TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Sunday said Taiwan’s peace and stability is key to the region and that Japan will cooperate with the United States to calm rising tensions …
Exclusive: ByteDance says India’s freeze on bank accounts is harassment – court filing
Load Error ByteDance in January reduced its Indian workforce after New Delhi maintained a ban on its popular video app TikTok, imposed last year after a border clash between India and China. Beijing …
China looks to rein in lending to cool property boom
China’s central bank has asked lenders to rein in credit supply, as the surge of lending that sustained the country’s debt-fuelled coronavirus recovery renewed concerns about asset bubbles and …
Taiwan separatist DPP authority’s ‘black hand’ behind anti-mainland rumours amid Myanmar upheaval
Since the unrest in Myanmar broke out on February 1, a loose online coalition called the Milk Tea Alliance, a gathering of anti-China and separatist forces, has constantly been churning out rumors …
Anwar: Perikatan’s lopsided policies, making deals to maintain status-quo could come at the expense of Malaysia’s dignity
“The Foreign Minister’s ‘elder brother’ comment on Friday may have set Malaysia’s China foreign policy back 25 years and undermined decades of hard work of seasoned Malaysian officers in Wisma Putra. …
1st LD Writethru: 20 killed, 5 missing as flash floods, landslides hit central Indonesia
JAKARTA, April 4 (Xinhua) — At least 20 people were killed, nine others injured and five went missing as flash floods and landslides struck East Nusa Tenggara province in central parts of Indonesia …
Multinationals tread cautious path in China boycott
Ethical trade group Better Cotton Initiative stopped licensing cotton from Xinjiang last year citing ‘sustained allegations of forced labour and other human rights abuses in Xinjiang’ © AFP via Getty …
China is ‘trampling on Hong Kong’s democracy’
China’s overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system is being seen as a watershed moment by those who fear Beijing’s encroaching influence on the city. Recent changes ensure that only “patriots” loyal to …
China Delivers 100,000 COVID Vaccines to Palestine
In international news, Palestinian authorities have received 100,000 vaccine doses from China in a boost to efforts to vaccinate the 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. While Israel has …
H&M upsets Vietnam after kowtowing to Beijing over ‘problematic map’
Twitter users in Vietnam lash out after retailer reportedly agrees to edit map on its website to clarify Beijing’s territorial claims in South China Sea.