TOKYO — The U.S. is being torn apart by race protests and has the most coronavirus deaths in the world, and China appears to be reveling in the situation — despite its own shortcomings. Hu Xijin, the editor of the Global Times, a Chinese Communist Party tabloid, has been trolling […]
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Japan’s NHK apologizes for offensive cartoon on US protests
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan’s public broadcaster NHK apologized Tuesday for a short animation it used on a weekly news program on the background to the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S. following accusations it presented racist stereotypes. The clip, lasting 1 minute and 20 seconds, also made no reference […]
George Floyd protests inspire campaigns against racism across Asia
JAKARTA — The #BlackLivesMatter campaign has rippled from the U.S. into Asia, triggering echoes of solidarity and reviving calls to confront the continent’s own problems of racism and injustice. The global movement ignited by the killing of George Floyd, an African American man, by a white police officer in the […]
Australia, Asia protests embrace ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement
MELBOURNE (Reuters) — Thousands took to the streets across Australia on Saturday, as did hundreds in Tokyo and Seoul to support U.S. protests against police brutality, while demonstrations were expected around Europe in the coming hours. The rolling, global protests reflect rising anger over police treatment of ethnic minorities, sparked […]
Doctors and nurses join US protests in the time of coronavirus
NEW YORK — Among the sea of thousands gathered at Times Square in the name of the Black Lives Matter movement, a young man wearing a black nurse uniform and a silver cross on his chest stepped onto a stone divider next to a New York Police Department sign. With a T-shirt of George […]
Hong Kong girds for fresh protests over national anthem bill
HONG KONG — Hong Kong is braced for another day of street demonstrations on Wednesday as the city legislature debates a controversial bill that would punish behavior disrespectful to China’s national anthem. Protesters have called for early-morning actions to paralyze traffic and block roads near the Legislative Council in a bid to interrupt the Legco meeting scheduled […]
Hong Kong warms to online commerce amid pandemic and protests
HONG KONG — Kristy Wong, a 25-year-old marketing officer in Hong Kong, had never shopped online until the coronavirus pandemic. Unlike other young urbanites around the world looking for bargains on popular shopping sites, Wong was accustomed to buying items ranging from designer bags to birthday cakes just by walking […]
Hong Kong protests flare anew as Beijing tightens vise
HONG KONG — Thousands of people in Hong Kong defied police warnings and coronavirus-era bans on social gatherings to rally Sunday against Beijing’s latest attempt to crack down on dissent. Spurred by the Chinese government’s push to pass a national security law for the semiautonomous city, demonstrators gathered in the […]
Hong Kong police watchdog backs controversial handling of protests
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong police watchdog found the force’s contentious handling of the monthslong anti-government protests “reasonable” in a long-awaited report released on Friday, while conceding that there is “room for improvement” in officers’ operation guidelines. The report fell short of expectations from the public and government critics, […]
Vietnam protests China’s new South China Sea districts
BEIJING/HANOI — Vietnam has lodged a formal protest following China’s announcement the previous day that it is setting up two administrative units on islands in the South China Sea. “The establishment of the so-called Sansha City and related activities are a grave violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi […]