China

'We Are Shipping To The U.S.': Inside China's Online Synthetic Drug Networks

5:03pm November 17, 2020

by Emily Feng

China banned fentanyl last year, but an NPR investigation reveals how Chinese vendors continue to market the chemicals used to make the drug on e-commerce and social media sites.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and then-Vice President Joe Biden in 2015 at an arrival ceremony at Joint Base Andrews. China recognized Biden's election as president Friday.

After Days Of Silence, China Congratulates Biden And Harris

10:48am November 13, 2020

by Mark Katkov

A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry offers congratulations at his regular daily briefing. China had been one of the last major nations to hold out recognizing Biden will be the next president.

A staff member checks vaccines at a Beijing factory built by Sinovac to produce a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine. Sinovac is one of 11 Chinese companies approved to carry out clinical trials of potential vaccines.

Health & Safety

China Is Inoculating Thousands With Unapproved COVID-19 Vaccines. Why?

1:34pm November 12, 2020

Although the leading vaccine candidates are not yet officially approved, the drug companies are administering them to hundreds of thousands of people.

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Pro-democracy lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting hangs banners during a session at the Legislative Council outside of the main chamber on Thursday in Hong Kong. Fifteen pro-democracy lawmakers resigned en masse after four colleagues were disqualified from serving.

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Britain, EU Join U.S. In Condemning China's Crackdown On Hong Kong Lawmakers

12:17pm November 12, 2020

by Scott Neuman

London and the European Union denounced Beijing's move to disqualify some of the territory's pro-democracy lawmakers — an action that sparked the mass resignation of the opposition.

People visit a showroom of the mobile payment powerhouse, Ant Financial, in China in 2018. Ant Financial, a spinoff from the Alibaba Group, was set to raise $37 billion in an IPO that regulators abruptly halted.

World News

Regulators Squash Giant Ant Group IPO

1:09pm November 03, 2020

by Emily Feng

The initial public stock offering of the Chinese financial company Ant Group, which would have been the world's largest stock offering of all time, has been put on hold.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (from left), U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar address a joint press conference on Tuesday at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.

World News

U.S. And India Sign Military Agreement During Pompeo, Esper Trip

11:25am October 27, 2020

by Lauren Frayer

It's the latest in a series of U.S.-India military agreements designed to counter China's growing power in the Indo-Pacific region.

Japan plans to ramp up its use of solar panels, such as these shown in Yufu, Oita prefecture in 2019.

'A Decarbonized Society': Japan Pledges To Be Carbon Neutral By 2050

7:30pm October 26, 2020

by Reese Oxner

The country joins the European Union and other countries that have pledged to reduce their carbon footprint to zero over the next few decades.

Five U.S.-made F-16 jets fly over the Presidential Office during Taiwan's National Day in Taipei on Oct. 10.

Taiwan's U.S. Friendship Comes With Benefits — And China's Wrath

6:44pm October 21, 2020

by John Ruwitch

President Trump's administration has deepened ties with Taiwan, as tensions with China intensify. That could be why more Taiwanese favor him to win the U.S. election, according to a poll.

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, residents line up for coronavirus tests in Qingdao this week. China says it has carried out 10 million tests in the northern port city with no new cases found.

City In China Tests 10 Million People After 13 COVID-19 Cases Are Found

11:02am October 16, 2020

Qingdao city officials say no new infections were identified. The extraordinary testing effort followed the appearance of a small cluster of COVID-19 cases centered in a city hospital.

A worker feeds vials for production of a vaccine for COVID-19 at the SinoVac vaccine factory in Beijing. China said on Friday that it is joining the COVID-19 vaccine alliance known as COVAX.

China Joins WHO-Led Global Coronavirus Vaccine Effort As U.S. Sits It Out

2:32pm October 09, 2020

by John Ruwitch

The Chinese foreign ministry said it took this step "to uphold the concept of a shared community of health for all and to honor its commitment to turn COVID-19 vaccines into a global public good."