25 h. ago John Lee exclusive interview, Chinese rethink UK degrees: 5 weekend reads

We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘Don’t kill your successful DNA’: Hong Kong’s John Lee on tariffs, trade war 2. ‘It’s too much’: Chinese students reconsider UK degrees as policies harden 3. Loitering with intent: Beijing’s new silent South China Sea strategy? 4. Japan grows restless for next-gen fighter jets as progress with...

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25 h. ago Japan confirms China's aircraft carrier sailed east of Iwo Jima for first time

Japan confirms China's aircraft carrier sailed east of Iwo Jima for first time  Reuters

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6 d. ago Beijing rejects 'China threat' accusation by US, Japan, Australia, Philippines

Beijing rejects 'China threat' accusation by US, Japan, Australia, Philippines  Anadolu Ajansı

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6 d. ago 2 Japanese murdered in China's Dalian, Chinese suspect detained

2 Japanese murdered in China's Dalian, Chinese suspect detained  Kyodo News+ | Japan's leading news agency.

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6 d. ago Japan to Export Marine Products to China: Why Has Beijing Not Yet Fully Lifted The Import Ban?

Japan to Export Marine Products to China: Why Has Beijing Not Yet Fully Lifted The Import Ban?  The Japan News

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7 d. ago Will Japan’s ‘near alliance’ with the Philippines fuel China’s suspicions?

Japan’s view that its ties with the Philippines are at a “near-alliance status” has been welcomed as a sign of the commitment by both countries to tackle their perceived common threats, even as analysts warn that any formalisation towards deeper security cooperation could worsen regional tensions. Speaking in Tokyo on May 28, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya hailed the close partnership in the presence of Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo. Iwaya and Manalo discussed strengthening...

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1 week ago China’s overtures a ‘pointed signal’ to stabilise ties with Japan: analysts

China has made a string of subtle yet telling overtures towards Japan in recent weeks – from removing controversial maritime buoys to easing a politically charged seafood import ban – in what observers see as a tactical recalibration rather than a true reset in bilateral ties. On Thursday, Japan’s government confirmed that China had dismantled the second of two oceanographic buoys it had installed without Tokyo’s consent within Japan’s exclusive economic zone near Okinawa. The following day, it...

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1 week ago Xinhua News | China, Japan make substantive progress in talks on Japanese aquatic products

Xinhua News | China, Japan make substantive progress in talks on Japanese aquatic products  Xinhua

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1 week ago China, Japan make substantive progress in talks on Japanese aquatic products

China, Japan make substantive progress in talks on Japanese aquatic products  Xinhua

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1 week ago Is Beijing engineering election wins for 'soft on China' politicians?

Is Beijing engineering election wins for 'soft on China' politicians?  The Japan Times

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2 w. ago Developing nations face 'tidal wave' of China debt, report finds

Developing nations face 'tidal wave' of China debt, report finds  The Japan Times

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2 w. ago Ukraine confirms China gives supplies to Russian military factories

Ukraine confirms China gives supplies to Russian military factories  The Japan Times

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2 w. ago Four giant pandas to return from Japan to China in June; Japanese friends welcome to visit them: Chinese FM spokesperson

Four giant pandas to return from Japan to China in June; Japanese friends welcome to visit them: Chinese FM spokesperson  Global Times

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2 w. ago Chinese aircraft carrier conducts fighter jet operations in East China Sea

Chinese aircraft carrier conducts fighter jet operations in East China Sea  The Japan Times

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2 w. ago India’s stock market rated above Japan and China by more fund managers: survey

Fund managers are confident that India will benefit more from the US-China trade war, according to the Bank of America Securities survey.

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2 w. ago Japan follows Trump’s lead, weighs taxing imports from China’s Shein, Temu

The US president’s move to revoke the tax exemption for small parcels from China has spurred other governments to do likewise.

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3 w. ago Foreign degrees lose lustre in China, Japan’s phone addiction: 5 weekend reads you missed

From declining enthusiasm for studying abroad to Pop Mart’s popularity in Europe, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.

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3 w. ago ‘China’s Ozempic’ may vie with Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk for global weight

Drug manufacturers to focus on China and Japan, where penetration is low and innovation continues to emerge, Morgan Stanley says.

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3 w. ago China’s moves in disputed waters spark concerns in Japan about ‘incremental control’

China could gain control of more undersea resources, change status quo with suspected construction of new offshore platform, analysts say.

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3 w. ago Britain blinked against a bullying Trumpian America. Others must not

The EU, Japan, China and other powers need to draw a line. To concede is to legitimise a coercive trading model where strength trumps fairness.

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