Brazil’s health regulator has halted clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing an “adverse, serious event.” The decision posted on Anvisa’s website yesterday elicited immediate surprise from parties
A Hong Kong journalist appeared in court yesterday on charges of making false statements while obtaining information from a vehicle database, amid growing concerns that press freedom is at risk
Russian President Vladimir Putin won't congratulate President-elect Joe Biden until legal challenges to the U.S. election are resolved and the result is official, the Kremlin announced early today (Macau time). Putin
As Asia comes to terms with the reality of a Joe Biden administration, relief and hopes of economic and environmental revival jostle with needling anxiety and fears of inattention. From security
China said yesterday it has taken note of Joe Biden’s declaration of victory in the U.S. presidential election but is holding off on sending any message of congratulations. Foreign ministry spokesperson
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers said yesterday that they would resign en masse from the city’s legislative council if the central Chinese government in Beijing disqualifies any of them. The announcement from
The Yaoji Chaogan noodle restaurant beneath Beijing’s 600-year-old Drum Tower knows Joe Biden. Management has hung up photos of the U.S. president-elect from when, as vice president, he stopped by for
China inked its first term deal to buy liquefied natural gas from an American exporter since the trade war disrupted deliveries, a sign of confidence that relations with the U.S.
China’s export growth accelerated in October, boosting the total so far this year back above pre-coronavirus levels for the first time. Exports in October rose 11.4% over a year earlier to
China Evergrande Group scrapped plans for a backdoor listing and struck deals with more investors to avoid a wave of repayments, capping a four-year saga that had recently raised fears
The mid-level bureaucrats left China’s richest man waiting as they prepared for a meeting that would send shockwaves across the financial world. It was Monday morning in Beijing, and Jack Ma
The U.S. will sell Taiwan armed Reaper drones in a $600 million deal that will likely further anger China and help lock in a shift in American military support for
The Philippines said oil exploration in the disputed South China Sea can proceed without China, in what could be a further sign of the Southeast Asian nation’s tougher stance against
Late in the afternoon on a recent weekday, workers at an aquaculture farm near Shanghai used long pincers to move 300-gram crabs from muddy ponds into small pools of freshwater.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said the economy can double in size by 2035 and the country can reach high-income status in the next five years as the Communist Party outlined
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was traveling to Beijing yesterday to meet with Chinese officials to seek help in reviving Hong Kong’s economy and discuss reopening the borders with mainland
China has stepped up trade restrictions against Australia, suspending imports of some timber and barley, the agriculture minister said yesterday, amid tension over the coronavirus, Hong Kong and the South
China halted Ant Group Co.’s $35 billion share sale, shocking investors who’d lined up for a piece of what was expected to be the world’s biggest initial public offering. Authorities
Hong Kong police arrested seven people yesterday over scuffles that broke out with security guards during a faceoff between pro-democracy and pro-Beijing lawmakers in the city’s legislature earlier this year. Those
China's leaders are vowing to make their country a self-reliant "technology power" as a feud with Washington cuts access to U.S. computer chips and other high-tech components, hampering Beijing's industrial
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