2022/02/21 |
What Happens to Uyghurs After Competing in the Olympics?
“For decades, the stereotypical ‘happily dancing Uyghur’ has served as a puppet of propaganda for China’s official ‘ethnic unity and harmony’ narrative.”
2022/04/29 |
Myanmar Junta Hits Opposition Forces With Communications Blackouts
Myanmar’s junta has been cracking down on opposition forces by cutting off mobile internet service and telephone lines in strongholds of local armed groups.
2022/11/04 |
European Lawmakers Visit Taiwan, Taking Different Path from Scholz
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz set out on a high-profile visit to Beijing while lawmakers from seven European countries and the European Union were winding up a show of solidarity in Taiwan.
2022/07/28 |
What’s Next for China’s Economy?
China’s economy shrunk from April to June compared to the first three months of the year.
2021/09/22 |
Proposal to Remove Chiang Kai-shek Statue in Taiwan Stirs Controversy
The Transitional Justice Commission’s proposal, part of a larger plan to convert the memorial into a reflection on Taiwan’s authoritarian past, has drawn mixed reactions.
2022/07/22 |
China Pushes to Quell Protests Over Billion-dollar Banking Scandal
The scandal has drawn national attention as Beijing is struggling to maintain economic growth in the face of President Xi Jinping's commitment to a zero-Covid policy that has prompted widespread lockdowns and a resulting economic slowdown.
2020/03/17 |
'Unprecedented' Lockdown of Manila Expected to Cut Philippine Economic Growth
The Philippine capital and its core suburbs will ban people from coming or going through April 14 to contain spread of the coronavirus.
2022/08/31 |
Ukraine Lawmaker Questions Kyiv’s Strategic Partnership With Beijing
The lawmaker says Ukraine should reconsider its strategic partnership formed a decade ago with China, a key Russian ally.
2021/07/09 |
Interview: US, Taiwan Trade Talks and Global Semiconductor Shortage
Matt Murray, the U.S. State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for trade policy and negotiations talks about trade relations with Taiwan and the global semiconductor shortage. Additional meetings are focused on the resilience of global supply chains.
2022/03/14 |
Chinese Premier to Step Down ahead of Leadership Change
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang compared the increasingly difficult task of managing the economy to climbing a high mountain with “less oxygen.”
2022/02/16 |
Myanmar Issue Hardens Divisions in ASEAN
Analysts said a troika had emerged made up of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei, which share religious sympathies with the Muslim Rohingya and have opposed bringing the Myanmar junta into ASEAN after it was banned from attending its summits in response to the coup.
2022/09/02 |
Biden to Name Arctic Ambassador as China Eyes Region
The United States and Nordic nations are growing wary of the risks of China's expanding influence in the Arctic. China considers itself a “near-Arctic state.”
2021/08/20 |
Why Russia Backs China in Disputes With Third Countries
Russia and China hope to blunt US influence in Asia as Washington and its allies exert influence in the region.
2020/11/19 |
In Bid To Rely Less on US, China Firms Stockpile Taiwan Tech Hardware
Chinese technology firms are stockpiling semiconductors made in Taiwan, which produces some of the world's most advanced chips, in an effort to depend less on U.S. supplies
2020/11/09 |
US Speeds Arms Sales for Taiwan as Island Revamps China Strategy
U.S. is speeding arms sales to Taiwan this year as the island revamps its defense strategy against China, who has sent warplanes into Taiwan's airspace repeatedly these days.
2020/03/05 |
North Korea Military May Become Hotbed of Coronavirus Infections
Defectors said crowded, often unhygienic barracks and soldiers' poor diet could lead to a rapid spread of the coronavirus, which in turn could pose a serious threat to North Korea's regime stability.
2020/12/29 |
How American Pork Could Lead To Wider US Trade Deal With Export Powerhouse Taiwan
Taiwanese officials will lift a longstanding ban on U.S. pork imports to open talks on a free trade deal with its second biggest trading partner.