Asia
China’s Zhengzhou, home to world’s largest iPhone factory, ends Covid lockdown
Technology
November 30, 2022
China’s Zhengzhou, home to world’s largest iPhone factory, ends Covid lockdown
Hong Kong CNN Business — The central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, home to the world’s largest iPhone factory, has lifted…
Protests erupt across China in unprecedented challenge to Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy
World
November 27, 2022
Protests erupt across China in unprecedented challenge to Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy
Beijing CNN — Protests erupted across China on Saturday, including at universities and in Shanghai where hundreds chanted “Step down,…
US bans Huawei, ZTE equipment sales amid Chinese spying fears
World
November 27, 2022
US bans Huawei, ZTE equipment sales amid Chinese spying fears
The Biden administration has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE because they pose “an…
North Korea plans ‘world’s most powerful’ nuclear force, Kim Jong Un says
World
November 27, 2022
North Korea plans ‘world’s most powerful’ nuclear force, Kim Jong Un says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is planning to build “the world’s most powerful” nuclear force, state news agency KCNA…
Taiwan’s President billed midterms as all about China. Now she’s resigning as party chief
World
November 27, 2022
Taiwan’s President billed midterms as all about China. Now she’s resigning as party chief
Tainan, Taiwan CNN — Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has resigned as the leader of the island’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party,…
Taiwan votes in local elections billed as message for China and the world
World
November 26, 2022
Taiwan votes in local elections billed as message for China and the world
Polls opened in Taiwan on Saturday in local elections that President Tsai Ing-wen has framed as being about sending a…
China’s Urumqi to ease Covid lockdown amid public anger over deadly fire
World
November 26, 2022
China’s Urumqi to ease Covid lockdown amid public anger over deadly fire
Chinese authorities said Saturday they would lift a months-long Covid lockdown in the country’s far western region of Xinjiang “in…
Apple has a huge problem with its supplier’s iPhone factory in China
World
November 26, 2022
Apple has a huge problem with its supplier’s iPhone factory in China
Hong Kong CNN Business — A violent workers’ revolt at the world’s largest iPhone factory this week in central China…
Qatar signs deal to supply gas to China for 27 years
Middle East
November 21, 2022
Qatar signs deal to supply gas to China for 27 years
QatarEnergy chief Saad al-Kaabi told Reuters on Monday the firm signed a 27-year sales and purchase agreement with China’s Sinopec,…
Malaysia faces hung parliament for first time in history
World
November 20, 2022
Malaysia faces hung parliament for first time in history
CNN — Malaysia is facing a hung parliament for the first time in its political history, after a divisive, tightly-contested…