Asia & Pacific

Hong Kong health officials report a high death rate among severe cases.

He warned against allowing Iran to set a ‘dangerous precedent’ by taking control of an international waterway, which would be repeated in other regions.

Commemorations were held across several cities on July 20 to mark the official start of the CCP’s persecution against Falun Gong.

A Chinese state media report says insiders leaked confidential personnel information to social media operators, who turned such tips into a paid business.

The United States will defend communities against coercion and intimidation from foreign governments, the State Department told The Epoch Times.

A geologist and two professors say political evaluations tied to funding and promotions encourage widespread fraud in science coming out of China.

Wang Huning’s meeting with Kim was also for exchanging methods between the two regimes to maintain their totalitarian rule, analysts said.

Prague’s new government calls its outreach to Beijing pragmatic, months after refusing the Senate leader a state plane to visit Taiwan.

The encounter came ahead of an expected meeting between top diplomats from China and the Philippines this week.

A new law in China targets Taiwanese identity and claims legal reach overseas, prompting proposals for travel warnings and other protections.

‘This is yet another example of Beijing’s intimidation campaign against Taiwan,’ a State Department spokesperson said.

Chinese vessels have intruded into restricted waters around a Taipei-controlled island just 6.2 miles from China at least 24 times this year.

An internal directive in Shandong Province orders employees to report use of Anthropic’s coding assistant as Beijing expands restrictions on foreign AI.

Chinese manufacturers are dumping goods abroad to offset paralyzed domestic demand, exposing them to mounting tariff risks, according to experts.

‘It’s very common practice, especially in the Pacific Ocean, for Chinese fishing vessels to transmit false positions,’ said Peter Hammarstedt.

The Philippines summoned China’s ambassador and demanded the removal of state media material that officials called ‘outright racism.’

Self-organized volunteers have played a major role in disaster relief despite a lack of support from the Chinese regime, a volunteer says.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s appeal follows American Institute in Taiwan Director Raymond Greene’s call for a ‘hornet’s nest’ of drones.

The former U.S. ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice is barred from leaving South Korea.