's new political football: TikTok
The White House needs to show the evidence it has for being concerned about the Chinese-owned short-video app before banning it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 9, 2020
Smog caused an estimated 49,000 deaths in Beijing and Shanghai since Jan. 1
Air pollution has caused an estimated 49,000 deaths and $23 billion in economic losses in the cities of Beijing and Shanghai alone since Jan. 1, according to a "clean air counter" launched by environmental groups on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 9, 2020
Australia suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty and extends visas
Australia said on Thursday it was suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and announced measures to attract people and businesses from the Asian financial hub, after Beijing imposed a new security law there.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2020
576 days in a Chinese cell: Michael Kovrig's resolve pushed to its limits
In one of Michael Kovrig’s letters, the former Canadian diplomat describes life in a Chinese prison as a "gray, grinding monotony.” Confined to a windowless concrete cell, ten feet square, his incarceration has also been, at times, deeply traumatic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 9, 2020
Hong Kong finds growing local coronavirus cases amid resurgence fears
The number of new infections that can't be traced suggest that hidden chains of transmission have been circulating in the city for some time.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 9, 2020
From Hong Kong to TikTok, China-U.S. rivalry widens from trade to everything
The U.S.-China rivalry is shifting into new and unpredictable areas, engulfing everything from a popular video app to Hong Kong’s status as a global financial hub.

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