US adds Chinese genetics firms to trade blacklist over surveillance allegations | CNN Business
Atlanta/Hong Kong CNN — The United States on Thursday added two subsidiaries of Chinese genetics company BGI to a trade...
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Putin ally Lukashenko and Chinese leader Xi Jinping vow to deepen defense ties | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko – a close ally of Vladimir Putin...
Grand test for Indian diplomacy as American, Chinese and Russian ministers meet in Delhi | CNN
New Delhi CNN — Foreign ministers from the world’s biggest economies have convened in New Delhi, setting the stage for...
The heavily armed DMZ separating North and South Korea has become a wildlife haven | CNN
CNN — Between North and South Korea lies the demilitarized zone (DMZ), one of the world’s most heavily armed borders....
US plans to expand training of Taiwanese forces | CNN Politics
CNN — The US is planning to increase the number of US troops training Taiwanese forces on the self-governing island...
Kim’s sister makes ‘shooting range’ threat as North Korea tests more missiles | CNN
Seoul/Tokyo CNN — North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula early...
Blinken says US has ‘no doubt’ China was conducting surveillance with balloon | CNN Politics
Washington CNN — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made clear that the US has no doubt China was seeking...
History repeats itself with anti-China land ownership proposals | CNN Politics
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Uncontacted tribes and an Indian military base. Did a ‘spy’ balloon snoop on the Andaman and Nicobar islands? | CNN
CNN — When a strange white sphere appeared in the skies above the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in January 2022,...
Isolated Iran finds ally China reluctant to extend it a lifeline | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside...
China’s property crash is prompting banks to offer mortgages to 70-year-olds | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — The property market in China is so depressed that some banks are resorting to drastic measures,...
Top Chinese investment banker Bao Fan is latest CEO to go missing | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — One of China’s top investment bankers has become unreachable, according to his company. China Renaissance, an...
China sanctions Lockheed, Raytheon after vowing to retaliate against US restrictions | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — China has imposed sanctions on two American defense manufacturers over arms sales to Taiwan, a day...
US restricts 6 Chinese companies tied to airships and balloons | CNN Business
CNN — The US Commerce Department is restricting six Chinese companies tied to the Chinese army’s aerospace programs from obtaining...
A gibbon who lived alone in her cage had a baby. Japanese zookeepers finally know how | CNN
CNN — Japanese zookeepers believe they have solved the mystery of how a gibbon became pregnant despite living alone in...
BTS agency HYBE buys stake in its K-pop rival | CNN Business
Seoul/Hong Kong CNN — HYBE, the management agency behind superstar boy band BTS, will become the biggest shareholder of its...
More US firms in Taiwan say they’re seeing ‘significant disruption’ due to rising tension with China | CNN Business
Taipei CNN — The number of companies in Taiwan saying they’re experiencing business disruptions due to rising tensions between Taipei...
China to offer free fertility treatment in bid to boost record low birth rate | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — China is planning to offer free fertility treatment to citizens under its national insurance scheme in...
Chinese savers stashed away $2.6 trillion last year but property crash will cool ‘revenge spending’ | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — Even for a famously frugal nation, Chinese people saved a lot last year. Stuck at home...
Hong Kong and Macao will fully reopen borders with mainland China | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — China will fully reopen borders with its special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao next...
