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Richard Heydarian is a senior lecturer at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines and author of "The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China and the New Struggle for Global Mastery."
TOKYO -- Leaders and representatives from 16 Pacific Island countries, plus Australia and New Zealand, gathered in Tokyo this week for the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM10). Japan has hosted a PALM meeting every three years since 1997, with this year's edition focusing on strengthening bilateral ties as China increases its clout in the region.
SHANGHAI -- The Chinese Communist Party on Sunday released a blueprint for long-term development, laying out the most comprehensive signals yet of how President Xi Jinping plans to reform the country as it faces slowing economic growth.
HANOI (Reuters) -- Vietnam will hold a state funeral next week for Nguyen Phu Trong, the leader of its ruling Communist Party who died on Friday, the government said on Saturday.
BEIJING (Reuters) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Vietnamese Embassy on Saturday to mourn the death of Vietnam's Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
KYOTO, Japan -- Japanese motor maker Nidec will expand production of cooling modules for generative AI servers to China and the Philippines as early as this fall, aiming to develop the sector into a new profit driver.
Puskar Jirel used to grow agricultural produce on the foothills of the Himalayas in northeastern Nepal, but six years ago, he started planting a high-value evergreen shrub, which is used to make Japanese banknotes.
The Philippines and China reached a deal they hoped would end confrontations at the most fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea, the Philippine government said on Sunday.