By Josh Ye (Reuters) – Brian Hall fled Shanghai in June to avoid another lockdown of his residential compound, escaping to China’s tropical tourist island of Hainan where he could work remotely as a public health professor after undertaking 10 days of quarantine. Hall, who has worked at the New York University Shanghai for the …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – About 20 Chinese and Taiwanese navy boats held close to the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday morning, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. The source said some Chinese boats briefly attempted to “press” into the unofficial buffer, while Taiwan’s navy monitored the movements, in a continuation of …
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By Waruna Cudah Nimal Karunatilake COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka said on Monday it had asked China to defer the planned visit of a Chinese ship to the island country after initially approving its arrival this week, yielding to diplomatic pressure from neighbour India to keep the military vessel out. The Yuan Wang 5 was …
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By Jibran Ahmad Saud Mahsud PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A senior Pakistani militant with $3 million U.S. bounty on his head has been killed along with three aides in neighbouring Afghanistan, three militant commanders and an intelligence official said on Monday. Pakistani officials said the death of Abdul Wali, also known as Omar Khalid Khurasani, …
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By Sarah Wu and Martin Quin Pollard TAIPEI (Reuters) -China announced new military drills around Taiwan on Monday, eliciting concern from U.S. President Joe Biden, a day after the scheduled end of Beijing’s largest exercises to protest last week’s visit to the island by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. China’s Eastern Theatre Command said it …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – An annual joint fighter jets exercise between Thailand and China will resume later this month after being put on hold for two years during the pandemic, the Thai air force said, with a former U.S. air base chosen to host the event. The “Falcon Strike” exercise has taken place four times since …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – A total of 21 Chinese air force planes entered Taiwan’s air defence zone on Monday, including fighter jets which crossed the median line in the northern part of the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said. (Writing by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Toby Chopra)
TOKYO (Reuters) – Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida slid to the lowest level since he took office last October, with voters questioning his decision to hold a state funeral for former premier Shinzo Abe, public broadcaster NHK said on Monday. Support for Kishida’s cabinet totalled 46%, down from 59% in the previous …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese autonomous region of Tibet, which had barely reported COVID patients for more than two years, is facing a spate of new infections, forcing it to impose various restriction in its second largest city. Tibet reported one infection with confirmed symptoms in January 2020, and then remained clear of cases for …
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By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday warned of the scope for miscalculations over tensions in the Taiwan Strait, which he said were unlikely to ease soon amid deep suspicion and limited engagement between the United States and China. In a televised address ahead of the city-state’s national …
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