Asia-Pacific
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Online summit meant to establish ‘guardrails’ for U.S.-China relations
WASHINGTON/BEIJING — The leaders of the United States and China confirmed in an online meeting Tuesd...
November 17, 2021
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Japan, U.S. hold antisubmarine drills in S. China Sea
The Maritime Self-Defense Force has conducted antisubmarine drills with the U.S. Navy in the South C...
November 17, 2021
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Japan welcomes Biden-Xi meeting’s conflict avoidance outcome
The dialogue between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping in their first online...
November 17, 2021
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Laos: Electricity earnings soar by 12% as govt eyes new plants
Laos earned $2,012 million from the export of electricity in the first nine months of this year, an ...
November 17, 2021
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China intensifies information warfare in bid to join TPP
SHANGHAI/BEIJING — China is intensifying its “information war” in a bid to join the Trans-Pacific Pa...
November 13, 2021
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Japan, China, S. Korea summit ‘canceled’ again
The Yomiuri Shimbun [postdate] A trilateral summit between Japan, China and South Korea is unlikely ...
November 13, 2021
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Japan seeks to host 2nd Quad meeting
Japan has reached out to its fellow Quad members — the United States, Australia and India — about po...
November 13, 2021
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China’s shadow reaches Uighurs living in Japan
Uighurs from China living in Japan are thought to number about 2,000. Amid the oppression of their e...
November 13, 2021
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Nepal: Electricity cleared for sale on India exchange
India, for the first time, has opened the door for Nepal to sell its electricity in India’s power ex...
November 12, 2021
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Vietnam: Foreign tourists allowed to visit under certain conditions
International tourists with vaccine passports or those who have made a full recovery from COVID-19 c...
November 12, 2021
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Xi bolsters status with resolution on CCP’s history
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping has paved the way to ensuring he keeps a grip on power for ye...
November 12, 2021
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Myanmar military aims to further solidify grip on power
One year has passed since the general election in Myanmar, in which the National League for Democrac...
November 12, 2021
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Tense Japan-China relations: Strategic diplomacy needed to deal with Beijing
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic ties next year, the Jap...
November 12, 2021
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Laos: Expectations high for new railway
Luang Namtha Province is politically stable, socially safe, secure, and orderly, and its economy con...
November 10, 2021
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South Korea: Will forestry cooperation speed up inter-Korean talks?
President Moon Jae-in made another overture toward North Korea at a U.N. climate summit on Nov. 1, s...
November 10, 2021
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