Asia & Pacific

In 2009, Fiji had only 148 drug-related policing cases (including arrests for cocaine and heroin). But by 2018, this had risen to almost 1,400 arrests.

Authoritarian cooperation is becoming institutional, according to a new report, with Russia and China rapidly spearheading the growth of authoritarianism.

‘I had some good police officers who knew straight away, and they saw what was going on, but they couldn’t ... say it out loud,’ Anne-Marie Brady said.

China’s hidden unemployment includes tens of millions of college graduates, migrant workers, and people doing odd jobs, analysts said.

‘Killed to Order: China’s Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America’s Biggest Adversary’ by Jan Jekielek was released on March 17.

Chinese nationals receive U.S. flight training as China faces military and civilian pilot shortfall, according to Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.).

China’s rubber-stamp legislature adopted the measure, effective from July 1, to strictly promote the Mandarin language from preschool.

The U.S. president originally had a trip to China scheduled to begin at the end of this month.

Analysts said Beijing is shifting costs to wealthier regions as slowing growth and rising debt strain public finances.

The country’s government has formally written to the World Health Organisation rejecting the rules around international standards and cooperation.

A raid on the Comancheros gang in New Zealand has uncovered an AR15 rifle along with drugs and cash.

The president’s visit to Beijing for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping was initially scheduled for March 31 to April 2.

‘We’ve requested that we delay it a month or so,’ Trump told reporters at the Oval Office on Monday.

Radar, missile, and nuclear specialists disappear from China’s top engineering body as a broader shake-up spreads across the defense industry.

Japan begins historic oil reserve release as Hormuz disruption threatens global supply, with experts warning the move may only buy time.

Philippine Foreign Ministry spokesman Rogelio Villanueva says Manila has ‘indivisible, incontrovertible and longstanding sovereignty’ over Scarborough Shoal.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the deals were intended to ensure that Indo-Pacific allies do not have to buy from adversaries.

Besides cutting off the oil supply passing through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is a main supplier of methanol to Asian markets, including China.

Between March 14 and March 15, Taiwan detected 26 military aircraft.

Four of seven Iranian women’s soccer team members who had accepted asylum in Australia have since left the country.

In 2009, Fiji had only 148 drug-related policing cases (including arrests for cocaine and heroin). But by 2018, this had risen to almost 1,400 arrests.

Authoritarian cooperation is becoming institutional, according to a new report, with Russia and China rapidly spearheading the growth of authoritarianism.

‘I had some good police officers who knew straight away, and they saw what was going on, but they couldn’t ... say it out loud,’ Anne-Marie Brady said.

China’s hidden unemployment includes tens of millions of college graduates, migrant workers, and people doing odd jobs, analysts said.

‘Killed to Order: China’s Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America’s Biggest Adversary’ by Jan Jekielek was released on March 17.

Chinese nationals receive U.S. flight training as China faces military and civilian pilot shortfall, according to Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.).

China’s rubber-stamp legislature adopted the measure, effective from July 1, to strictly promote the Mandarin language from preschool.

The U.S. president originally had a trip to China scheduled to begin at the end of this month.

Analysts said Beijing is shifting costs to wealthier regions as slowing growth and rising debt strain public finances.

The country’s government has formally written to the World Health Organisation rejecting the rules around international standards and cooperation.

A raid on the Comancheros gang in New Zealand has uncovered an AR15 rifle along with drugs and cash.

The president’s visit to Beijing for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping was initially scheduled for March 31 to April 2.

‘We’ve requested that we delay it a month or so,’ Trump told reporters at the Oval Office on Monday.

Radar, missile, and nuclear specialists disappear from China’s top engineering body as a broader shake-up spreads across the defense industry.

Japan begins historic oil reserve release as Hormuz disruption threatens global supply, with experts warning the move may only buy time.

Philippine Foreign Ministry spokesman Rogelio Villanueva says Manila has ‘indivisible, incontrovertible and longstanding sovereignty’ over Scarborough Shoal.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the deals were intended to ensure that Indo-Pacific allies do not have to buy from adversaries.

Besides cutting off the oil supply passing through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is a main supplier of methanol to Asian markets, including China.

Between March 14 and March 15, Taiwan detected 26 military aircraft.

Four of seven Iranian women’s soccer team members who had accepted asylum in Australia have since left the country.