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For the first time in history, President Joe Biden has formally designated a week to honor educational institutions that serve Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students.

Several senior officials have conspicuously vanished. But it is ordinary people, especially Uyghurs, who are most vulnerable
In 1971, Lin Biao, hailed by China as Mao Zedong’s successor, fell from grace, fled the country and . Despite his prominence, it was weeks before the public was told of his death, and months before any explanation was offered. The recent spate of disappearances from China’s top echelons is hardly as seismic. They have happened in calmer political waters, far from the Cultural Revolution’s turmoil. But they speak to the way that politics still operates in Beijing. The glaring absences of senior officials are eventually followed by a belated narrative of their downfall in the rumour mill and then state media.
When Qin Gang, the foreign minister, from public view in June, it was particularly conspicuous given his diplomatic role. It was almost a month before authorities that he had been removed from his post. A few weeks later, China’s defence minister, also at scheduled meetings with foreign officials. Reuters has reported that he is being investigated over corruption in military procurement. The two most senior generals overseeing nuclear and conventional land-based missiles had at the beginning of August. One was taken away by corruption investigators.

Lawlessness and random violent attacks across American cities – forcing stores to close and city officials to confront the problem – could become a key issue in 2024 and hurt the Biden campaign’s ...

Dorothy Chan and Jisu Kim, who make up Asian-American musical duo Sundial, talk to the Post about making mistakes, Covid-19, touching people with their music and the time they got matching tattoos.

For the first time in history, President Joe Biden has formally designated a week to honor educational institutions that serve Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students.

Chinese hackers who subverted Microsoft's email platform earlier this year managed to steal tens of thousands of emails from U.S. State Department accounts, a Senate staffer told Reuters on Wednesday.

Rabbinical authorities have long debated the authenticity of Asian etrogs — even though the fruit originated in southwest China.

Chinese ownership of American farmland and businesses is a hot political issue, but a panel of witnesses at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing today said that finding a way to restrict China’s ...

Australia is willing to turn a blind eye to alleged human rights abuses in West Papua because alienating Indonesia is not worth the risk as China jostles for regional influence
As reported by the Guardian, Australia is seeking to strengthen its defence relationship with Indonesia, by the Indonesian military in West Papua.
As tens of thousands of West Papuan civilians are turned into refugees in their own land and innocents are allegedly tortured and gunned down by Indonesian soldiers, Australia is embarking on further training and support for the Indonesian military and its counter-terrorism police.

Manasseh Sogavare hits out at US after skipping Biden summit as $200m in funding for Pacific nations draws criticism for ‘trying to play catch up’
The prime minister of Solomon Islands has criticised Washington, saying the US must respect Pacific leaders, after Joe Biden pledged $200m for the region in an effort widely seen as a push against China’s growing presence.
Biden in Washington this week, after a similar meeting a year earlier.

Another missed bond payment raises doubts over future of world’s most indebted property developer
The chair of China’s Evergrande Group has reportedly been put under police surveillance as another missed bond payment casts further doubt over the future of the world’s most indebted property developer.
Hui Ka Yan, who founded Evergrande in 1996, was taken away earlier this month and is being monitored at a designated location, according to Bloomberg.

Pvt. Travis King, the American soldier who crossed into North Korea in July, is en route to the U.S. after a clandestine journey across the border to China and then home to the United States, U.S.