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Russian president seeks to rally leaders meeting in South Africa to Moscow’s side by blaming west
Vladimir Putin has defended Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and sought to rally leaders of the to the Kremlin’s side.
In a to the leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa, Putin repeated his earlier unfounded claims that the west was responsible for the war in Ukraine.

Over the years, there has been a boom in direct-to-consumer food brands making high-quality Asian food that is either frozen, microwaveable, or quick to make.

On Tuesday, two boats from the Philippines breached a blockade of Chinese ships to deliver supplies to forces guarding the Second Thomas Shoal in the highly contested South China Sea.

Chinese dissident Kwon Pyong, 35, was arrested after becoming stuck in mudflats near Incheon
A Chinese dissident previously jailed for criticising Xi Jinping has fled to South Korea by jetski, towing barrels of fuel behind him to ensure he completed the long journey.
The man identified by Chinese activist groups as Kwon Pyong, 35, was arrested last Wednesday night after he got stuck in mud flats near Incheon.

Black leaders in Saint Paul, Minnesota said the hiring of an Asian aide to the city's reparations commission showed "total disrespect" to the Black community.

State legislators across the U.S. are introducing a wave of bills aimed at curbing Chinese land ownership near military bases and strategic areas. Bipartisan support: Lawmakers from 33 states have ...

The country’s property crisis is causing damage that requires Xi to make liberal or market reforms
The long days of summer are proving to be rather too long for the government in Beijing. In an attempt to stabilise the faltering real estate market, the authorities announced earlier this week that was underwhelming in scale and intent.
Those who recall the bad old days in which the west was buffeted by successive crises such as those involving Northern Rock, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers will recognise the futility of lower interest rates in stemming systemic problems in real estate and finance when the problem has nothing to do with interest rates being too high. And so it is in contemporary China, where the government is battling to stabilise an unstable economy.

In San Francisco’s Tenderloin chef Joe Hou has a different take. At his restaurant, Tenderheart, a delightful row fried quail parts perched up against each other. A sticky sweet glaze envelopes a ...

Xi was due to address high profile forum in South Africa, but instead his speech was read out by his commerce minister
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, unexpectedly skipped a scheduled speech at a key multilateral business forum in South Africa on Tuesday.
Xi arrived in Johannesburg for the Brics summit on Monday evening on what is only his second international trip this year, after visiting Moscow in March. He was met on the airport tarmac by South African president Cyril Ramaphosa.

Antony Blinken criticises China’s state boarding schools that ‘seek to eliminate Tibet’s distinct linguistic, cultural and religious traditions’
The United States will impose visa sanctions on Chinese officials pursuing “forced assimilation” of children in Tibet, where UN experts say one million children have been separated from their families.
Secretary of state Antony Blinken said the US would restrict visas to Chinese officials behind the policy of state boarding schools, in the latest in a series of US moves on Beijing that comes despite a resumption of high-level dialogue.

"Asian in Ohio," an online exhibit from Toldeo-based Midstory, features stories from Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Arkon, Dayton and Toledo.

The U.S. says a Chinese navy ship cut in front of an American destroyer in the Taiwan Strait, forcing the destroyer to slow down to avoid a collision. June 5, 2023 Philippine security officials have ...