Polices of engagement with China can be overrated
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly recently met with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, marking the first official visit following a multi-year diplomatic crisis.
Asian news from region Xinjiang
American clinical trials in China questioned by U.S. lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to ramp up scrutiny of U.S. clinical trials conducted in China, citing the risk of intellectual property theft and the possibility of forced participation of Uyghurs.
High temperatures scorch China, spiking power demand
Various regions in China continue to bake as temperatures remain elevated, especially in the country's east, where excessive heat is expected to linger in the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang as well as in financial hub Shanghai.
Chinese military simulations of attacks on US air bases in Japan alarms Tokyo
This Week in Asia has not been able to verify the images and there has been no official comment from China.
‘Segregated’ schooling is holding back Hong Kong’s potential
For those without a good command of the Chinese language, whether they be Chinese or NCS students, IB offers a way to circumvent the Chinese language requirement for applicants to universities in Hong Kong via the non-Jupas route.
Why Gaza gets more attention than Xinjiang
Condemnation of Israel’s invasion of Gaza has dominated the news, mobilized civil society groups to launch protests, and drawn rebukes from world leaders.
Religious and cultural mentions removed from names of China’s Xinjiang villages, rights groups say
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist Party’s ideology, as part of an attack on their cultural identity, a report released by Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
China is getting too much rain in the south and not enough rain, plus a heat wave, in the north
BEIJING (AP) — China is being buffeted by two weather extremes, with heavy rain and flooding in parts of the south and a heat wave and potential drought in the north.