Bank of Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 1995
Japan’s central bank on June 16 raised its benchmark interest rate to the highest level in more than three decades, citing broadening inflation pressures...
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Trump’s First-Term Tariff on China
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 15 declined to hear a legal challenge to tariffs imposed on Chinese imports by U.S. President Donald Trump...
OECD Report Fuels Growing Concerns Over China’s Subsidy-Driven Model
News Analysis A new report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is likely to intensify an already contentious debate in the...
China’s ‘Reverse Firewall’: Some Government Websites Are Disappearing From Overseas View
News Analysis Several Chinese government websites have recently become inaccessible from many locations outside China, prompting questions among analysts and researchers who rely on...
Xi’s Silence on Denuclearization Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Seoul: Analysts
Chinese leader Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on June 9 after a two-day visit to Pyongyang. Xi made no mention of North Korea’s denuclearization...
Taiwan Intelligence Agency Launches Tip Portal for Chinese Nationals
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan’s top intelligence agency on June 14 launched a website inviting Chinese nationals to submit intelligence tips, saying it was providing a secure...
Beijing Uses Human Rights Forum to Distort Norms, Mask Repression, US Says
The U.S. State Department has criticized Beijing’s recent human rights forum, saying Chinese authorities used the event to distort internationally recognized human rights concepts...
Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha, Who Was Known for Her Legal Work, Dies at 47
BANGKOK—Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, a lawyer and the eldest of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s children, has died at 47, the Bureau of the Royal Household...
Chinese Ships Enter Restricted Waters Around Disputed Island in South China Sea
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Two Chinese ships intruded into the restricted waters of a Taiwan-controlled island in the South China Sea on June 11, Taiwan said. Taiwan’s...