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February 03, 2023

World

Blinken Trip to China Postponed After Spy Balloon Spotted Over U.S.

Presence of Chinese balloon is likely to complicate efforts to reset relations with Beijing

By Editors Desk

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip was supposed to take him to Beijing for meetings Sunday and Monday. PHOTO: RONALDO SCHEMIDT/PRESS POOL

February 03, 2023

World

Chinese spy balloon over US is weather device says Beijing

An alleged spy balloon spotted over the US is a Chinese "civilian airship" which had deviated from its planned route, China says.

By Editors Desk

This handout photo from Chase Doak released on February 2 shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon in the sky over Billings, Montana. © Chase Doak, AFP

January 17, 2023

World

Expert’s warning to US Navy on China: Bigger fleet almost always wins

Meanwhile, the US fleet sits under 300 ships, and the Pentagon’s goal is to have 350 manned ships, still well behind China, by 2045, according to the US Navy’s Navigation Plan 2022 released last summer.

By Editors Desk

January 16, 2023

Asia

China’s Population Declined in 2022 for First Time in Decades

Latest figures revive question of whether India is already more populous

By Editors Desk

Beijing has for years acknowledged China’s demographic challenges. PHOTO: ANDY WONG/ASSOCIATED PRESS

January 16, 2023

Business

China’s Economic Growth Fell to Near-Historic Lows as Covid Took a Bite

The outlook for 2023 has been lifted by optimism around the easing of Covid restrictions

By Editors Desk

Shoppers in a mall in Chengdu, China, on Jan. 14. PHOTO: QILAI SHEN/BLOOMBERG NEWS

January 14, 2023

World

‘Frightening’: 90 days to world disaster if China invades Taiwan

This scenario could easily play out – and the repercussions for the globe would be devastating unless Australia and other countries step in.
Jamie Seidel

By Editors Desk

Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland China's closest point from Taiwan in August 2022. Picture Hector RETAMAL / AFP.

January 09, 2023

World

Beijing deploys troops near Taiwan

The joint combat strike drills are intended to discourage separatism, according to Chinese officials

By Editors Desk

FILE PHOTO: People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy personnel stand under maritime signal flags. © Felix Wong / South China Morning Post via Getty Images

January 08, 2023

World

China Reopens to the World as International Travel Restrictions End

Thousands of people flew into mainland China as Beijing scrapped mandatory hotel quarantines for arrivals

By Editors Desk

Travelers at Beijing’s international airport on Sunday. PHOTO: MARK R CRISTINO/SHUTTERSTOCK

January 07, 2023

Business

Jack Ma Cedes Control of Fintech Giant Ant Group

Chinese billionaire entrepreneur is taking a step further away from the business empire he created decades ago

By Editors Desk

Ant Group’s Jack Ma has relinquished control of the Chinese fintech company. PHOTO: FIRDIA LISNAWATI/ASSOCIATED PRESS

January 03, 2023

World

Ex-NATO chief lands in Taiwan

Anders Fogh Rasmussen is set to meet with the island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen

By Editors Desk

Former NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks at an event in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2022. © Philip Davali / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP

December 30, 2022

Asia

Covid: France to require negative tests for arrivals from China, government says

rance will require that travellers arriving from China provide a negative Covid-19 test result less than 48 hours old before departure, the health ministry said in a statement on Friday.

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By Editors Desk

A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman to test for Covid-19 in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on December 22, 2022. © Hector Retamal, AFP

December 28, 2022

United States

Covid in China: US imposes Covid testing for visitors from China

The US has become the latest country to impose mandatory Covid tests on visitors from China, after it announced it would reopen its borders next week.

By Editors Desk