US and China recount contrasting versions of talks on trade deal
BEIJING/WASHINGTON -- U.S. and Chinese officials emerged from trade talks Friday citing different expectations of the outcome as the two countries work...
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China says Taiwan will fail in bid to attend key WHO meeting
BEIJING (Reuters) -- Taiwan will fail in its bid to take part in a key meeting of the World Health...
Ex-Garuda chief given 8-year prison term for corruption, reports say
JAKARTA -- The former president director of Garuda Indonesia, Emirsyah Satar has been found guilty of corruption while at the majority...
Toyota and Mazda post first China sales rise since virus outbreak
GUANGZHOU -- Toyota Motor and Mazda Motor both recorded rises in auto sales in China in April, their first monthly increases since the novel coronavirus broke...
Tajikistan finally confronts virus as Central Asian economies reel
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- After weeks of maintaining that anything but the coronavirus was behind a spike in deaths from respiratory...
ASEAN banks prepare for flood of bad loans amid coronavirus havoc
SINGAPORE -- Across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, banks are bracing for a tide of nonperforming loans as the...
Hong Kong legislature erupts in clashes over key committee control
HONG KONG -- A meeting in Hong Kong's legislature on Friday descended into physical clashes among lawmakers, as members from...
Beijing Diary: On the lookout for political clues in Tiananmen
The Chinese government is battling to contain the coronavirus outbreak that has infected tens of thousands and killed more than...
Coronavirus latest: Vietnam lifts nationwide restrictions
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
India’s unemployment at record high amid tough COVID-19 lockdown
NEW DELHI -- More than 120 million workers in India, most of them small traders and daily wage earners, lost...
