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CHRISTOPHER BODEEN

CHRISTOPHER BODEEN

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Asia|Political|World

Taiwan's leader says tougher measures needed to counter stepped-up Chinese infiltration and spying

Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te says tougher measures are needed to counter stepped-up Chinese infiltration, spying and other efforts to weaken the island’s defenses

Asia|Political|US|World

China's foreign minister blasts the US over tariffs at his annual meeting with journalists

Along with fulminating against the United States, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reasserted China’s South China Sea claims, blasted Japan for its past aggression and covered a wide range of other issues during his annual meeting with journalists

China's foreign minister blasts the US over tariffs at his annual meeting with journalists
Asia|Political|World

China will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year

China says it will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year as it continues its campaign to build a larger, more modern military to assert its territorial claims and challenge the U.S. defense lead in Asia

China will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year
Asia|Economy|Political|World

China's population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its government and economy

China’s population has fallen for the third straight year, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation that is now facing both an aging population and an emerging shortage of working age people able to support their elders

China's population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its government and economy
Asia|Election|News|Political

Taiwan indicts 2 communist party members accused of colluding with China to influence elections

Prosecutors in Taiwan have indicted two leaders of the island's tiny Taiwan People's Communist Party on accusations they colluded with China in an effort to influence next year's elections for president and members of the legislative assembly

Taiwan indicts 2 communist party members accused of colluding with China to influence elections
Asia|News|Political|World

Putin's visit to Beijing underscores China’s economic and diplomatic support for Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet with Chinese leaders in Beijing on a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine

Putin's visit to Beijing underscores China’s economic and diplomatic support for Russia
News|Political|World

Putin begins visit in China underscoring ties amid Ukraine war and Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing on a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine as well as Russian backing for China’s bid to expand its economic and diplomatic influence abroad through its decade-old “Belt and Road” initiative

Putin begins visit in China underscoring ties amid Ukraine war and Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Asia|News

China replaces its defense minister months after its foreign minister was removed from office

Chinese state media are reporting that the country has replaced Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu

China replaces its defense minister months after its foreign minister was removed from office
Asia|News|World

Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi's demand for obedience

Analysts say the removal of China’s foreign and defense ministers appears to enforce leader Xi Jinping’s demand for total obedience and the elimination of any potential rivals within the ruling Communist Party

Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi's demand for obedience
Asia|News|Science|Technology|World

3 astronauts return to Earth after 6-month stay on China's space station

Three astronauts have returned to Earth after six months aboard China's orbiting space station

3 astronauts return to Earth after 6-month stay on China's space station
Asia|News|World

China keeps up military pressure on Taiwan, sending 43 planes and 7 ships near self-governing island

Taiwan says China has sent another 43 military aircraft and seven ships near the self-ruled island, the latest sign that Beijing plans no let-up in its campaign of harassment, threats and intimidation

China keeps up military pressure on Taiwan, sending 43 planes and 7 ships near self-governing island
Asia|News|World

Chinese gather and lay flowers despite heavy security as former Premier Li Keqiang is laid to rest

Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people have gathered near a state funeral home in Beijing as China's former second-ranking leader, Li Keqiang, was put to rest

Chinese gather and lay flowers despite heavy security as former Premier Li Keqiang is laid to rest
Asia|Business|Economy|News|Technology|US|World

Taiwan's participation at APEC forum offers a rare chance to break China's bonds

Taiwan will take part in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in San Francisco this week, a rare opportunity for the self-governing island democracy of 23 million people and its high-tech economy to break the diplomatic embargo on it imposed by authoritarian China

Taiwan's participation at APEC forum offers a rare chance to break China's bonds
Economy|News|US|World

Xi-Biden meeting seen as putting rocky relations back on course, though main differences remain

U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping haven't resolved any of the vital geopolitical issues dividing the world’s two largest economies

Xi-Biden meeting seen as putting rocky relations back on course, though main differences remain
Asia|News|World

China reaffirms its military threats against Taiwan weeks before the island's presidential election

Weeks before Taiwan holds elections for its president and legislature, China has renewed its threat to use military force to annex the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory

China reaffirms its military threats against Taiwan weeks before the island's presidential election
Asia|Election|News|World

Taiwan's presidential candidate Ko Wen-je seeks a middle ground with China, attracting young voters

With Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections less than two weeks away, the island's alternative party candidate and chairman of the Taiwan People’s Party, Ko Wen-je, is promoting a policy of patience toward China, which has been upping its threat to annex the island by force

Taiwan's presidential candidate Ko Wen-je seeks a middle ground with China, attracting young voters
Asia|Election|News|World

With threats, pressure and financial lures, China seen as aiming to influence Taiwan's elections

China is being accused of using military threats, diplomatic pressure and fake news in a broad strategy to influence voters in Taiwan’s elections to pick candidates who favor unification

With threats, pressure and financial lures, China seen as aiming to influence Taiwan's elections
Asia|Election|News|World

Taiwan prepares to elect a president and legislature in what's seen as a test of control with China

Taiwanese are preparing to elect a new president and legislature Saturday in what many see as a test of control with China which claims the self-governing island republic as its own

Taiwan prepares to elect a president and legislature in what's seen as a test of control with China
Asia|Election|News|World

The ruling-party candidate strongly opposed by China wins Taiwan's presidential election

Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te has emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election and his opponents have conceded

The ruling-party candidate strongly opposed by China wins Taiwan's presidential election
Asia|News|World

US delegation praises Taiwan's democracy after pro-independence presidential candidate wins election

Retired U.S. officials have met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and praised the island's democratic processes under which it elected a new president and legislature over the weekend in defiance of China's claim of sovereignty over Taiwan and threat to annex it by military force

US delegation praises Taiwan's democracy after pro-independence presidential candidate wins election
Asia|Entertainment|Lifestyle|News|Travel|World

The Lunar New Year of the Dragon flames colorful festivities across Asian nations and communities

With fireworks, feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash for the kids, numerous Asian nations and overseas communities have welcomed the arrival of the Lunar New Year

The Lunar New Year of the Dragon flames colorful festivities across Asian nations and communities
Asia|News

Taiwan protests after China boards a tourist boat near Kinmen Island

Taiwan is protesting China’s boarding of a tourist boat as tensions rise around the Kinmen archipelago, which lies just off the Chinese coast but is controlled by Taiwan

Taiwan protests after China boards a tourist boat near Kinmen Island
Asia|News|World

Taiwan commissions 2 new navy ships as safeguards against rising threat from China

Taiwan has commissioned two new navy ships as a safeguard against the rising threat from China, which has been ratcheting up its naval and air force missions around the island that it claims as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary

Taiwan commissions 2 new navy ships as safeguards against rising threat from China
Asia|News|US

US navy flies aircraft through the Taiwan Strait a day after US-China defense chiefs hold rare talks

The U.S. 7th Fleet says a Navy P-8A Poseidon flew through the Taiwan Strait, a day after U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs held their first talks since Nov. 2022

US navy flies aircraft through the Taiwan Strait a day after US-China defense chiefs hold rare talks
Asia|News|World

Chinese general takes a harsh line on Taiwan and other disputes at an international naval gathering

One of China’s top military leaders has taken a harsh line on regional territorial disputes, telling an international naval gathering in northeastern China that the country would strike back with force if its interests came under threat

Chinese general takes a harsh line on Taiwan and other disputes at an international naval gathering

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