8 h. ago LeBron James pens essay in Chinese state newspaper years after controversy

LeBron James pens essay in Chinese state newspaper years after controversy  Fox News

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9 h. ago Why a Chinese University Expelled a Student for ‘Improper Contact’ With a Foreigner

Why a Chinese University Expelled a Student for ‘Improper Contact’ With a Foreigner  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine

Culture

9 h. ago Cheche Expands NIO Partnership As Record Deliveries Fuel China EV Insurance Race

Cheche Expands NIO Partnership As Record Deliveries Fuel China EV Insurance Race  Yahoo Finance

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11 h. ago US Sends Signal Via Pakistan to Beijing on Counterterrorism Cooperation

US Sends Signal Via Pakistan to Beijing on Counterterrorism Cooperation  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine

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11 h. ago Taiwan boosts spending in Latin America as Beijing works to poach allies

Taiwan plans to boost its spending in Latin America by more than NT$1 billion (US$32.8 million) next year, as it seeks to shore up ties with its few remaining allies in the region and push back against Beijing’s intensifying efforts to lure them away. According to a budget proposal submitted to Taiwan’s legislature last week, the island’s foreign ministry will allocate NT$5.37 billion to its Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs in the next financial year, up from NT$4.36 billion...

Economics

13 h. ago Cathay passenger arrested for allegedly taking upskirt photos on Hong Kong flight

Hong Kong police have arrested a passenger on a Cathay Pacific Airways flight from Japan on suspicion of taking upskirt pictures of cabin crew members. A witness who was on board Monday’s flight, CX563 from Nagoya, told cabin crew that a man was using a camera to take upskirt pictures of stewardesses, a source said. Staff then reported the case to police. When the flight landed at Hong Kong International Airport at about 4pm, police officers boarded the aircraft and took the suspect and the...

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15 h. ago Chinese seafood firm Guolian deepens focus on domestic market, establishes partnership with Yum China

Chinese seafood firm Guolian deepens focus on domestic market, establishes partnership with Yum China  SeafoodSource

Economics

17 h. ago China is the ‘Elephant in the Room’ at Fraught Pacific Islands Summit

China is the ‘Elephant in the Room’ at Fraught Pacific Islands Summit  The China-Global South Project

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18 h. ago China 'elephant in the room' at fraught Pacific Islands summit

China 'elephant in the room' at fraught Pacific Islands summit  yahoo.com

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20 h. ago Not wanted: US, China barred from major Pacific Island summit

Not wanted: US, China barred from major Pacific Island summit  Responsible Statecraft

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21 h. ago Pacific Islands Forum: climate crisis tops agenda as China exclusion casts shadow over leaders meeting

Pacific Islands Forum: climate crisis tops agenda as China exclusion casts shadow over leaders meeting  The Guardian

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22 h. ago Pacific leaders’ Ocean of Peace is disturbed by pushy Beijing rule maker

Pacific leaders’ Ocean of Peace is disturbed by pushy Beijing rule maker  Strategic Analysis Australia

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24 h. ago Shared threats push Japan, South Korea to temper Sado mine tensions

South Korea’s decision to not attend a memorial event at the Sado Island gold mines in Japan underscores how bilateral ties are still strained by historical grievances, but analysts say both sides are mindful not to escalate tensions in the face of shared regional threats. Seoul informed Tokyo on Thursday it would not send representatives to the September 13 ceremony honouring wartime workers at the disputed Unesco World Heritage site, citing a failure to agree on language acknowledging Korean...

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24 h. ago Japan, South Korea show restraint on Sado mine row amid shared regional threats

South Korea’s decision to not attend a memorial event at the Sado Island gold mines in Japan underscores how bilateral ties are still strained by historical grievances, but analysts say both sides are mindful not to escalate tensions in the face of shared regional threats. Seoul informed Tokyo on Thursday that it would not send representatives to the September 13 ceremony honouring wartime workers at the disputed Unesco World Heritage site, citing a failure to agree on language acknowledging...

Events

24 h. ago Japan, South Korea lock horns over a memorial at a controversial mine

South Korea’s decision to not attend a memorial event at the Sado Island gold mines in Japan underscores how bilateral ties are still strained by historical grievances, but analysts say both sides are mindful not to escalate tensions in the face of shared regional threats. Seoul informed Tokyo on Thursday that it would not send representatives to the September 13 ceremony honouring wartime workers at the disputed Unesco World Heritage site, citing a failure to agree on language acknowledging...

Politics

24 h. ago Global investors shift from US stocks drawn by Asia’s AI boom, Fed policy: BoFA

Investors are looking beyond US equities for the first time in a decade amid a weakening US dollar and likely easing of US monetary policy, moving capital into Asia as they chase the artificial intelligence boom in the region, according to the head of global research at Bank of America (BofA). Ahead of the three-day BofA Securities Asia Pacific Conference starting on Monday, Candace Browning said that US equities had been exceptional from the first half of 2020 to the end of 2024, attracting...

Economics

31 h. ago Drug cartels are the ‘junior partners’ of China, Peter Schweizer argues

Drug cartels are the ‘junior partners’ of China, Peter Schweizer argues  Fox News

Events

39 h. ago Hong Kong can fill gap in humanitarian aid with US’ withdrawal: NGO veteran

The United States’ decision to cut funding for its global humanitarian programmes created a “domino effect” that affected other organisations, but Hong Kong can support international aid through research and donations, a key member of a major NGO has said. Dr Maria Guevara, international medical secretary of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), called for more collaborations between the city’s universities and global partners in researching areas such as climate change and emerging infectious...

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46 h. ago As Macao games approach, Brooklyn Nets partner with big Chinese media company on dance team reality show

As Macao games approach, Brooklyn Nets partner with big Chinese media company on dance team reality show  NetsDaily

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46 h. ago In a summit full of symbolism, China lays out vision for multipolar order

The two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit that concluded in Tianjin on September 1 was a significant diplomatic triumph for President Xi Jinping and Beijing. The forum sought to burnish China’s geopolitical profile as a reliable interlocutor and an alternative voice for stability in global governance. SCO summits tend to be low-key and do not garner much notice. This time, though, China used the opportunity to signal it had arrived at the global high table at a time when US...

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