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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong in 2019
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 5, 2026
Hong Kong jails Joshua Wong for a decade in collusion case
The sentencing marks the activist’s second national security conviction, extending his incarceration just two months before he was due to be freed.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Sept. 25.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2026
U.S. and China release product lists for $30 billion tariff deal
The expected tariff relief is one of the most tangible outcomes of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington.
U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to extend a trade truce with China reached last year when Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the White House next week.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2026
Trump has few good options to slow China’s rise as AI superpower
The main challenge for the U.S. is keeping China at bay without prompting Beijing to further restrict rare earths.
Employees work in a silicon wafer cutting facility in China. Beijing has unveiled preliminary anti-dumping measures on imports from Japan of a chemical used to make semiconductors.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 8, 2026
China hits Japan with anti-dumping measures on chip chemical
Companies importing Japanese dichlorosilane are required to provide cash deposits of up to 99.2% from Tuesday, Beijing’s Commerce Ministry said.
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong (center), who was disqualified from running, queues up to cast his vote during district council elections in the South Horizons district in Hong Kong on Nov. 24, 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 2, 2026
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to collusion
Once a symbol of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, Joshua Wong has been in custody since late 2020 and sentenced multiple times for his role in anti-government protests in 2019.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, in Busan, South Korea, in October 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2026
Trump’s delayed Xi summit gives U.S.-China irritants room to grow
In recent days, China launched retaliatory probes into U.S. trade practices, while a bipartisan group of American senators visited Taiwan to press for more spending to deter China.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka in 2019.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 17, 2026
Trump call for Chinese warships hits sensitive topic for Xi
Analysts see a rare strategic opening to construct a world order more suited to China’s interests as the rules-based system built by the U.S. after World War II is upended.
A prison van believed to be carrying Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, leaves the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building following sentencing in a national security collusion trial, in Hong Kong on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
China to deepen Hong Kong security focus as Jimmy Lai case stirs outcry
Beijing’s State Council has outlined plans to strengthen security in the city, naming finance and shipping among areas of focus.
This view shows the Callao Express, a container ship from Germany, in the Panama Canal on the Pacific side, in Panama City on Jan. 30.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 4, 2026
China warns Panama of ‘heavy price’ over court ruling on ports
China has denounced a ruling by Panama’s top court to void CK Hutchison’s contract to operate two ports as “extremely absurd.”
A general view of Chongqing, China. The position of Japanese consul-general in the city is currently vacant amid strained ties between Tokyo and Beijing.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 22, 2026
今日吃瓜 Chongqing consulate lacks top envoy amid China tensions
Chinese authorities have reportedly delayed responding to the Japanese government’s request to send a successor following the transfer of the previous consul-general.
Cosplayers pose ahead of a screening of "Demon Slayer" in Shanghai.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2025
Spat with Japan clouds anime boom’s momentum in China
The China Film Administration has frozen approvals of new Japanese movies, while the release of at least six titles previously been approved has been postponed indefinitely.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.

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