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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 14, 2022
Inside Taiwan's brutal navy frogman bootcamp
Of the group of 31 who started the 10 week course, only 15 finished, with the closing week at the sprawling Zuoying navy base in southern Taiwan being the last test.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 14, 2022
China outbreak reaches six provinces as omicron takes hold
China is the only major country in the world still pursuing an aggressive 'COVID zero' approach, but the country's stringent tactics don't seem to be working.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 14, 2022
Takeaways from Japan’s recent security meetings
Some observers have interpreted Japan's effort to foster relationships with other security partners as a sign of fissures in the U.S.-Japan alliance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2022
With flights sharply reduced, COVID-19 absolutism isolates China from global travel
Flights between China and key destinations like Europe, Japan and North America are even lower now than they were a year ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jan 14, 2022
Xi reshapes China property market, paving way for state dominance
While the endgame is still unclear, China watchers predict that the days of blistering home-price gains and debt-fueled building sprees by billionaire property tycoons are set to fade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2022
Beijing becomes a rising star in the global rule-maker race
In the coming decades, the biggest global threat will not be China the rule-breaker, but China the rule-maker.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 13, 2022
China steps up construction along disputed Bhutan border, satellite images show
Construction-related activity in some of the locations along Bhutan's western border has been underway since early 2020, with China initially building tracks and clearing out areas.
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
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2022
Twin pandas born in Tokyo zoo make public debut
The pandas will be viewable for only three days and to a limited number of visitors amid a resurgence of coronavirus infections.
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.

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