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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s public security ministry said it will launch a campaign to crack down on online rumours, the ministry’s WeChat notice showed on Friday. The campaign will run for 100 days, focusing on Internet rumours that disrupt order in cyberspace, and cracking down on organisers and planners behind malicious fabrications and dissemination of …

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and South Korea will hold security talks in Seoul on April 17, the first such meeting since March 2018, Japanese foreign and defense ministries announced on Friday. The talks among Japanese and South Korean defence and diplomatic officials will discuss topics such as strategic environments surrounding the two countries, the ministries …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday thanked fighter pilots who scrambled against China’s air force during its drills around the island and pledged to keep strengthening the armed forces, as Beijing’s military activities around the island ebbed. China began the exercises, including simulated precision strikes with bombers and missile forces, on April 8 …

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By Yew Lun Tian and Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -European foreign policy officials sought to present a tough stance against China’s threats over self-ruled Taiwan on Friday, after comments by French President Emmanuel Macron drew a backlash for being perceived to be weak. China in recent days has held intense military drills around Taiwan, which …

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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea says it has tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its first known use of the propellant in a longer-range projectile, as it seeks the capability to launch with little preparation. Here are some characteristics of solid-fuel technology, and how it can help the North improve …

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By Casey Hall HAIKOU, China (Reuters) -Representatives of over 3,000 brands including Burberry and Estee Lauder descended on China’s Hainan this week to show off their latest wares, hoping to cash in on a post-COVID consumer rebound that has kicked off on the island known for its duty free shopping. Around 300,000 people are expected …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hours ahead of a visit to Hanoi by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the United States on Thursday condemned Vietnam’s jailing of a prominent political activist and said ties could only reach their full potential if the country improved its human rights record. A Hanoi court on Wednesday sentenced Nguyen Lan …

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By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations will use talks in Japan next week to assess their strategy in the Middle East, diplomatic sources said on Thursday, as strategic shifts bypass Western powers leaving them scrambling for influence. The U.S. and its main European allies were caught unprepared …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday sanctioned U.S. Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, for visiting Taiwan, saying he had sent a “serious wrong signal to Taiwan independence separatist forces.” China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and strongly objects to all high-level engagements between …

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