East Asia

Border closures, conflict threaten ‘shipadi’ fungus trade in remote northern Myanmar

Pandemic-related border closures and travel restrictions under military rule are taking their toll on the trade of “shipadis,” a rare…

2 years ago

China holds new naval drills as US carrier transits South China Sea

China has staged another military exercise off the back of a five-day large-scale drill near the Paracel islands–just as the…

2 years ago

Hungry North Koreans bristle as elites feast on expensive dog meat

While citizens in North Korea are nearly starving in the face of food price hikes and shortages, the country’s elite…

2 years ago

China angry at reported Pelosi Taiwan visit as plan questioned in US

China has once again lashed out at the reported plans by the U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy…

2 years ago

Chinese pressure on UN rights chief prompts US call for release of Xinjiang report

The U.S. called on the United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday release a report on conditions in Xinjiang “without…

2 years ago

Hong Kong journalists make YouTube tribute on 3rd anniversary of bloody mob attacks

Hong Kong journalists targeted under a citywide crackdown on dissent for their reporting of the Yuen Long mob attacks of…

2 years ago

China moves to stave off crisis of confidence in banks amid mortgage strike, freezes

The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is moving to dampen concerns about a banking crisis amid an ongoing mortgage repayments…

2 years ago

Xi Jinping’s Xinjiang visit may signal new emphasis on the assimilation of Uyghurs

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Xinjiang signals a new emphasis on the assimilation of the Uyghurs, a predominantly…

2 years ago

Japan renews promise to help Philippines modernize its military

During a visit to Manila, Japan’s vice minister for defense renewed Tokyo’s commitment to helping the Philippines modernize its military,…

2 years ago

Interview: Former Trump China adviser Miles Yu wants NATO to go global

Historian Miles Yu, a former China adviser to the Trump administration, has called in a recent op-ed article for NATO…

2 years ago

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