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President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Akasaka Palace, Monday, May 23, 2022, in Tokyo.

Biden says the U.S. would be willing to intervene military to defend Taiwan

May 23, 2022
A White House official said Biden's comments did not reflect a policy shift, even though the U.S. traditionally has avoided making such an explicit security guarantee to Taiwan.
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Science
An aerial photo taken in April 2020 shows the scenery of a giant karst sinkhole in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A similar sinkhole was found earlier this month with an ancient forest at the bottom with trees towering over 100 feet tall.

Scientists discover an ancient forest inside a giant sinkhole in China

May 20, 2022
The sinkhole spans an area nearly three football fields long and is deep enough to hide the Washington Monument. Explorers descended into the pit, where they found ancient trees and other plant life.
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World
A woman wearing a face mask walks past a Huawei store temporarily closed due to coronavirus-related restrictions in Beijing, Thursday, May 12, 2022. China's leaders are struggling to reverse a deepening economic slump while keeping a "zero-COVID" strateg

Canada bans China's Huawei Technologies from 5G networks

May 19, 2022
Wireless carriers in Canada have been banned from installing Huawei equipment in their high-speed 5G networks, as the country joined allies in banning the giant Chinese technology company.
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Asia
A man wearing a face mask stands on a bridge over an expressway in Beijing, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Parts of Beijing on Thursday halted daily mass testing that had been conducted over the past several weeks, but many testing sites remained busy due to re

Shanghai is expected to reopen some subways as it eases COVID restrictions

May 19, 2022
The lockdown of China's largest city has dealt a blow to the economy and frustrated residents.
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Politics
From left, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz speak as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, back, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Canada's Prime Minister Justin

How the war in Ukraine is challenging the long-sought pivot to Asia

May 19, 2022
President Biden is traveling to Japan and South Korea this week — his first trip to Asia since taking office. Like presidents before him, he's seeking to reorient U.S. foreign policy toward Asia.
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US sues casino mogul Steve Wynn over relationship with China

May 17, 2022

The Justice Department sued longtime Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn on Tuesday to compel him to register as a foreign agent because of lobbying work it says he performed at the behest of the Chinese government during the Trump administration

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National
People pray during a prayer vigil in Irvine, Calif., Monday, May 16, 2022. The vigil was held to honor victims in Sunday's shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Calif.

From across the Pacific, Taiwan's president castigates California shooting

May 17, 2022
The leader of the self-governing East Asian island condemned violence following the deadly attack against a Taiwanese congregation in California.
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Asia
Workers in protective overalls conduct mass COVID testing for residents on May 11, 2022, in Beijing.

Shanghai maintains 'zero-COVID' policy but the U.N. says it is not sustainable

May 11, 2022
The leader of the World Health Organization says he doesn't think that a 'zero-COVID' strategy is sustainable, given the behavior of the virus.
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Asia
Smoke and steam rise from towers at the coal-fired Urumqi Thermal Power Plant as seen from a plane in Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 21, 2021.

China promotes coal in setback for efforts to cut emissions

Apr 24, 2022
Officials in the country face political pressure to ensure stability as President Xi Jinping prepares to try and award himself a third five-year term as ruling party leader.
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The pandemic inspired a cartoonist to explore their Wuhanese roots and queer identity

Apr 24, 2022
In the funny and heartfelt coming-of-age graphic memoir 'Messy Roots,' artist Laura Gao unpacks their relationship with their Asianness, queerness and their ever-changing home city of Wuhan.
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Goats and Soda
Workers clean and disinfect the floor at the National Exhibition and Convention Center NECC, the largest makeshift hospital, in Shanghai. Many jobs in these temporary facilities are drawn from the pool of unemployed migrant workers.

Migrant workers in China find new jobs — and precarious conditions — in COVID control

Apr 20, 2022
China's economic downturn has left thousands of migrant workers unemployed. They're pivoting to work in COVID control — and have strong concerns about how they are being treated.
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Space
Chinese astronaut Ye Guangfu sits outside the return capsule of the Shenzhou-13 space mission after landing at the Dongfeng landing site in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Saturday.

3 Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 6 months in space

Apr 16, 2022
The astronauts landed in the Gobi desert after six months aboard their country's newest orbital station. During the mission, astronaut Wang Yaping carried out the first spacewalk by a Chinese woman.
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Asia
The skyline of Beijing is reflecting in the sunglasses of a woman wearing a face mask as she walks at a public park in Beijing, Thursday, April 14, 2022.

Anti-virus shutdowns in China spread as infections rise

Apr 15, 2022
Shutdowns that have shut down some of China's biggest cities and fueled public irritation are spreading as infections rise, hurting a weak economy and prompting warnings of possible global shockwaves.
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Asia
In this photo released by Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, left, greets Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., as he arrives in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, April 14, 2022.

U.S. lawmakers signal support for Taiwan in visit

Apr 14, 2022
U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan on Friday made a pointed and public declaration of their support for the self-governing island democracy while also issuing a warning to China.
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Asia
A display case of photos is seen outside the Chinese Embassy in Honiara, Solomon Islands, April 2, 2022.

Australian minister tries to end Solomons-China pact

Apr 13, 2022
Under the Solomon Islands' terms of a draft agreement, China could send police, military personnel and other armed forces to the Solomon Islands "to assist in maintaining social order."
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Asia
Workers unload supplies including boxes of masks in Shanghai on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

U.S. orders consular staff to leave Shanghai amid COVID surge

Apr 11, 2022
The order from Washington covers "non-emergency U.S. government employees and their family members from U.S. Consulate General Shanghai."
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Education
Feng "Franklin" Tao stands in front of a church in Lawrence, Kan., on March 20.

A jury finds a Kansas scholar guilty of fraud and hiding ties to China

Apr 07, 2022
The jury also found Feng "Franklin" Tao not guilty of four related counts in the case, which spurred by the Trump Justice Department's controversial "China Initiative" effort.
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Asia
Hong Kong's Chief Secretary John Lee, right, attends a reception, following the flag-raising ceremony for the celebration of China's National Day, in Hong Kong on Oct. 1, 2021.

Staunch crackdown supporter says he will run for Hong Kong's top job

Apr 06, 2022
John Lee, who has spent most of his civil service career in the police and overseeing security matters, has much less policy-making experience than previous chief executives.
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National Security
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, left, arrives for a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2023 defense budget on April 5, 2022, in Washington.

Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. say they will develop hypersonic missiles

Apr 05, 2022
The announcement comes amid growing concern by the U.S. and its allies about China's growing military assertiveness and Washington's concern of Russia using the weapons in Ukraine.
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World
Residents wearing face masks walk by a masked security watch over a barricaded Galaxy Soho commercial office building locked down for health monitoring following a COVID-19 case detected in the area Tuesday in Beijing. China has sent more than 10,000 hea

26 million people in Shanghai are locked down due to a surge in COVID cases

Apr 05, 2022
The COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest metropolis of Shanghai remains "extremely grim" amid an ongoing lockdown confining around 26 million people to their homes, a city official said Tuesday.
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World
Australia's Defence Minister Peter Dutton stand next to an anti-ship missile as he addresses industry representatives during the opening of the Navy Guided Weapons Maintenance Facility, in Sydney, on Tuesday.

Australia steps up missile upgrade due to growing threats from China and Russia

Apr 04, 2022
The country's defense minister cites both the Russia-Ukraine war and China for accelerating the rearming of fighter jets and warships.
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Economy
A man wearing a face mask walks along a shopping street on March 25, 2022, in Tokyo.

World Bank says war shocks will drag on Asian economies

Apr 04, 2022
The development lending institution urges governments to lift restrictions on trade and services and to end fossil fuel subsidies to encourage adoption of more green energy technologies.
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Goats and Soda
A worker in protective gear stands by barriers set up as part of lockdown measures against COVID-19 in Jing'an district, in Shanghai on March 31.

Shanghai locks down, but experts ask how else China could combat COVID

Apr 01, 2022
Battling its biggest COVID surge in two years, Shanghai has instituted rigorous lockdowns — again — that are frustrating residents.
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World
FILE - EU and Chinese flags are seen at the Europa building in Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019 (John Thys/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Ukraine top of agenda as China, EU prepare to meet at summit

Mar 31, 2022
The European Union is seeking China's assurances that it won't assist Russia in circumventing economic sanctions for invading Ukraine and cooperation on ending the war at today's virtual meeting.
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Asia
Graffiti written on the burnt out buildings from riots in Honiara's Chinatown from Nov. 2021, is seen in the Solomon Islands on March 30, 2022.

Solomon Islands says China security deal won't include military base

Mar 31, 2022
The Solomon Islands said that despite a recent pact with China, it won't allow the major power to build a military base, and the two are only collaborating on security and naval refueling.

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