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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 15, 2020
China factory output rises for first time in 2020 but consumption weak
China's industrial output rose 3.9 percent in April from a year earlier, data showed Friday, expanding for the first time this year as the world's second-largest economy slowly emerged from its coronavirus lockdown.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
May 15, 2020
As China pushes back on coronavirus, Europe wakes to 'Wolf Warrior' diplomacy
As Beijing seeks to control the damage to its global reputation, the government is pushing hard to control the story from Berlin to Bratislava
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2020
Standing up to economic coercion requires middle power solidarity
Japan can lead the way in building an alliance to blunt China's advances.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 13, 2020
Is Japan pulling its companies out of China?
A recent Abe announcement is significant but hardly signals a decoupling.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 13, 2020
Can a broke America fight a cold war with China?
The coronavirus has united Americans against Beijing's aggressions, but it will also devastate the Pentagon budget.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 13, 2020
Joe Biden to hammer Trump's 'tough talk, weak action' on China over coronavirus, top adviser says
U.S. President Donald Trump has seized on Americans' growing animosity toward China over the coronavirus outbreak to underpin his re-election pitch, arguing he will hit Beijing harder than anyone.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 13, 2020
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam pushes pro-China agenda, risking Trump’s wrath
Democracy activists see Lam's move to push the national anthem law as a potential precursor to bringing in national security legislation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 12, 2020
Wuhan to test whole city of 11 million after new cases emerge
Wuhan, where the global coronavirus epidemic first started, has ordered officials to prepare to test its entire 11 million population after the central Chinese city reported a handful of new infections for the first time since its lockdown was lifted, according to state media reports.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 12, 2020
U.S. Senate joins calls for Taiwan to regain WHO observer status
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill seeking the restoration of Taiwan’s observer status with the World Health Organization, escalating an international campaign to push back against Chinese efforts to isolate the island.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 12, 2020
Hong Kong uses coronavirus rules to stop protests even as bars fill up
Hong Kong’s central bar district returned to relative normalcy over the weekend, with crowds of revelers taking advantage of eased social distancing rules even as fresh pro-democracy protests flared across the city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 11, 2020
Outbreak on North Korea border raises doubts over its coronavirus toll
Chinese authorities banned all nonessential transportation in the city of Shulan in the northeastern province of Jilin, while residential compounds and villages were closed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2020
COVID-19 and the advent of a 'contactless economic system'
The surveillance technology that helps suppress the spread of coronavirus is a double-edged sword.
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2020
The world faces a moment of truth on China
Beijing's refusal to allow a probe into the origin and spread of the new coronavirus is fueling suspicion and animosity.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 10, 2020
China's Animal Crossing gamers use code words and middlemen to enter virtual world
Users look to skirt limits imposed by local regulators on a game that has become both a breakout worldwide hit and political flash point.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 9, 2020
U.S. rearms to nullify China's missile supremacy in the western Pacific
A long-term struggle between the Beijing and Washington is at a turning point, with the United States rolling out new weapons and strategy in a bid to close a wide missile gap with China.

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