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CHINA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2021
Chinese hackers used Facebook to target Uyghurs abroad, company says
The social media company said the hackers targeted activists, journalists and dissidents who were predominantly Uyghurs, a largely Muslim ethnic group facing persecution in China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2021
Paraguay says Chinese vaccine offers tied to dumping Taiwan
The episode is the latest example of how geopolitics is infecting the global race for vaccines, with major powers dominating production and hoarding supplies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 25, 2021
Blinken says U.S. won’t force ‘us-or-them’ choice with China
The top American diplomat said that the U.S. and its allies need to come together to develop technologies when the benefits of trading with China must be weighed against the risks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 24, 2021
China embassy takes swipe at 'fusty' Japan over South China Sea
The comment was a direct response to a Twitter remark on 'action that heightens tensions' by Japan's ambassador to the Philippines, Kazuhiko Koshikawa.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Mar 24, 2021
Line data scandal highlights perils of storing information across borders
Concerns over Japan's national security have arisen because of the obligations of a Chinese affiliate under that country's National Intelligence Law.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2021
U.S. and China deviate from the diplomacy script
“Strong smell of gunpowder and drama” was the way Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian described the U.S-China meeting in Anchorage.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 24, 2021
What can Japan do in a Taiwan-China clash?
In the “two-plus-two” meeting that took place last week, the Japanese and U.S. governments unequivocally called out China, highlighting the country's unilateral and unlawful attempts to change the status quo in the Indo-Pacific. Since then, there has been much debate on what this means for the region, especially in the context of Taiwan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 24, 2021
Messaging app Line to transfer users' data to Japan for security
'The company has blocked access from China to its database,' Line President and CEO Takeshi Idezawa said in a news conference.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2021
China lashes out at U.S. allies in bid to thwart Biden strategy
China's assertive response on the heels of a rare public dust-up with U.S. officials in Alaska last week shows Xi's government is digging in against international criticism.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 23, 2021
China aims to boost ties with North Korea and Russia in wake of U.S. talks
China is looking to boost ties with North Korea and Russia following a contentious meeting with U.S. officials in Alaska last week.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2021
Reality tempers Europe’s Indo-Pacific ambitions
National governments and the European Union itself have recognized the need for more systematic and strategic engagement with Indo-Pacific partners.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2021
Hong Kong vaccine rollout hampered by reliance on Chinese shots
Confidence in both the Sinovac shot and the government's vaccine drive has plummeted.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 22, 2021
Myanmar junta expects Asian nations to keep investing after coup
Myanmar's Asian neighbors largely have refrained from turning away from the country, and the leadership sees long-term regional partners staying engaged.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2021
Trials and transparency stand in way of Japan's acquisition of non-Western shots
With domestically developed vaccines some way off and regular inoculations a possibility, Japan may need to look to Russia and China to secure enough shots.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2021
China’s regulatory war on Ant Group
Once the powerful central bank publicly turned against Ant, bureaucrats who had endorsed the group fell silent and other departments began to jump on the bandwagon.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 22, 2021
Philippines says 220 Chinese boats have encroached in South China Sea
The Philippines coast guard reported that about 220 vessels, believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia personnel, were seen moored at the Whitsun Reef.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 21, 2021
The era of the Japan-Australia alliance is here
It seems likely that the Japan-Australia relationship will develop into an alliance in substance if not in name.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2021
China’s Himalayan salami tactics
China's new border villages in the Himalayas are the equivalent of its artificially created islands in the South China Sea, whose map Xi's regime has redrawn without firing a shot.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 21, 2021
Two very different ‘two-plus-two’ meetings
Were the Tokyo and Seoul two-plus-two meetings successful? For Japan, it was a great beginning and much more successful than expected.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 21, 2021
Sino-Japanese ties headed for rough waters after raucous U.S.-China talks
Tokyo faces a dilemma on how to get along with its powerful but crucial neighbor as fears grow of a 'new Cold War' between Beijing and the United States.

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