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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.
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
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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 3, 2020
How Tokyo sees Pompeo’s 'Communist China' speech
Despite the U.S. secretary of state's welcome call for a new international alliance to induce Beijing to change its behavior, his address had several shortcomings.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 3, 2020
Hong Kong denies mass Chinese virus tests are bid to harvest DNA
The Hong Kong government 'solemnly clarified that this is absolutely unfounded,” pledging that samples 'will not be transported to the mainland for testing.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2020
China finally makes its peace with ‘foreign garbage’
After years of trying to ban recycling imports, the central government seems to be coming to its senses.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2020
U.S. condemns postponement of Hong Kong Legislative Council elections
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned Hong Kong’s decision to delay its Legislative Council elections by a year and urged the city’s government to reconsider.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2020
China sends team to Hong Kong to do widespread coronavirus testing
Seven Chinese health officials were due to arrive in Hong Kong on Sunday, the first members of a 60-person team that will carry out widespread testing for COVID-19 in the territory as it races to halt a third wave of illness.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 31, 2020
Hong Kong delays election by a year after a dozen opposition candidates barred from running
Leader Carrie Lam pinned the blame on the coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 31, 2020
Xi calls for pivot to domestic economy as China recovery continues
China, where the coronavirus originated, appears to be weathering the pandemic and seeing its situation improve.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 31, 2020
EU sanctions North Korean and Chinese firms and Russian intelligence over cyberattacks
The measures come in response to attacks on power grids, banks and a film studio.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 30, 2020
Lee Teng-hui, who forged Taiwan's path to democracy, dies at 97
Lee set Taiwan on a path of solidifying its separate status from the mainland and earned the wrath of the Chinese Communist Party.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2020
U.S. forces chief pledges to help Japan with Chinese ships near Senkakus
The commander of U.S. Forces Japan vowed to help ally Japan deal with incursions by Chinese vessels in the East China Sea, accusing Beijing of a maritime intimidation campaign against countries in the region.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 29, 2020
China hawks gain ground among Japan's conservatives, long divided on Beijing
In March, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was forced to postpone plans to greet Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a state guest. Months later, the topic is still making waves.

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