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Hong Kong  —  China has banned exports of some rare earth elements and other items to Japan that could be used for military purposes, straining already tense relations between the two countries following the Japanese prime minister’s recent remarks on Taiwan. The sweeping restrictions on so-called dual-use items – goods, services and technologies that have

The sight of a hostile regional superpower launching an overnight raid to depose the leader of a smaller neighbouring country could easily have sent pulses in Taiwan racing. The US on Saturday revealed the details of a surprise raid to capture Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, who was whisked away to the US, where he was

Jake Kwon,Seoul correspondentand Koh Ewe EPA/Shutterstock Lee Jae Myung took a selfie with Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung has called for a “new phase” in ties with China as he met its leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday. Regional security and lifting Beijing’s unofficial ban on

As US special forces were in the final stages of planning a daring nighttime operation into the heart of the Venezuelan capital, President Nicolás Maduro was posing for photographs with China’s top envoy to Latin America and lavishing praise on Beijing’s leadership. “I thank President Xi Jinping for his continued brotherhood, like an older brother,”