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The decision to bar a Chinese-owned firm from acquiring a domestic semiconductor maker comes as Germany reappraises ties to its giant trading partner.

Li started a nonprofit organization called Very Asian Foundation, where she works to amplify and expand Asian stories and experiences through representation and inclusion.

Mélanie Joly hints at new Indo-Pacific strategy and asks firms to be clear-eyed in business with China
’s foreign minister, Mélanie Joly, has said China has become “increasingly disruptive” on the world stage as she hinted in a speech at a new Indo-Pacific strategy expected to be released this month.
Her comments come ahead of several summits that Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, is to attend, including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Cambodia, the G20 in Indonesia, and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in Thailand.

Companies, investors and global policymakers are trying to divine when the Chinese government will drop its strict restrictions. It comes down to one man: the country’s top leader, Xi Jinping.

President says China in an ‘unstable and uncertain’ security situation amid tensions over Taiwan
Xi Jinping has told the People’s Liberation Army to “focus all its energy on fighting” in preparation for war, a Chinese Communist party mouthpiece has reported.
Pictures of Xi, who recently secured a third term as party leader, in his army uniform during a visit to a command centre featured prominently on the front page of the People’s Daily on Wednesday.

Senior Communist party official jailed over Tiananmen democracy movement became one of party’s most vociferous critics
Bao Tong, the most senior Chinese Communist party official jailed over the , has died four days after his 90th birthday.
The former top aide of the , a sympathiser of the student-led movement that was crushed by the military in 1989, died early on Wednesday morning in Beijing, his son Bao Pu said in a brief Twitter post.

US-China relations hit new low this year after Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, over which China claims sovereignty
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China’s top climate official has said the US must take responsibility for any reconciliation between the two countries at the , calling on the US to “clear the barriers” to talks.
, the climate envoy for China, said he had met John Kerry, the US special presidential envoy for climate, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where governments and world leaders have gathered for a fortnight of talks on the climate crisis.

Ever since I came to this country in 1972, I’ve never stopped being excited for the promise of America. I will never stop fighting to make sure that promise is available to everyone,” she tweeted ...

The Asian population grew 31% in Bergen County over the course of a decade. According to the 2022 Asian American Voter Survey by APIA Vote, more than two-thirds of registered Asian Americans surveyed ...

Both the Bexar County Judge and the San Antonio mayor will be Asian American. Mayor Ron Nirenberg is part Filipino, and Sakai is Japanese. After easily topping Republican Trish DeBerry with 57 percent ...

Tran, who worked at City Hall for more than a decade before departing three years ago for West Covina, stands to become the first Asian American mayor of San Bernardino and only the third female to ...

Ji-Young, the first Asian-American muppet on "Sesame Street," has been sharing different types of Korean food on the children's television show.