China appoints hard-line security chief to be its representative in Hong Kong
The ruling Communist Party has appointed hardline Hong Kong national security chief Zheng Yanxiong to head its Central Liaison Office in the city. Zheng, who...
Month : January 2023
Discovery of junta family assets in Thai raid prompts call for probe
Thai authorities arresting a Myanmar arms broker last year confiscated assets owned by the children of junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, a legal...
Opposition party advisor agrees to Hun Sen’s demand to turn over US$10 million house.
Cambodian opposition party advisor Kong Korm has agreed to voluntarily turn over his estimated U.S.$10 million house to the government, bringing to an end a...
Myanmar junta opposes ASEAN engagement with NUG shadow government
UPDATED at 10:03 a.m. EST on 01-13-2023 Myanmar’s military junta has warned ASEAN not to interfere with its internal matters after the regional bloc signaled...
US to base mobile Marine unit on Japan’s Okinawa island
The United States and Japan have agreed to further boost their military alliance with a plan to deploy a new Marine unit to an island...
Chinese hospital staff report severe disease linked to reinfections with Omicron
Healthcare workers across China are seeing large numbers of people who have been reinfected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, putting a further strain on...
China reports nearly 60,000 COVID deaths since dropping restrictions: Reuters
China said that nearly 60,000 have died from COVID-19 and related complications since authorities lifted harsh restrictions in December after nationwide protests, Reuters reported Saturday....
Pfizer slashed price of Paxlovid, but China wouldn’t take it: industry insider
Chinese negotiators tried to get Pfizer to lower the price of its antiviral Paxlovid — a front-line treatment in the ongoing wave of COVID-19 infections...
Asia Fact Check Lab: Is Paxlovid too expensive for China to purchase?
In Brief China’s National Healthcare Security Administration recently broke off talks with Pfizer to include Paxlovid among the medications eligible for reimbursement under the country’s...
Uyghurs abroad, rights groups condemn visit to Xinjiang by Muslim delegation
Rights groups and Uyghurs living abroad have strongly condemned a visit to Xinjiang this week by a delegation of Muslim scholars and clerics from developing...
