US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on key Asian allies to unite against China's "exploitation, corruption and coercion" in the region, as he held talks Tuesday in Tokyo. Pompeo was speaking at ... ( read original story ...)
How a Chilean raspberry scam dodged food safety controls from China to Canada
Chilean Customs inspectors acted on a tip from a whistleblower: The country’s prized crop of raspberries was under threat. ( read original story ...)
Pompeo meets Asian ‘Quad’ allies in Tokyo with eyes on China
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks on Tuesday with key Asia-Pacific allies in Tokyo, presenting a united front on the regional challenge posed by an increasingly assertive China. ( read original story ...)
‘We Want to Help the World Better Understand China.’ Meet Chen Xiaoqing, the Film Director Using Food to Make Friends
We want to help the world better understand China,' says the creator of the hit Netflix series 'Flavorful Origins' ... ( read original story ...)
Pompeo seeks unity against China’s assertiveness, but don’t expect an Asian NATO
The secretary of state, in Tokyo, aims to bring Japan, Australia and India into a tighter coalition of democracies to contain Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Tsai Defiant As Taiwan’s Anti-China Jet Flights Double
Taiwan will not "yield an inch" in defending itself, President Tsai Ing-wen warned Tuesday, as new figures revealed the island is scrambling fighter jets at more than double the rate of last year in ... ( read original story ...)
Mike Pompeo in Japan for ‘quad’ meeting to counter China
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday met with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan in Tokyo to discuss how to counter China. The "Quad meeting" comes as all four countries seek to ... ( read original story ...)
China in Talks With WHO Over Assessing Its COVID-19 Vaccines for Global Use
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China is in talks to have its locally-produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed by the World Health Organization, as a step toward making them available for international use, a WHO ... ( read original story ...)
Global Covid Response Prompts Taiwan Property-Bubble Concerns
(Bloomberg) -- Authorities in Taiwan may need to take action to prevent cash flows generated by global pandemic support measures causing a local property-market bubble, one of Taipei’s most senior ... ( read original story ...)
World’s largest banks in commodity trade financing creating digital finance registry in Singapore: report
Some of the world’s biggest banks in commodity trade financing are creating a digital trade finance registry in Singapore to try and mitigate the risk of trade fraud and boost transparency after ... ( read original story ...)