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Former PM Abe says Japan, U.S. could not stand by if China attacked Taiwan Xi Jinping

Former PM Abe says Japan, U.S. could not stand by if China attacked Taiwan

Author of the article: TAIPEI — Japan and the United States could not stand by if China attacked Taiwan, and Beijing needs to understand this, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday. Tensions over Chinese-claimed Taiwan have risen as President Xi Jinping seeks to assert his country’s sovereignty…
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December 1, 2021
Leaked Documents Detail Xi Jinping’s Extensive Role in Xinjiang Crackdown Xi Jinping

Leaked Documents Detail Xi Jinping’s Extensive Role in Xinjiang Crackdown

https://www.wsj.com/articles/leaked-documents-detail-xi-jinpings-extensive-role-in-xinjiang-crackdown-11638284709 A million or more Uyghurs and others have been locked up in internment camps in Xinjiang, human-rights activists and scholars say. The entrance to the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng, Xinjiang, in April. Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press China Records of internal speeches released by U.K.-based panel show how…
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November 30, 2021
China’s Singles Day shopping event kicks off under specter of tech scrutiny and Xi’s ‘common prosperity’ Xi Jinping

China’s Singles Day shopping event kicks off under specter of tech scrutiny and Xi’s ‘common prosperity’

GUANGZHOU, China — The biggest shopping event in the world, Singles Day, is underway but China's e-commerce giants will have to deal with economic growth potentially slowing as well as continued scrutiny from domestic regulators. Singles Day — also known as Double 11 — takes place on Nov. 11 in…
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November 2, 2021
Blinken nudges China to ‘think about stepping up’ on reducing emissions Xi Jinping

Blinken nudges China to ‘think about stepping up’ on reducing emissions

Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave China a nudge Sunday on climate change, saying the world’s largest emitter needs to “think about stepping up” on reducing its greenhouse gases. Asked what incentive Chinese President Xi Jinping has to curtail its reliance on fossil fuels, Mr. Blinken cited global pressure, saying…
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October 31, 2021
China offers new climate targets Xi Jinping

China offers new climate targets

Read this in The Manila Times digital edition. BEIJING: China is offering no significant new goals for reducing climate-changing emissions ahead of the UN climate summit set to start today, October 31, in Glasgow. China, the world's top emitter of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses that cause global warming,…
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October 30, 2021