BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s tourism ministry said on Friday that it has begun preparations to resume group tours to Taiwan from Shanghai and Fujian province in the near future, with Taipei saying it welcomed the move. China and Taiwan have argued since the end of COVID-19 about when and how tourists from China could resume visiting …
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase in births, and experts cautioning that the trend will accelerate in the coming years. The National Bureau of Statistics said the total number of people in China dropped by 1.39 million to 1.408 …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – The United States will not abandon its allies in the Pacific and the incoming Trump administration should renew its commitment to providing Taiwan with the means to defend itself, former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said in Taipei on Friday. Trump’s first administration, in which Pence served, offered strong support for Chinese-claimed …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s foreign minister said on Friday he would highlight the economic and national security value that the United States’ key Asian ally offers during his visit to Washington for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. During his four-day stay beginning Sunday, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will be the first senior Japanese official …
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By Hyunjoo Jin Seoul (Reuters) -Investigators found bird feathers and blood in both engines of the Jeju Air jet that crashed in South Korea last month, killing 179 people, a person familiar with the probe told Reuters on Friday. The Boeing 737-800 plane, which departed from the Thai capital Bangkok for Muan county in southwestern …
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HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City Development Bank (HDBank) said on Friday the central bank has directed it to take over DongA Bank as part of a drive to restructure the banking system and tackle bad debt. The takeover will enable HDBank to expand its operations, boost lending and develop new business models, …
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By Siyi Liu SINGAPORE (Reuters) -A tanker subject to the new U.S. sanctions is discharging Russian oil at a port operated by Shandong Port Group in east China, shipping data on LSEG Eikon showed on Thursday. The tanker is the first since last week’s sanctions announcement to discharge in Shandong province where many of China’s …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s Vice President Han Zheng will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, Chinese state news agencies said on Friday, with Beijing ready to enhance dialogue with the new U.S. administration. Han’s participation in the Washington, D.C. event comes at the invitation of the U.S. side, China’s national television …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years late on Thursday, upsetting both rights groups and the European Union which called on the government to maintain its de facto moratorium on the death penalty. Despite Taiwan’s reputation as Asia’s most liberal democracy, the death penalty remains broadly popular according to opinion …
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(Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s computer was hacked and unclassified files were accessed as part of a broader breach of the Treasury Department by Chinese state-sponsored hackers, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the matter. The computers of two of Yellen’s lieutenants, Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo and Acting Under Secretary …
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