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U S CHINA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 8, 2021
WHO approves Sinopharm vaccine in potential boost to COVAX pipeline
The vaccine, one of two main Chinese coronavirus vaccines, is the first developed by a non-Western country to win WHO backing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 8, 2021
Heads up! A used Chinese rocket is tumbling back to Earth this weekend.
The chances of it hitting a populated area are small, but not zero. That has raised questions about how the country's space program designs its missions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 8, 2021
China urges U.N. states not to attend Xinjiang event next week
Beijing charged that the event's organizers use 'human rights issues as a political tool to interfere in China's internal affairs.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2021
Is the G7 foreign ministers’ joint communique worth reading?
Although China was singled out in the foreign ministers' communique this year, the matter of China was just one of many important issues also mentioned.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 7, 2021
The world turns to China for vaccines after India and U.S. stumble
Some experts are worried about the potential impact of widely deploying Chinese shots that have demonstrated lower efficacy rates than those made by Pfizer and Moderna.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 7, 2021
New Zealand wants a mature relationship with China, foreign minister says
Nanaia Mahuta's comments come after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said this week that differences with its top trading partner were getting harder to reconcile.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 6, 2021
Joshua Wong’s Hong Kong prison sentence keeps getting longer
Wong and thousands of others held a vigil on June 4 last year to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, defying an unprecedented ban on the event.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 6, 2021
U.S. Space Command tracks Chinese rocket for uncontrolled re-entry from orbit
The rocket's exact point of descent into Earth's atmosphere as it falls back from space 'cannot be pinpointed until within hours of its reentry,' the body said.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 6, 2021
In statement, G7 lists the many ways it is deeply unhappy with China
The laundry list of concerns, including China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims and its stance toward Taiwan, is likely to get under Beijing's skin.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 5, 2021
As cars go electric, China builds a big lead in factories
Chinese manufacturers are using the billions they have raised from international investors and sympathetic local leaders to beat established carmakers to the market.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 5, 2021
Beijing's new flashpoint: A South Korean hot spot for spying
China spooked South Korea in December by sending a warship past a self-imposed boundary near Baengnyeong to probe the limits of the country's claims in the Yellow Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 5, 2021
Philippines rejects China fishing ban and wards off Chinese vessels
The Southeast Asian nation will continue law enforcement patrols and maritime exercises on a rotational basis over the waters within its exclusive economic zone, a task force said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 4, 2021
Hong Kong leader flags 'fake news' laws as worries over media freedom grow
The government is working on legislation to tackle 'misinformation, hatred and lies,' leader Carrie Lam has said.

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