Human Rights | 2025-12-15
Rights groups decry Lai's conviction as evidence of the erosion of press and political freedoms in Hong Kong. He has been in custody since 2020.
Politics | 2025-12-15
From child laborer to combative tabloid boss, Jimmy Lai built a media empire and a reputation as Beijing's most defiant tycoon.
Security | 2025-12-12
The Chinese deployment is a strategic warning to countries expanding defense ties with the United States, say analysts.
Entertainment | 2025-12-11
A string of concert cancellations in China has turned a diplomatic clash with Tokyo into a high-profile fight over Japanese pop culture and free expression.
Security | 2025-12-10
Washington says its freedom of navigation operations are grounded firmly in the UN Law of the Sea.
Security | 2025-12-09
Taiwan imports about 98% of its energy, making it acutely vulnerable to even a nonviolent Chinese disruption of incoming ships.
Capabilities | 2025-12-08
Joint naval drills, missile export talks and warship transfers are taking place as both countries confront China.
Politics | 2025-12-05
Shanghai airport officials reportedly taunted an Indian traveller by calling her birthplace, Arunachal Pradesh state, a part of China. They held her for 18 hours.
Security | 2025-12-04
Satellite imagery shows a powerful Chinese naval amphibious group moving southeast in the Philippine Sea under Australian monitoring.
Security | 2025-12-03
The new carrier undertook ambitious exercises just weeks after its commissioning, suggesting Beijing is aiming to attain the carrier's operational readiness rapidly.
Diplomacy | 2025-12-03
Artificial intelligence can fortify civic life, outpace disinformation and turn democratic friction into cooperation, says Taiwan's cyber envoy.
Security | 2025-12-02
Japan, South Korea and India are narrowing the gap in Asia's arms race as Xi Jinping's anti-corruption purges ravage Chinese weapon makers' executive suites and bottom lines.
Security | 2025-12-02
Sino-Japanese relations have deteriorated since November, when Japan's new prime minister said that Tokyo might intervene militarily if China attacked Taiwan.
Capabilities | 2025-12-01
Chinese ships and aircraft tracked New Zealand's HMNZS Aotearoa as it passed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait to enforce sanctions on North Korea.