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Joseph Wu backs Chinese protesters but says Beijing ‘might try to create external crisis to divert domestic attention’
Taiwan’s foreign minister has backed China’s anti-Covid protesters but also expressed concerns that Beijing could seek to scapegoat Taiwan if demonstrations restarted.
Joseph Wu said Taiwan stood alongside other democracies in calling for China to “respect basic human rights” regarding the that spread across China last week and the swift police response to close in on those involved.

Apple's planning to source chips from TSMC's Arizona plant, as the tech giant navigates geopolitical tensions and China's strict COVID-19 measures.

António Guterres calls for end to destruction of nature as Canada pushes proposal to protect 30% of Earth
Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction and governments must end the “orgy of destruction”, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, has said at the beginning of the biodiversity Cop15.
“We are out of harmony with nature. In fact, we are playing an entirely different song. Around the world, for hundreds of years, we have conducted a cacophony of chaos, played with instruments of destruction. Deforestation and desertification are creating wastelands of once-thriving ecosystems,” he said.

Xi Jinping’s trip, which will include three regional summits, aims to deepen a relationship with Gulf States that has grown far beyond oil.

BayaniPay, a financial service for global professionals, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding from East West Bank, Wavemaker Partners and Talino Venture Labs.

To go from that, to now being in House leadership in the Democratic caucus,” Lieu said, shows “the durability of the American dream.” His arc is also somewhat of a metaphor for a larger phenomenon ...

Key Takeaways U.S.-person personnel at Chinese chip manufacturers are in a precarious position. New rules limit what activities those persons may undertake with respect to their work.

It’s actually more of a recognition by my colleagues of the growing importance of the Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities,” Lieu said.

“It’s actually more of a recognition by my colleagues of the growing importance of the Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities,” Lieu said.

Footage shows large protest at Nanjing Tech University, as rules persist despite steps to ease zero-Covid policy
Students at a university in eastern China have staged a protest against a Covid lockdown as many in the country remain under some form of restrictions despite government steps to ease its zero-Covid policy.
Videos posted on on Tuesday show large numbers of students protesting at Nanjing Tech University on Monday night, as they were placed under lockdown after one positive case was found. The Guardian phoned the university for confirmation but calls went unanswered. The posts had been geolocated by AFP and Reuters.

Paying tribute to President Jiang Zemin, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, urged the nation to rally around himself, a week after protests tested his authority.

In the Bay Area over the past week, hundreds of Chinese international students and others attended solidarity vigils in Stanford, Berkeley and San Jose.