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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 22, 2017
China reports more severe form of bird flu, WHO says
China has detected an evolution in the H7N9 avian flu virus that is capable of causing severe disease in poultry and requires close monitoring, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 21, 2017
In first official comments, Beijing voices displeasure with U.S. carrier patrols in South China Sea
China voiced its opposition Tuesday to freedom of navigation patrols in the South China Sea by foreign countries that it says threaten its sovereignty — the first official comments by Beijing since a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group began patrols in the strategic waterway.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 21, 2017
China says North Korean coal ban shows its sincerity on U.N. resolutions
China's suspension of imports of North Korean coal shows it is sincere about implementing U.N. Security Council resolutions punishing North Korea over its nuclear weapons and missile programs, it said on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2017
The right way for the U.S. to confront China
Recent moves by the Trump administration toward a more traditional China policy are welcome, but not enough to meet the challenge from Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 20, 2017
China names and shames cities over insufficient smog controls
China's environment ministry has named and shamed several cities in the north of the country for not doing enough to cope with smog, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 19, 2017
U.S. carrier group begins 'routine patrol' of tense South China Sea
In a move likely to stoke the ire of Beijing, the U.S. Navy's Carrier Strike Group 1, which includes the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, began what the navy called "routine operations" in the contested South China Sea on Saturday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 19, 2017
China's message to Trump with North Korea coal ban: Let's make a deal
China's move to ban all coal imports from North Korea, effectively slicing the country's exports by about half, came with a message to the U.S. and its allies: It's time to do a deal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 19, 2017
Hard to detect, deadly China bird flu virus may be more widespread
Bird flu infection rates on Chinese poultry farms may be far higher than previously thought, because the strain of the deadly virus that has killed more than 100 people this winter is hard to detect in chickens and geese, animal health experts say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 18, 2017
China to suspend all imports of coal from North Korea
China will suspend all imports of coal from North Korea starting today, the country's commerce ministry said in a notice posted on its website on Saturday, as part of its efforts to implement United Nations sanctions against the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 18, 2017
China eyes law to bar some foreign ships from passing through territorial waters
In a move that could have ramifications for U.S. "freedom of navigation" operations in the disputed South China Sea, Beijing is set to revise a key maritime law to bar some foreign ships from passing through Chinese territorial waters.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2017
Japan to speed up warship-building project to reinforce East China Sea: sources
Japan plans to double warship production to two frigates a year instead of one destroyer so it can patrol parts of the East China Sea disputed by China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2017
Trump will leave analysts guessing on U.S.-China ties
Analysts trying to parse U.S. policy in the Trump era regarding the South China Sea must be prepared for stark contradictions and intellectual whiplash.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 16, 2017
Toyota sold just one Prius in China in December as demand disappears
If you're reading this in China and you bought a Prius in December, congratulations — you were the only one.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 16, 2017
China warns U.S. against more patrols in disputed South China Sea
Beijing warned Washington on Wednesday not to challenge its sovereignty in the South China Sea amid reports that the U.S. Navy was gearing up to sail more warships near China's man-made islands in the contested waters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2017
Chinese death toll from bird flu soared to 79 in January
As many as 79 people have died from H7N9 bird flu in China last month, the government said, far surpassing the number of deaths in the same month in recent years and stoking worries about the spread of the virus this winter.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 15, 2017
Knife-wielding attackers kill five in China's Xinjiang region
Three knife-wielding attackers killed five people and injured another five in China's region of Xinjiang before police killed the "thugs," a regional government said, the latest violence on China's border with Central Asia.

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