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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 8, 2021
China uses fake U.S. aircraft carrier for missile target practice
New satellite imagery of a Chinese range in a remote western desert indicates the People's Liberation Army is focused on neutralizing a key tool of U.S. power.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2021
Can South Korea’s main presidential candidates revitalize relations with Japan?
The conservative opposition People Power Party has tapped former top prosecutor Yoon Seok-youl, 60, as its presidential candidate, while the ruling Democratic Party picked Lee Jae-myung, 56.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2021
Chips, coal and property top China traders’ plenum watch list
After a yearlong regulatory crackdown, investors are on high alert for the risk of more policy change as the Communist Party kicks off a major convention this week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2021
Energy crisis that revived coal in India and China is easing, for now
Officials pressed miners to rapidly boost output and lifted imports, allowing power plants and major industrial consumers to start rebuilding stockpiles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 6, 2021
How long can China chase 'COVID zero'? Here’s what the experts say.
The last of the major 'COVID zero' holdouts, China is becoming ever more isolated, and its unpredictable curbs are beginning to disrupt the world's second-largest economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2021
China sanctions three top Taiwan officials in retaliation effort
China said last year it was compiling a global watch list of Taiwanese independence backers it plans to punish.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2021
Nearly half of Hong Kong’s reporters are considering leaving, survey finds
The survey underscores the wider crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong, which enshrines freedom of speech in its mini constitution, the Basic Law.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2021
Surveillance in the academy: Hong Kong's new compulsory national security courses
Last month, several thousand Hong Kong university students, some of them under the watch of a closed-circuit TV camera, were the first to take compulsory courses on the territory’s national security law.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 6, 2021
China has debated attacking Taiwan-controlled islands, Taiwanese official says
A top Taiwan security official has told lawmakers that China had internally debated whether to attack Taiwan's Pratas Islands but will not do so before 2024.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 6, 2021
China’s deafening silence speaks loudest at global climate talks
Some China climate watchers suggested that the nation's leaders are more concerned with implementing measures at home than winning praise at COP26.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2021
China builds a military to rewrite the rules and the region
Beijing cannot be allowed to intimidate or coerce its neighbors. The China military power report argues that it intends to do precisely that.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2021
Mystery of China’s huge dollar surplus baffles global markets
Unprecedented trade surpluses and record inflows into its bond market are giving China a stockpile of dollars unseen since the days of the 'Asian savings glut.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2021
Jack Ma, Trump and Xi: How a Chinese billionaire flew close to the sun
The story of the billionaire e-commerce tycoon's fall from official favor helps illustrate how rapidly China has transformed under Xi Jinping.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 4, 2021
Hong Kong's top court rules against government move to broaden riot prosecutions
The five-judge panel unanimously rejected an earlier ruling that people could be criminally liable for rioting or illegal assembly without being physically present.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 4, 2021
China's wind giants hatch plans to muscle in on U.S. and Europe
Chinese companies have typically made only small inroads into overseas markets, but they now plan to invest in factories abroad.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 4, 2021
New technology can turn emissions into animal food, Chinese scientists say
The method, which relies on bacteria, is able to process carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen and could cut China's demand for soybeans.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 4, 2021
Hong Kong activist pleads guilty to security law charges
Tony Chung, 20, faces up to seven years in prison, after reportedly admitting seeking to separate Hong Kong from mainland China between July and October 2020.

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