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Oct 3, 20242 min read
CIA expands online recruitment of informants to China, Iran, North Korea
WASHINGTON - The U.S. CIA on Wednesday launched a new drive to recruit informants in China, Iran and North Korea, adding to what it says...


Oct 1, 20241 min read
China's support to Russia should have implications, new NATO chief says
BRUSSELS - New NATO secretary general Mark Rutte said on Tuesday that China had become a decisive enabler of Russia's war in Ukraine....


Sep 28, 20242 min read
Chinese nuclear-powered submarine sank this year, US official says
WASHINGTON - China's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank earlier this year, a senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday, a...


Sep 26, 20246 min read
Exclusive-Russia has secret war drones project in China, intel sources say
Russia has established a weapons programme in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones for use in the war against Ukraine,...


Sep 26, 20246 min read
'Fishing net': Police quotas, surveillance trap North Koreans in China
SEOUL/BEIJING - Border police in China's northeast have been given quotas to identify and expel undocumented migrants, one key aspect of...


Sep 26, 20241 min read
British Museum explores 'Silk Roads' trade routes in new exhibition
LONDON - A new exhibition exploring the vast network of the Silk Road trade routes opens at the British Museum in London this week....


Sep 24, 20243 min read
Analysis-China's retirement age reforms not enough to fix pension headache
HONG KONG - China's move to raise retirement ages is a starting point to plug gaping pension deficits and bolster a shrinking workforce...


Sep 24, 20246 min read
Low brow and vulgar? Micro dramas shake up China's film industry, aim for Hollywood
ZHENGZHOU, China - On a film set that resembles the medieval castle of a Chinese lord, Zhu Jian is busy disrupting the world's...


Sep 20, 20242 min read
10-year-old Japanese schoolboy in China dies after stabbing
SHENZHEN, China/TOKYO - A child enrolled in a Japanese school in the Chinese city of Shenzhen has died after being stabbed on Wednesday,...


Sep 20, 20244 min read
Exclusive-US keeps missile system in Philippines as China tensions rise, tests wartime deployment
MANILA - The United States has no immediate plans to withdraw a mid-range missile system deployed in the Philippines, despite Chinese...


Sep 19, 20242 min read
Japan says Chinese carrier entered its contiguous waters for first time
TOKYO/TAIPEI - A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan's contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday, Japan's defence ministry...


Sep 19, 20242 min read
Malaysia's king to visit China, eyes infrastructure support
BEIJING - Malaysia's king Sultan Ibrahim will visit China from Thursday, the first by a Malaysian monarch in a decade, where he will meet...
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