Dec 03 Watch 5:36 Why production of Apple iPhones has been moving from China to India By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery Apple’s new iPhone 15 is already looking like one of the hottest, in-demand items this holiday season. But several factors like shifting supply chains, labor disputes and geopolitics are combining to keep the smartphone hard to find. Nilesh Christopher, the… Continue watching
Nov 27 China says known, not novel, pathogens driving national surge in respiratory infections By Associated Press The WHO earlier this week requested that China provide information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children, as mentioned by media reports and a global infectious disease monitoring service. Continue reading
Nov 26 South Korea, Japan and China agree to restart trilateral summits after yearslong pause By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press Meeting for the first time in about four years, the top diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China agreed Sunday to revive cooperation among the Asian neighbors and resume their leaders’ trilateral summit — but without a specific timing. Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch 8:03 Southeast Asia flooded with imported plastic waste meant for recycling By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sarah Clune Hartman, Simeon Lancaster Last year, the U.S. exported more than 950 million tons of plastic waste meant for recycling and a significant portion of that ended up in Southeast Asia. The region has been inundated with plastic scrap after China blocked all but… Continue watching
Nov 20 China hosts Arab and Muslim foreign ministers to discuss ending the Israel-Hamas war By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press China’s top diplomat welcomed four Arab foreign ministers and the Indonesian one to Beijing on Monday, saying his country would work with “our brothers and sisters" in the Arab and Islamic world to try to end the war in Gaza… Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch 8:23 Biden pushes for stable U.S. relationship with China during summit with Xi By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Teresa Cebrián Aranda and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow Wednesday in San Francisco, President Biden met face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the first time in a year. The two leaders are announcing agreements on military communication and a crackdown on the Chinese chemicals used to make fentanyl. Continue watching
Nov 15 WATCH: Biden speaks on Israel-Hamas war after meeting with China’s Xi Jinping By Associated Press Biden says he believes Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza will only stop once the militant group’s ability to kill and injure Israelis is degraded, even as he said he was urging Israel to exercise caution. Continue reading
Nov 15 WATCH: Biden meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at APEC meeting By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Both sides pledged cooperation that would bring the U.S and China closer to resuming regular talks under what’s known as the Military Maritime Consultative Agreement, which until 2020 had been used to improve safety in the air and on the… Continue reading
Nov 13 WATCH: Biden hails ‘new era’ of ties between U.S. and Indonesia By Chris Megerian, Josh Boak, Associated Press President Joe Biden and Indonesian President Joko Widodo have formalized closer ties between their countries at the White House. Indonesia is the world's third largest democracy and a heavyweight player in Southeast Asia. Continue reading
Nov 13 WATCH: White House hopes Biden-Xi meeting brings progress on military communications, fentanyl fight By Colleen Long, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press U.S. officials expressed hope Monday that this week's highly anticipated face-to-face meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will produce some concrete results. Continue reading