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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 18, 2015
Obama warns TPP failure would let China write trade rules
President Barack Obama, trying to sway skeptics on free trade among his supporters, said Friday that if the U.S. can't come to terms on an accord being worked on with other Pacific nations, China will step in to fill the void.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2015
China says Japan's air, sea surveillance threatens safety
Beijing Reuters, Kyodo
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 17, 2015
China's incredible shrinking factories
Eight years ago, Pascal Lighting employed about 2,000 workers on a leafy campus in southern China. Today, the Taiwanese light manufacturer has winnowed its workforce to just 200 and leased most of its space to other companies: lamp workshops, a mobile phone-maker, a logistics group, a liquor brand.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 16, 2015
Japan jets scramble at Cold War levels as Chinese, Russian incursions continue to climb
The Air Self-Defense Force said Wednesday that jet fighter scrambles have reached a level not seen since the height of the Cold War three decades ago, as Russian bombers probe its northern skies and Chinese combat aircraft intrude into its southern air space.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2015
South China Sea standoff
Beijing must be feeling the pressure from the U.S. to stop its campaign of turning tiny reefs in the South China Sea into artificial islands capable of military use.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2015
China to strengthen surveillance, security in anti-terror push
China will establish a national population database linked to ID information and credit records, state media reported late Monday, as part of a larger push to beef up surveillance and security in response to violent unrest.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 14, 2015
China set to surpass U.S. as main emitter of greenhouse gases in modern times: experts
In a historic shift that may raise pressure on Beijing to act, China is poised to overtake the United States as the main cause of man-made global warming since 1990, the benchmark year for U.N.-led action.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2015
Would U.S. pay too high a cost in TPP pact?
Only when the U.S. is prepared to ensure fair treatment for its own companies, should Washington offer free trade consideration to yet more budding competitors.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 13, 2015
Chinese hackers likely behind decade-long cyberattack on Southeast Asia, India: report
Hackers, most likely from China, have been spying on governments and businesses in Southeast Asia and India uninterrupted for a decade, researchers at Internet security firm FireEye Inc. said in a report released Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2015
China rejects Taiwan's bid to become AIIB founding member
Taiwan is not able to become a founding member of the Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank but is still welcome to become an ordinary member in the future, the Chinese government said on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2015
In southern China, hundreds protest over polluting power plant
Hundreds of people in China's southern Guangdong province protested the expansion of a coal-fired power plant on Sunday, state media reported, the latest sign of public discontent over pollution.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2015
An opportunity for China
For China, accepting lower growth provides a crucial opportunity to support stable and sustainable development.
EDITORIALS
Apr 12, 2015
Behind Xi's corruption crackdown
While Chinese President Xi Jinging's crackdown on corruption is boosting his popularity, it remains to be seen if he will change the system that allowed corruption to flourish in the first place.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2015
Robots leave behind Chinese factory workers
Chinese factory owners are increasingly turning to automation, leaving millions of low-skill workers with an uncomfortable sense of impending obsolescence.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 12, 2015
China-led AIIB will be lean, clean and green, its chief says
The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will be lean, clean and green, its interim chief has said, playing down concerns over transparency and standards governing the institution.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 12, 2015
China says U.S. backs its campaign to hunt down 'economic fugitives'
The United States has promised support for China's campaign to hunt corrupt officials fleeing abroad, the official Xinhua News Agency reported after meetings between security officials from the world's two largest economies.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2015
Feckless Europe kowtows to China on AIIB
Europe's decision to support the AIIB over U.S. objections reflects its own weakness more than America's.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2015
In China, knock-off Apple Watches have their own fans
Lining the glass display cases of Shenzhen's giant tech malls, knockoff versions of Apple Inc's smartwatch were on sale at many stalls, with some Chinese consumers eager to snap them up for a fraction of the cost of the original.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2015
China cementing reach in South China Sea by building civilian infrastructure: analysts
China's plans for islands it is creating in the South China Sea show for the first time the scale of civilian architecture it will extend across the disputed waterway, entrenching its reach in the maritime heart of Southeast Asia, experts say.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2015
Chinese police seen to be stiffening charges against detained feminist activists
Chinese police are focusing their investigation into five detained female activists on campaigns they were involved in over recent years, not their latest bid to highlight sexual harassment on public transport, lawyers said Wednesday.

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