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Taipei and Beijing ​have long spied on each other, but now a new Taiwanese website encourages Chinese nationals to report intelligence tips through a secure channel.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2026
Taiwan launches website for Chinese nationals to report intelligence
The website is blocked in China, though many Chinese use VPNs to access other blocked ​sites ​like Western social media and search engines.
A boxing robot demonstration at Unitree in Hangzhou, China, last year. Building on the country’s electric vehicle industry, Chinese companies are making robot parts at a scale and price point others can’t match.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 13, 2026
Why it’s nearly impossible to build a robot without China
Building on the country’s electric vehicle industry, Chinese companies are making robot parts at a scale and price point others can’t match.
A SpaceX building ahead of the SpaceX initial public offering (IPO), in Starbase, Texas, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Jun 13, 2026
SpaceX playbook set to fuel China’s IPO ambitions but tech gap persists
In China, the initial public offering was watched as a benchmark for a younger industry eager to go public.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo on Thursday. Takaichi is planning to visit Ankara from July 6 to 8 to attend a NATO summit.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 12, 2026
Takaichi to attend NATO summit in Turkey and seek closer ties with alliance
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to confirm with NATO that the security of the Indo-Pacific region and that of Europe are inseparable, seeking greater NATO involvement in Asia
Beijing recently leaned on countries including the Czech Republic to deny Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's plane passage for a planned visit to Africa.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 12, 2026
Taiwan’s ‘Dumpling Alliance’ fades under China’s economic squeeze
How the relationships of Eastern European states and Taiwan evolve under the informal alliance bears watching as China tries to peel partners away from Taiwan.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un greets Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang on Monday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 12, 2026
China-North Korea ties: New heights and new realities
While China is perhaps more powerful than at any time in its modern history, its leverage over North Korea is considerably diminished.
The Shanghai skyline. As AI spreads across workplaces, China is also having to contend with chronic weakness in the jobs market.
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2026
AI sparks alarm in China with call to protect worker rights
The Workers’ Daily urged government agencies to mount an active response as new threats emerge to the rights of employees.
HSBC, the biggest insurance provider in Hong Kong last year by new business premiums, on average added nearly 800,000 new bank customers annually in ​2024 and ​2025, with a big chunk of them being mainland visitors.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jun 11, 2026
Beijing’s investment clampdown clouds outlook for Hong Kong banks and insurers
Analysts and financial executives say China’s crackdown could in the near term weigh on money flows to Hong Kong due to concerns about greater scrutiny of capital outflows.
South Bangkok Criminal Court
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 11, 2026
Thailand sentences Chinese Uyghurs to death over 2015 shrine bombing
The blast came weeks after Thailand’s then-ruling junta forcibly repatriated 109 Uyghurs to China.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar attend a joint news conference after their meeting in New Delhi on May 24.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2026
The U.S. and India have become regional rivals
The U.S. has even begun taking a more conciliatory approach toward China, though the strategic competition between the two superpowers remains intense.
A Chinese Coast Guard vessel is seen along the coast of Xiamen, in China’s southeastern Fujian province, on May 25.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 11, 2026
Taiwan says sovereignty cannot be ‘violated,’ as China ends patrol
“Any country ​that asserts jurisdiction will be expelled without exception,” Taiwan’s ​coast ​guard said in a statement.
Transcarpathia is a western Ukrainian region and one of the country's most ethnically diverse areas, populated by groups including Hutsuls, seen here in Yasynya, as well as Hungarians, Romanians, Slovaks and Ukrainians.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2026
Language, power and the price of entry
The same logic that protects Hungarians in Ukraine leaves Russian in the cold. Language policy, it turns out, has a foreign policy.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sees off Chinese President Xi Jinping at Pyongyang International Airport following Xi’s two-day visit to North Korea from Monday. 
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2026
Why China finds it hard to keep North Korea in line
Despite closer links with Moscow, Beijing is still Pyongyang’s main diplomatic partner and an important buffer against international sanctions.
A hospital in Du'an Yao Autonomous County in Guangxi, China. China is emerging as a hub for medical tourism, propelled by the availability and relatively cheap costs of cutting-edge procedures.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 11, 2026
China lures foreign patients with cutting-edge, cheap medical care
While traditional medical tourism hotspots such as Thailand and South Korea focus on services like cosmetic surgery, China is differentiating itself with advanced procedures.
A China Coast Guard ship is seen on the horizon through a telescopic view near Philippine-occupied Thitu Island in the disputed South China Sea on Feb. 21.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 10, 2026
Philippines plans sea border talks with Japan amid opposition from China
Beijing, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory, has maritime disputes with Tokyo and Manila in the East China Sea and South China Sea.
Aerial monitoring by several Philippine agencies confirmed the presence of a floating structure within the Scarborough Shoal.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 10, 2026
Philippines urges China to remove structure in disputed shoal
Manila calls the structure “unauthorized and illegal,” while Beijing says it has “indisputable sovereignty” over the shoal.
A stock index board in the Lujiazui financial district of Shanghai. The oil shock and the AI boom have revived inflationary pressures among factories in the world’s second-biggest economy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 10, 2026
China’s inflation split widens as AI and war stir up factory prices
Years of weak demand and excessive supply have contributed to bruising competition among Chinese industrial firms that’s keeping a lid on consumer prices.
A security guard takes a selfie beside the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Amagiri, an Asagiri-class destroyer, upon its arrival for a goodwill visit in Metro Manila in February 2018.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jun 10, 2026
How Tokyo aims to turn retired military equipment into lasting strategic returns
Japan’s export of used military gear to partner nations could deliver decades of strategic returns, analysts say.
An attendee inspects a silicon wafer at the Computex 2026 expo in Taipei.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 10, 2026
Taiwan eyes curbs on AI chip sales to China to align with U.S.
The move would mark an effort to address semiconductor smuggling but risks drawing a rebuke from Beijing.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2026
Japan wary of closer China-North Korea military ties after Xi visit
The government is scrambling to collect and analyze intelligence on possible discussions regarding North Korea’s nuclear weapons development.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Yen hits 40-year low against the dollar, breaking ¥162 level
Japan's currency broke ¥162 to the dollar on Tuesday in Tokyo.
Japan falls in gut-wrenching fashion as Brazil strikes late to win World Cup clash
Brazil's Gabriel Martinelli (right) shoots past Japan defenders Shogo Taniguchi (left) and Takehiro Tomiyasu to score in the second half of a match in the round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Houston on Monday.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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