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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 9, 2021
China’s COVID-19 strategy risks leaving it isolated for years
China is tethering itself to eliminating the virus over the long term — an approach that risks leaving the world's second-biggest economy isolated for years to come.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2021
Tokyo’s Olympic bubble? Wait till you see Beijing’s.
With the Winter Olympics in Beijing just six months away, the Chinese authorities are planning elaborate precautions against COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2021
Taiwan for all intents and purposes is an independent country. Deal with it.
The best way to raise the diplomatic costs of adventurism to China is to recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state and grant it full diplomatic recognition.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2021
The great COVID-19 stonewall of China
Beijing has been doing everything in its power to prevent an independent forensic investigation into the origins of the coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2021
Alibaba fires manager after sexual assault case rocks industry
The allegations, first reported by an employee on Aug. 2, have unearthed systemic challenges with the company's mechanisms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2021
A viral video and online furor: How Volkswagen stalled in China
After a clip showed the firm's flagship sedan doing poorly in an unofficial safety test, sales in the world's biggest car market began to take a hit.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2021
Is capitalism just a phase? China struggles with the math
Communist ideology declares that capitalism is just a stage in human society, and that party leaders are the architects of the future there to look beyond this phase.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2021
In China's Silicon Valley, COVID-19 curbs pinch hardware startups
Border closures have paralyzed the movement of talent to and from Shenzhen, throwing a spanner in the rapid cycles of product development.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021
What to watch on the last day of the Tokyo Olympics
The men's marathon and the biggest game in Japanese basketball history should be the highlights of Tokyo 2020's final day.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021
Chinese Olympic athletes warned over Mao badges
The IOC said it had issued a warning to the two Chinese cycling medalists who wore badges featuring the head of their country's former leader Mao Zedong at the Tokyo Olympics podium, breaching a rule on political gestures, and that the case was now closed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2021
New buyers take the sting out of China’s ban on Taiwanese pineapples
A surge in shipments to Japan and a domestic 'save the farmers” campaign have helped cushion the blow of Beijing's block on imports of the sweet, juicy fruit.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2021
China’s demographic manipulation
Officially, China's demographic situation was nothing to be alarmed about. But less than a month after the census was released, Beijing suspiciously loosened the family-planning rules.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2021
U.S. approves potential sale of howitzers to Taiwan: Pentagon
The U.S. State Department approved the potential sale of 40 155mm M109A6 Medium Self-Propelled Howitzer artillery systems to Taiwan in a deal valued at up to $750 million, the Pentagon said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2021
A nuclear crisis foreseen and predicted
The U.K.'s decline in nuclear power production is due to the growing obsolescence of the nation's aging power plants — and rectifying the situation is proving difficult.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2021
Shocked investors scour Xi’s old speeches to find next crackdown target
China's abrupt education overhaul has prompted even seasoned investors to reassess how they interpret statements from Xi Jinping and top officials.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 5, 2021
Investors are ignoring a dangerous crackdown on press freedom
In an era when environmental, social and governance investing is increasingly in the spotlight, press freedom is still low on most investors' list of concerns.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 5, 2021
China clampdown sparks a student exodus from Hong Kong schools
With youths at the forefront of demonstrations, Beijing has blamed the education system for fostering unrest and ordered schools to adopt a more patriotic curriculum.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 4, 2021
Singapore leader urges China and U.S. to stem deteriorating ties
The U.S. is not in terminal decline, as some in Beijing believe, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. Equally, 'China is not going to disappear. This is not the Soviet Union.”
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2021
How social media magnified the controversy over Daiki Hashimoto's all-around gold
The furor surrounding Hashimoto's first-place finish in the men's all-around competition last week stood out for the response it provoked from gymnastics officials.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2021
U.S.-China talks: Salvaging a relationship
The slogan when U.S.-China relations were first restored was “Friendship first, competition second.” Now, no one speaks about friendship. It is competition first, last and in between.

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