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CHINA

JAPAN
Jun 10, 2020
Japan says it wants to take lead with G7 on Hong Kong security laws
Observers say Japan has been concerned that taking too hard of a line with China on Hong Kong could alienate Beijing just as stability returns to Sino-Japanese ties.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 10, 2020
A chill descends on Chinese scholars in Japan
Universities have a duty to stand up for them in the name of academic freedom.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 10, 2020
China and scientists dismiss study suggesting coronavirus spread in August 2019
Beijing dismissed as "ridiculous" a Harvard Medical School study of hospital traffic and search engine data that suggested the novel coronavirus may already have been spreading in China last August, and scientists said it offered no convincing evidence of when the outbreak began.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 10, 2020
The pandemic has everyone ditching coal quicker — except Asia
While the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the death of coal in developed nations, the dirtiest fossil fuel is alive and kicking in Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 9, 2020
Trump to sign bill pressuring China over Uighur Muslim crackdown
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign legislation calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for oppressing Uighur Muslims, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday without offering a time frame for the signing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jun 9, 2020
Can the U.S. end China’s control of the global supply chain?
The trade war amplified calls in the U.S. and elsewhere for reducing dependence on China for strategic goods. Now, the pandemic has politicians vowing to take action.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 9, 2020
How to stay cool as planet warms? Singapore may have a solution
In Singapore, close to the Equator, temperatures regularly rise above 32 degrees Celsius (90 Fahrenheit) — but inside the soaring glass greenhouses of Gardens by the Bay, the country’s award-winning botanical park, it’s a pleasant 24 degrees.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2020
India’s appeasement policy toward China unravels
With his excessive personalization of policy and stubborn strategic naivete, Modi has shown himself not as the diplomatically deft strongman he purports to be.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 8, 2020
HSBC’s tightrope act opens up internal fault lines in Hong Kong turmoil
HSBC Holdings PLC’s endorsement of a proposed Chinese security law in Hong Kong has begun to widen fault lines over the British institution’s relationship to the city’s masters in Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 7, 2020
Taiwan opposition seeks distance from China after top official is recalled
Taiwan's main opposition party moved to distance itself from China after one of its most senior officials lost a highly charged recall election, as attitudes harden toward Beijing on the democratic island claimed by China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 7, 2020
China denies cover-up and rejects ‘politicization’ of coronavirus
China lambasted suggestions that it hid information about the coronavirus outbreak, saying in a newly published white paper that it has acted transparently and informed the world of developments in a timely manner.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 7, 2020
Japan threads the needle as U.S.-China animosity hits new highs
When it comes to increasingly fraught ties between Washington and Beijing, Tokyo is facing a “be careful what you wish for” moment.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 6, 2020
'City on Fire' shows a beaten, divided Hong Kong fighting for its identity
In smooth, heady prose, Antony Dapiran shows what he calls “a fight for the very soul of Hong Kong.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2020
Pompeo warns U.S. investors against fraud at China companies
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday warned American investors against fraudulent accounting practices at China-based companies and said the Nasdaq's recent decision to tighten listing rules for such players should be "a model" for all other exchanges around the world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 5, 2020
India’s China standoff shows risks of getting too close to Trump
Indian and Chinese forces are facing off by a glacial lake in the Himalayas that traverses their fluid frontier. The standoff at 14,000 feet (4,270 meters) is the most visible theater of conflict between the world’s two most populous nations, but it’s far from the only source of friction.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 5, 2020
U.S. urges China to respect human rights on Tiananmen anniversary
The White House, in a statement on the 31st anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, urged Beijing on Thursday to respect human rights, fulfill its commitments on Hong Kong and end persecution of ethnic and religious minorities.

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