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More Chinese provincial capitals relaxed Covid-19 restrictions as authorities expand a policy shift toward reopening the economy after anti-lockdown protests erupted across the country. Shanghai said it will scrap Covid-19 PCR test…

Shanghai police were on high alert Saturday, a week after a major protest against China's strict "zero-COVID" policy involving lockdowns erupted in the city, deploying many officers and vehicles to prevent a recurrence of the rally. On a…

Japan is considering expanding an Okinawa-based ground force unit to defend remote southwestern islands and prepare for a contingency involving Taiwan in the face of China's increasing assertiveness, a government source close to the matter…

US officials have determined that four of eight major Chinese solar companies under investigation in recent months tried to evade tariffs by funneling products into the United States through Southeast Asian countries, in a trade case that…

China’s controversial plan to build a new embassy near the Tower of London in Britain was rejected in a British council meeting on Thursday evening. Beijing wants to build its biggest European embassy on Royal Mint Court, the former home…

The Chinese authorities continue to clamp down on anti-lockdown protest activities across the country, stepping up police patrols in some major cities and interrogating protesters at gatherings held last weekend. In Shanghai, where a…

China's ambassador to Tokyo said Thursday that President Xi Jinping's official visit to Japan as a state guest, if realized, would be "invaluable" for bilateral relations that have often been strained over issues that include a territorial…

Two Chinese bombers and two suspected Russian airplanes on Wednesday flew above the Sea of Japan, the Japanese Defense Ministry said, with its Air Self-Defense Force scrambling fighter jets in response. The two Chinese H-6 bombers flew…

China is on course to more than triple its stockpile of nuclear warheads to 1,500 by 2035, when it aims to complete the modernization of its military, the U.S. Defense Department said Tuesday in an annual report on the Asian country's…

The Chinese city of Zhengzhou shuttered hundreds of buildings and apartment blocks hours after lifting broader lockdown measures, as officials strive to make their Covid-19 controls more targeted in line with Beijing’s directives. The…