A violent attack on a Vietnamese fishing boat tests Hanoi’s muted but resolute approach to China’s aggression in the South China Sea. By Damien Cave Photographs and Video by Linh Pham Damien Cave, who recently established The Times’s first bureau in Vietnam since the Vietnam War, reported this article from the south-central part of the country. “Nguyen …
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By Oriana Skylar Mastro, July 27 ish, Ms. Mastro is an expert on Chinese politics and military policy. “Over the past 15 years, China has expanded its once-minimal military presence in the South China Sea into a significant one. Beijing has laid claim to nearly all of the strategic waterway, a vital shipping lifeline for the …
China has been considered relatively progressive on juvenile justice. But several high-profile killings have prompted calls for the law to come down more harshly on minors. By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing June 26, 2024, 12:43 a.m. ET For nearly two years, Gong Junli has been waiting. Since his 8-year-old daughter, Xinyue, was stabbed multiple times and …
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Credit…Illustration by Linda Huang; source photograph by Tsering Dorje By Ian Johnson Mr. Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent two decades in China. 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 “In 1959, a group of university students in the northwestern Chinese city of Tianshui embarked on a quixotic plan. China was in the midst of the Great Famine, a catastrophe …
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Business groups chronicle the difficult environment inside China for U.S. and European companies navigating confusing regulations and an intensified security focus. By Keith Bradsher and Alexandra Stevenson Keith Bradsher reported from Beijing and Alexandra Stevenson from Hong Kong. Sept. 19, 2023, 9:06 a.m. ET Sign up for Your Places: Global Update. All the latest news for any part of the …
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Defying U.S. sanctions, a Vietnamese government document lays out a plan to buy Russian weapons, which officials see as a way to upgrade its military as a hedge against China. By Hannah Beech Sept. 9, 2023 Sign up for The Interpreter newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Original analysis on the week’s biggest global stories, from columnist Amanda …
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July 6, 2023 By Ryan Hass Mr. Hass was an adviser to President Barack Obama on China policy. “When Xi Jinping ascended to the pinnacle of Chinese power a decade ago, he saw Vladimir Putin as a strong leader who shared his hostility to the Western-dominated international system. They bonded over mutual paranoia about threats to …
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It’s widely discussed in China: Employers don’t want you after 35. Some job listings say it plainly, leaving a generation of prime-age workers feeling defeated. By Li Yuan June 28, 2023Updated 4:21 a.m. ET “When Sean Liang turned 30, he started thinking of the Curse of 35 — the widespread belief in China that white-collar workers like …
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Deeply disturbed by the accounting of American deceit in Vietnam, he approached The New York Times. The disclosures that followed rocked the nation. By Robert D. McFadden June 16, 2023 “Daniel Ellsberg, a military analyst who after experiencing a sobbing antiwar epiphany on a bathroom floor made the momentous decision in 1971 to disclose a secret …
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The president who declared “the battle between democracy and autocracy” to be the defining struggle of his time has concluded that he needs to accept some imperfect but important friends. By Peter Baker and Mujib Mashal Peter Baker reported from Washington, and Mujib Mashal from New Delhi. June 21, 2023, 5:01 a.m. ET “President Biden has declared “the battle …
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