US House takes hard line on China over Hong Kong, passes Bill aimed at supporting protests
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 16, 2019, Bloomberg, AFP. The United States House gave support to pro-democracy…
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Xi calls China for speeding up innovation in marine tech
BEIJING, Oct 16, 2019, China Daily. President Xi Jinping called on Tuesday for speeding up…
Philippine authorities caution Filipinos in Hong Kong to avoid protest sites
MANILA, Oct 15, 2019, PhilStar. As anti-government protests paralyze public transit and businesses in Hong…
[Analytics] US–Japan trade and Trump’s political trophy
US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inked the US–Japan Trade Agreement…
Improving services sector can help Taiwan make friends: Acer founder
TAIPEI, Oct 15, 2019, Taiwan News. Acer founder Stan Shih (施振榮) was invited as a…
North Korea promises to give footage of Pyongyang World Cup qualifier to S. Korea
SEOUL, Oct 15, 2019, Yonhap. North Korea agreed to provide South Korea with a video…
China’s pork prices surged 69.3% in Sept. due to a shortage of the meat
BEIJING, Oct 15, 2019, CNBC. Pork prices in China jumped 69.3% in September from a…
Indian economy doing very badly: Nobel awardee Abhijit Banerjee
NEW DELHI, Oct 15, 2019, PTI. Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, who jointly won the 2019 Nobel…
[Analytics] The American crackdown on Chinese intelligence
After decades of all but ignoring large-scale Chinese intelligence operations targeting the United States, the…
Typhoon Hagibis death toll rises to 66 as hopes for missing fade
TOKYO, Oct 15, 2019, Reuters. About 138,000 households were without water while 24,000 lacked electricity,…
China’s first homegrown polar icebreaker Xuelong 2 to start its maiden voyage
SHENZHEN, Oct 15, 2019, Xinhua. China’s first domestically made polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow…
Typhoon Hagibis death toll rises to 48 in Japan
TOKYO, Oct 14, 2019, Kyodo. The death toll from Typhoon Hagibis rose to 48 on…