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CHINA

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2022
China’s true unemployment pain masked by official numbers
The surveyed urban unemployment rate of 5% is expected to stay unchanged when the government publishes December data, but economists say the labor market is under considerable strain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 12, 2022
World’s worst-performing bank lent billions to China Evergrande
Battered by mounting losses on loans to developers including China Evergrande Group, China Minsheng Banking Corp. saw their stocks tumble 31% in the 12 months through last week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2022
Global supply chains brace for impact as omicron reaches China
Beijing's u2018COVID zero' strategy meant factories stayed open, but if tougher restrictions are needed there will be knock-on effects at Chinese ports and factories.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 11, 2022
'Colonial wine from new, authoritarian bottles': Hong Kong retools sedition law
The Hong Kong government is expanding its use of a long-dormant sedition law in what some lawyers and democracy advocates say is intensifying a squeeze on press freedom.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2022
New Japan-Australia reciprocity accord is important, but it’s only part of the story
The RAA deal lays the foundation for future cooperation and signals to the U.S. that its allies are determined to work together for regional security.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 11, 2022
After China backlash, Intel deletes reference to Xinjiang from letter to suppliers
In the initial version of its letter, the U.S. chipmaker had asked suppliers to avoid the sanctions-hit region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jan 11, 2022
Firms see U.S.-China tensions as economic security threat, survey shows
Tokyo needs to look at constructing a stable relationship with Washington and Beijing, despite their confrontations, to ease Japanese companies' fears.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2022
China buying more cheap and sanctioned oil from Iran and Venezuela
Chinese buyers, particularly private refiners, have benefited from Washington's tough line on Iran and Venezuela, continuing to buy their oil long after others have ceased purchases.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 11, 2022
China offers digital yuan at Olympics to test overseas appeal
Visitors can download an app or get a physical card that stores the digital yuan, or convert foreign bank notes into e-CNY at self-service machines, according to the Bank of China Ltd.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 11, 2022
China says omicron outbreak not affecting Olympic plans yet
Officials remained steadfast that protocols for the Winter Games would remain in place even as the country struggled to contain the fast-spreading variant.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 11, 2022
Hong Kong’s brain drain worsens as expats and locals flee the city
Both the city's strict COVID-19 polices and the imposition of the national security law have prompted a population outflow that looks set to intensify in 2022.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 11, 2022
Pacific may be most likely to see 'strategic surprise,' U.S. policymaker says
The comments by U.S. Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell were apparently in reference to possible Chinese ambitions to establish Pacific-island bases.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2022
Omicron pushes Hong Kong’s import supply chain to brink of collapse
A slashing of flights that bring everything from Australian cherries to wagyu beef into the financial hub is set to raise costs and boost inflation
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 10, 2022
Omicron takes off in China as variant moves closer to Beijing
Previously isolated outbreaks are bleeding into one another, preventing the country from reverting to the 'COVID zero” status it maintained for much of the pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 10, 2022
China moves Xinjiang police boss to top PLA role in Hong Kong
Maj. Gen. Peng Jingtang will work to 'firmly safeguard” the stability of Hong Kong, raising fears that Beijing is taking an increasingly hard line on security.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2022
China venture funding hits record $131 billion despite crackdown
Entrepreneurs and venture firms have turned away from softer internet businesses and toward hard-core technologies like semiconductors, robotics and enterprise software.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2022
Trial looms after seaside gathering of Chinese activists
Once commonplace, get-togethers among Chinese rights campaigners have become increasingly risky under Xi Jinping's hard-line rule.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2022
As Beijing takes control, Chinese tech companies lose jobs and hope
The crackdown is killing the entrepreneurial drive that made China a tech power and destroying jobs that used to attract the country's brightest.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 9, 2022
China reports nation’s first community spread of omicron
The discovery ignited a mass testing blitz in the city of Tianjin as the country strives to maintain its zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19 in the face of more transmissible variants.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Trump pledges 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and more levies on China
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19. Trump on Monday threatened to slap China, Mexico and Canada with hefty tariffs upon his return to the White House.
AI boom makes 139-year-old cable maker Japan’s hottest stock
Fujikura's headquarters in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The company's share price has surged by more than 400% this year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.

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