All posts tagged "China"
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0Asia Pacific NewsCovid Cases Explode Across China
Amid growing reports of cover-ups and undercounts, leaks from China’s top health officials suggest a stunning 250 million new infections in the...
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0Asia Pacific NewsAs Citizens Reach Their Zero-Covid Tipping Point, Protests Erupt Across China
Beijing is trying to censor any coverage of the furious protests sweeping the country as citizens fed up with Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid...
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0Asia Pacific NewsThe US Speaker of the House is Coming to Asia. What Happens if She Visits Taiwan?
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is including Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, and South Korea on her trip to Asia, but the question on everyone’s mind...
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0Asia Pacific NewsWhy Won’t China Give Up on Its ‘Zero-Covid’ Strategy?
It’s a failed approach that has virtually no chance of working in the long term, but Beijing seems to have no intention...
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0Local NewsMalaysia Reaping Benefits of Vaccine Donations from Overseas
The United States, United Kingdom, Japan, and China are among the countries donating millions of doses of life-saving vaccines to Malaysia. Some...
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0EnvironmentA Win for Conservation: Giant Pandas Are No Longer Endangered
The successful conservation of giant pandas was accomplished through education, dedication, and sheer political will. Decades of committed and challenging conservation work...
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0Weird NewsThis Is NOT a Barbecue Grill. One Lambo Owner Learned This the Hard Way.
One piece of skewered meat. A few fleeting minutes of internet fame. Total price tag: RM323,000. The owner of a million-dollar Lamborghini...
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0NewsBreaking Up Is Hard to Do: China Pushes Its Newest Anti-Divorce Measure
On January 1, Beijing introduced a mandatory ‘cooling off’ period for couples seeking to dissolve their marriages. The first quarter results saw...
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0News‘Help Is On the Way’: Looking Ahead to a More Hopeful 2021
There can be no doubt that, although many things happened in many places during 2020, the year’s defining event played out globally...
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0Business and FinancePower Play: Beijing Slams the Brakes on Jack Ma’s Huge IPO
The stunning move by China’s government to suspend the Ant Group IPO last week, observers contend, means to send a clear message...
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0HealthHubei Province in China Finally Breathes a Sigh of Relief. Will It Last?
After weeks of quarantine – including widespread lockdowns that, to much of the world at the initial stage, perhaps seemed excessive –...
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0PoliticsWar Games: What a Conflict Between China and Taiwan Would Look Like
At a small shop in an unremarkable city in mainland China, an array of postcards and t-shirts are offered for sale, each...
