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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 5, 2022
Bristling against the West, China rallies domestic sympathy for Russia
While Russia batters Ukraine, officials in China have been meeting to study a Communist Party-produced documentary that extols President Vladimir Putin of Russia as a hero.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2022
Who does the U.S. think it is, telling India how to respond to Ukraine?
All countries act according to their own geopolitical calculations and none is immune from making mistakes, including the U.S.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 5, 2022
With each new crisis in Hong Kong, pressure built on a Beijing loyalist
On Monday, those pressures appeared to boil over as Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that she would not seek a second five-year term.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2022
China 737 jet-crash clues awaited as black boxes arrive in U.S.
Investigators trying to figure out why a Boeing Co. 737-800 plunged to the ground in China last month could gain key clues within days from the jet's black boxes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Apr 5, 2022
The real reason behind China’s repression of ethnic minorities
Beijing officially recognizes 56 ethnic groups, but their treatment has been far from equal over the past decades.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 5, 2022
U.S. sees rising risk in ‘breathtaking’ China nuclear expansion
Testimony by the head of the U.S. Strategic Command showed for the first time that China's ICBM-launched hypersonic glide vehicle tested in July flew 40,000 km for more than 100 minutes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 4, 2022
China sends military and doctors to Shanghai to test all residents for COVID-19
It is China's largest public health response since it tackled the initial COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first discovered in late 2019.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2022
China gas buyers seek cheap Russian fuel shunned by the world
Most LNG importers around the world won't buy Russian cargoes out of fear of future sanctions or damage to reputation, but some Chinese firms are willing to take that risk.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 4, 2022
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she won’t seek second term
The city's current No. 2 official, John Lee, is forming a team to prepare for an electoral run, local media reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 4, 2022
Hong Kong leadership contender emerges amid uncertain future
Former police officer John Lee, has signaled his intention to contest an election for the city's top job.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 4, 2022
Growing ties between Pakistan and China raise concern in Washington and New Delhi
China's supply of advanced military equipment to Pakistan is part of an intensifying military and intelligence cooperation that reflects the growing level of trust between the two sides.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 4, 2022
What political upheaval in Pakistan means for rest of the world
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's actions have created huge uncertainty in Islamabad, fueling anger among the opposition and deepening the country's political crisis.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 4, 2022
China promotes traditional cures as Pfizer pill alternatives
China is struggling to persuade skeptics to put aside doubts about traditional medicine that hasn't gone through large, standardized clinical trials.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 4, 2022
China's COVID-19 crisis grows with cases surging and new omicron sub-strains
Shanghai reported 9,006 cases Sunday as the city readies to test all 25 million residents in its latest efforts to weed out infections.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 3, 2022
‘Totally inhumane’: Child separations feed anger in a locked-down Shanghai
The fury and concern of parents over what might become of their children if they fall sick is the latest in a series of crises faced by Shanghai officials.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 2, 2022
In Zimbabwe, coal power project seeks other backing after China's U-turn
China's recent about-face on foreign coal financing is forcing developing nations across Africa and Asia to rethink their energy plans.

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