Taiwan tensions
Taiwan to lengthen military service as part of defense overhaul
Four-month training requirement will be extended to 1 year from Jan. 2024
China
Coronavirus
Japan to require all travelers from China to take COVID test
Move follows China's decision to loosen its zero-COVID policy
Caixin
Why China's social relief efforts have fallen short
Lacking comprehensive plan, government relies on vague and incomplete document
Politics
Kevin Rudd, Australia's new U.S. envoy, seen bringing change to China playbook
Sinologist seeks to 'engage and hedge' against 'ideological man' Xi
Caixin
China's devastating infection wave leaves pharmacies bare
Drug production and sales likely to return to normal in March, pharma exec says
Taiwan tensions
Taiwan to extend military service to 1 year with eye on China
Four-month training requirement will lengthen as early as 2024
Opinion
Security focus is setting back science in both China and the U.S.
Researchers are finding it more difficult to live and work in the two countries
Coronavirus
China to reopen border Jan. 8, requiring only negative COVID test
On-arrival PCR tests, quarantine to be scrapped; 'orderly' outbound travel to resume
Opinion
2023 outlook: Elections, zero-COVID exit to shape U.S.-China ties
Beijing will be torn between impulses to reach out and to lash out
Caixin
Strict rules at home push Chinese metaverse entrepreneurs overseas
Recent shocks in tech industry prompting more regulatory action
Coronavirus
In China's Zhejiang, 1m daily COVID cases raise supply chain concerns
National Health Commission stops publishing daily infections, devolving task to CDC
Coronavirus
China's subway ridership plunges 40% as COVID spreads
Beijing sees signs of recovery as people return to work
Taiwan tensions
China stages 'strike drills' around Taiwan, citing provocation
Beijing condemns new U.S. law that steps up military aid to Taipei
Coronavirus
Chinese visitors lured by mRNA vaccines to Macao, Hong Kong
Mainlanders flock to enclave, prepare for Hong Kong border to reopen to get shots
Coronavirus
China health commission stops publishing daily COVID figures
Halt comes as concerns grow around lack of vital information
Caixin
China's provinces send medical workers to Beijing to battle COVID
Cross-regional support seen unacceptable to already-stretched local frontline professionals
US-China tensions
U.S. push to ban TikTok rekindled amid privacy and security concerns
Momentum grows to keep video-sharing app off government-owned devices
Coronavirus
China's COVID surge strains hospitals as estimated toll soars
Official count remains low, but country likely seeing 5,000 deaths a day
Coronavirus
Tesla suspends production at Shanghai plant amid COVID wave
Workers 'fall sick' as China sees spike in infections
Coronavirus
China's COVID shift brings winter to test kit companies
Mass compulsory testing was huge boom for suppliers of high-margin PCR kits
