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CHINA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 15, 2022
Xi makes first Xinjiang visit since ‘strike hard’ campaign
Xi's visit to Xinjiang is his first since 2014, the year his government ordered authorities to 'strike hard” against violence in the region.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Jul 15, 2022
ISU drops Russia and China from figure skating Grand Prix calendar
The Grand Prix events are the most important in figure skating outside the Olympics and the World and European Championships.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 15, 2022
China property crisis is spiraling with homebuyers’ boycott
Mounting signs of stress this week in an industry that accounts for about a quarter of the world's second-largest economy are roiling China's credit markets.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2022
The fall of the house of Rajapaksa
Through a combination of authoritarianism, nepotism, cronyism, and hubris, the Rajapaksa family weighed down Sri Lanka's economy with more debt than it could possibly bear.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2022
U.S. successfully tests pair of Lockheed hypersonic missiles
The successful tests show progress among the myriad U.S. hypersonic weapons development efforts, which have in cases been beleaguered by failed tests.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 14, 2022
Shanghai COVID-19 cases drop below 50 per day in sign flareup under control
The city recorded 47 infections for Wednesday, down from 55 on Tuesday. While daily cases have jumped from single digits last week, they are no longer rising precipitously.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 14, 2022
Australia PM ‘confident’ no Chinese navy base planned for Solomon Islands
Australia has been a close security and economic partner of the Solomon Islands, but the relationship was shaken in April by news of a security deal between the Solomons and China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2022
Anti-American sentiment throws a long shadow over geopolitics
There is even a virulent strain of anti-American sentiment among countries with much to lose if they distance themselves from Washington and its policies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 13, 2022
New Philippine president faces delicate balancing act between U.S. and China
Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s predecessor gained international attention for seeking to pivot away from the United States toward China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 13, 2022
U.S. to expand its Pacific footprint amid growing Chinese clout in region
The Biden administration will request $60 million per year from the U.S. Congress over the next 10 years in connection with a new economic assistance agreement.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 13, 2022
Chinese homebuyers across 22 cities refuse to pay mortgages
The payment refusals underscore how the storm engulfing China's property sector is now affecting the country's middle class.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 13, 2022
Beijing says it expelled U.S. destroyer from waters near South China Sea islands
The USS Benfold guided-missile destroyer had conducted a “freedom of navigation operation” near the Paracel Islands, according to the U.S. Navy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 13, 2022
Xi’s COVID authoritarianism meets red line at vaccine mandates
China's first attempt at a vaccine mandate was abruptly scrapped last week within days of it being announced by municipal officials in Beijing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2022
China makes muted protest after Taiwan VP’s visit to Japan
Beijing generally lashes out at nations over their interactions with Taiwan's officials, saying they amount to interference in its internal affairs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2022
Boycotts by Chinese shoppers on the rise but brand responses differ, study finds
Companies apologize quickly when boycotted for territorial issues, but far less frequently in relation to China's alleged human rights violations.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 12, 2022
Sino-Russian activities near Japan hint at more aligned military cooperation
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its more formal collaboration agreement with China, there appears to be greater coordination between the two countries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2022
Kiribati withdraws from Pacific Island Forum in blow to regional unity
The move came as the body began talks on several important issues, including climate change, economic challenges and Beijing's push for closer economic and security ties.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2022
China warns Asian nations to avoid being used as 'chess pieces' by big powers
Speaking at the ASEAN secretariat in Jakarta, China's foreign minister Wang Yi said many countries in the region were under pressure to take sides.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 11, 2022
Why China is unlikely to face an ‘Asian NATO’ anytime soon
Pyongyang and Beijing have warned about what they see as NATO's attempt to extend its geographical scope and assert military supremacy in Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 11, 2022
Biden-Xi call likely to take place in coming weeks, U.S. says
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi a day earlier for more than five hours to help lay the groundwork for a call.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Trump announces new tariff rate on Japan — and extension of deadline to Aug. 1
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a trade letter sent by the White House to Japan during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.
A tiny mountain hamlet keeps traditional log rafting afloat
Once a way to transport lumber from the mountains to the coast, log rafting is now Kitayama's biggest attraction.

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