Asia

Xi Jinping is in a good position to break norms and continue to lead China

4:31pm November 11, 2021

by John Ruwitch

In China, leadership has concluded a four-day meeting that endorsed Xi Jinping's vision for the country and signed off on a reassessment of the party's 100-year history.

Pro-democracy activists (right) hold placards with the picture of Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan as they march to the Chinese central government's liaison office in Hong Kong in Dec. 2020.

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A citizen journalist who shined a light on the pandemic in Wuhan may die in prison

10:44am November 11, 2021

"If she does not make it past the coming winter, I hope the world will remember her as she once was," Zhang Zhan's brother said. She posted videos of Wuhan in the early days of the pandemic.

At the U.N. climate talks, China and the U.S. pledge to increase cooperation

6:21am November 11, 2021

by Emily Feng

The U.S. and China say they'll work together to limit methane emissions. Environmental experts say the agreement has more significance for geopolitics than it does for climate change.

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In Afghanistan, the threat of widespread famine looms as drought and hunger continues

4:56pm November 10, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with reporter Jane Ferguson from PBS Newshour about her recent trip into Afghanistan.

Myanmar's military escalates its campaign to eliminate resistance

5:20am November 10, 2021

by Michael Sullivan

In Myanmar, resistance to the military's February coup is increasing. So is the military's brutal effort to squash it, as Myanmar slides further into chaos.

What President Xi Jinping's absence from COP26 indicates for China's climate pledges

4:18pm November 09, 2021

Chinese President Xi Jinping is not attending COP26 in person. Climate analysts and activists weigh in on what his absence means for the climate pledges made by one of the top carbon-emitting nations.

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People in Singapore mask up to take a mass rapid transit train on Friday. Singapore has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world. As of Sunday, 85% of its population was fully vaccinated.

Singapore will stop covering the medical bills of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients

3:10pm November 09, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Singapore's government will stop covering the cost of COVID-19 treatment for those who are "unvaccinated by choice" next month, citing the strain they are placing on its health care system.

News brief: Jan. 6 subpoenas, Supreme Court preview, India's climate challenge

6:44am November 09, 2021

The Jan. 6 House panel issues more subpoenas for ex-Trump officials. A look at two cases before the Supreme Court Tuesday. And, India's rapid development has left it with many environmental issues.

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India's environmental issues have been made worse by global warming

5:57am November 09, 2021

Unusually heavy rains. Toxic smog. A poisoned river in the capital New Delhi. India's rapid development has left it with many environmental challenges, on top of erratic weather from climate change.

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What the U.S. can learn from China's response to COVID infections

4:59pm November 08, 2021

While China tries to stamp out COVID-19 infections as soon as they pop up, the U.S. has a much more laissez-faire approach of learning to live with the virus, even if it means a thousand deaths a day.

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