China
U.S. House passes measure clamping down on products from China’s Xinjiang region
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday to ban imports from China’s Xinjiang region over concerns about forced labor, one of three measures…
U.S. defense official says boosting Taiwan’s defenses an ‘urgent task’
By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bolstering Taiwan's defenses is an urgent task and essential to deterring the threat of invasion by China, the Pentagon's top official…
Serbia gov’t bows to protesters’ demands, changes two laws
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's ruling coalition moved on Wednesday to change two laws critics say would let foreign companies exploit local resources, bowing to demands by anti-government protesters who had…
U.S. imposes arms embargo on Cambodia over Chinese military influence
By Simon Lewis and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed an arms embargo and new export restrictions on Cambodia on Wednesday over what it said was the…
Australian government officials will not attend Beijing Olympics, PM says
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian government officials will not attend the Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing next year, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, joining the United States with…
Japan lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine, South Korea protests
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly 100 Japanese lawmakers from several political parties visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead in Tokyo on Tuesday, prompting the South Korean government to express…
U.S. wants private sector to operate with full information about China’s Xinjiang
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Monday said it wants the private sector to operate with full information about what is transpiring in Xinjiang, after the U.S. said…
White House: U.S. will not send officials to Beijing Olympics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will not send an official delegation to the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing in objection to China's practices on human rights, the White House…
Putin Visit: Result of India’s Deft Diplomacy
If Rip Wan Winkle had gone into deep slumber on December 6, 1971 and woken up on December 6, 2021, he would have thought that nothing had changed in the…
By TP Sreenivasan
COVID-19 curbs China’s power in Indo-Pacific, risks of war ‘significant’ – report
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has weakened China's power in the Indo-Pacific, and the region's deepening security uncertainties present a "significant" risk of war, the Lowy Institute said in…
Chinese military flights near Taiwan look like ‘rehearsals’- Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday said Chinese military flights near Taiwan look like "rehearsals" though he did not indicate that he expected Beijing actually to…
White House says it isn’t trying to weaken bill on China’s Uyghurs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration is not lobbying against a U.S. bill that would ban some Chinese imports over concern about forced labor among Uyghurs, which Republicans have accused…
