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    China

  • China's push to bolster social insurance schemes draws online backlash
    China's efforts to boost contributions to its welfare system have drawn a backlash on social media, with users demanding better jobs and higher wages first, highlighting the challenges Beijing faces as it takes steps to restructure its export-reliant economy.The plans aim to expand participation in social insurance schemes, including pensions... Read more »
    Source: China | Published: October 20, 2026 - 8:12 am
  • The fake commute: How China's unemployed save face
    BEIJING/HONG KONG — A photo of a home-cooked lunch almost exposed Coco Li's secret.The 32-year-old, a former employee of a Chinese state-owned property firm, had been about to share it in her family group chat before catching herself. Her mother might ask why she wasn't at work.Li is one of... Read more »
    Source: China | Published: October 20, 2026 - 7:58 am
  • China sends naval forces to monitor US warship near disputed shoal
    BEIJING — China's military said on Tuesday (Oct 20) it had sent forces to watch a US warship that "illegally" entered waters around a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, while further north in the waterway, Taiwan reported a standoff with a Chinese ship.China views almost all of the... Read more »
    Source: China | Published: October 20, 2026 - 6:12 am
  • Beijing's population expected to become super-aged by 2035
    BEIJING — The Chinese capital Beijing is expected to become "super-aged" by 2035, with around one-third of its population aged 60 and above, the official Beijing Daily reported.Chinese policymakers have made population planning a key part of the country's economic strategy, and this year the government faces a total potential... Read more »
    Source: China | Published: October 19, 2026 - 6:16 am
  • China's Q3 GDP growth set to pick up as exports power ahead
    BEIJING — China's economy likely sped up slightly in the third quarter from a more than three-year low, helped by hot demand for the country's technological goods and fresh policy support, but further stimulus may be needed to sustain the momentum.Beijing has leaned heavily on exports for growth this year,... Read more »
    Source: China | Published: October 19, 2026 - 1:57 am
  • China kindergarten owner jailed for life after hundreds of kids poisoned by lead in food
    A kindergarten operator in China has been sentenced to life in prison after more than 200 children were found to have been poisoned by lead in their food.Chinese state media reported that Li Huifang, who operated the Heshi Peixin Kindergarten in Gangsu, was handed the sentence by the Lanzhou Intermediate... Read more »
    Source: China | Published: October 18, 2026 - 10:30 pm
  • China proposes export controls on solar-manufacturing technologies
    BEIJING - China has proposed export controls on 12 technologies used to make solar equipment, citing national security concerns, as part of a broader revision that also covers AI and biotechnology.The ministry of commerce proposed adding the photovoltaic technologies to China's export-control list, it said in a statement on Friday... Read more »
    Source: China | Published: October 18, 2026 - 9:05 am
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    Asia

  • Hyrox or not? Macau fitness group admits it has no ties to global brand — but its lookalike race is still on
    MACAU — It has the Hyrox name, an 8km run and eight workout stations — but there is one rather important catch.A Macau fitness group calling itself the Hyrox Association of Macau has admitted it has no official connection to the global fitness phenomenon, after the brand stepped in over... Read more »
    Source: Asia | Published: October 20, 2026 - 9:37 am
  • Indonesia's burned land doubles in September as fires rage, data shows
    JAKARTA — The size of land burned in Indonesia in September was double the area from a month earlier, according to a deforestation monitor, as the country battles fierce wildfires that have caused air pollution, respiratory problems and transboundary haze.Indonesia's cumulative burned area was 895,650 hectares in August, but that... Read more »
    Source: Asia | Published: October 20, 2026 - 9:04 am
  • South Korea to pull more Ukraine embassy staff after POW dispute
    SEOUL — South Korea will withdraw additional embassy personnel from Ukraine following Kyiv's lack of "constructive response" in a dispute about North Korean prisoners of war, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday (Oct 20).South Korea recalled its ambassador this month after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the UN General Assembly that... Read more »
    Source: Asia | Published: October 20, 2026 - 8:54 am
  • Thailand cabinet approves $400m flood relief, official says
    BANGKOK — Thailand's cabinet has approved 10.5 billion baht (S$400 million) in flood relief, alongside other measures including debt-payment suspensions and soft loans, government officials said on Tuesday (Oct 20).The government had previously paid more than five billion baht in flood assistance, government spokesperson Ekkapob Pianpises told a briefingThe cabinet... Read more »
    Source: Asia | Published: October 20, 2026 - 8:26 am
  • Singapore, Qatar to elevate ties to Strategic Partnership; renew energy cooperation pact
    Singapore and Qatar have agreed to work towards elevating bilateral ties to a Strategic Partnership, as leaders from both countries met in Doha on Monday (Oct 19) for the ninth Qatar-Singapore High-Level Joint Committee (HLJC).If realised, the partnership will make Qatar Singapore's second Strategic Partner in the Middle East and... Read more »
    Source: Asia | Published: October 20, 2026 - 6:45 am
  • Indonesia to deploy more than 9,000 security officers at protests marking Prabowo's 2 years in power
    JAKARTA - More than 9,000 Indonesian police officers will be deployed in the capital Jakarta on Tuesday (Oct 20) to handle protests marking President Prabowo Subianto's two years in office, authorities said, after polls showed his popularity was on the wane.Students from at least two universities will stage protests in... Read more »
    Source: Asia | Published: October 20, 2026 - 6:12 am
  • Declared dead: Indian voters fight to get back on electoral rolls
    NEW DELHI — Kamta Prasad has been shuttling between government offices in Delhi trying to prove he is not dead.The 53-year-old tailor is among 130 million names removed from India's electoral rolls under a voter roll revision that has sparked mass protests and posed the biggest challenge to Prime Minister... Read more »
    Source: Asia | Published: October 20, 2026 - 5:56 am
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