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Residents in 11 central urban districts in Chongqing are being urged not to leave their districts, and people from outside are being asked not to enter unless necessary, said Li Pan, deputy director of the Chongqing Health Commission. Li…

China is increasing Covid-19 restrictions in southern manufacturing powerhouse Guangzhou, suspending schools and widening lockdowns after days of more incremental moves failed to arrest a swelling outbreak. In-person classes in eight of…

The Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military on Thursday began a large-scale joint exercise mainly in and around Japan's southwestern islands, in an effort to boost their operational capability in those areas, with China's…

Debris likely from a Chinese rocket has been retrieved off the Philippines for a second time this year, its authorities said Wednesday, fueling criticism that China is not taking sufficient steps to reduce the risk of accidents. China said…

In another potential blow to the climate, China has set 2030 as the date for peaking carbon emissions for building materials. Although that aligns with the nationwide target, as recently as September the cement industry had proposed maxing…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in mid-November on the sidelines of an international gathering in Southeast Asia, diplomatic sources said Monday. If realized, it would be the…

China’s export growth fell for the first time in more than two years in October, as demand weakened on rising risks of a global recession. Exports in dollar terms fell 0.3 percent in October from a year earlier, the Customs authority said…

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo had a sobering message for US makers of chipmaking equipment this week: you will need to wait as long as nine months before Washington can reach an accord with US allies over strict new rules aimed at…

Singapore and China kicked off a top-level annual meeting that resumed in-person on Tuesday for the first time since the pandemic. The 18th edition of the Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) at the Four Seasons Hotel was…

The local authorities have ordered that iPhone manufacturer Foxconn “resume production and livelihood” in an orderly manner after one of its facilities in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou was put under partial Covid-19 lockdown, resulting in…