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Defence secretary’s trip to Asia shows the Trump administration is engaged with the region, but analysts warn Taipei to tread carefully
On Tuesday China’s military , sending ships, planes and some bizarre propaganda videos across the strait to both warn and punish Taiwan’s government over what Beijing calls “separatist activity”.
The purported provocation was recent assertiveness by Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, who in March designated China a and announced 17 measures to counter its espionage and influence operations.

Police in London say PhD student Zhenhao Zou's "offending group is far greater" than they had realised.

London PhD student convicted of 10 rapes may have 60 more victims, force fears
More than 20 women have contacted police to say they fear they may have been attacked by with detectives fearing there may be even more victims to come.
Zou, 28, was convicted last month of raping three women in London and seven in China between 2019 and 2024.

The number of Chinese immigrants entering the U.S. They don’t always have to go far to cross American borders.

Anna Wong had gone her entire adulthood in Los Angeles without ever facing blatantly racist abuse for being Asian. After COVID-19 hit, she was accosted twice in six months.

Conservative party leader says she believes show ‘is based on real story’, a claim described as wholly untrue by writer and co-creator of series
Richard Hughes, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, is giving evidence to the Treasury committee. There is a live feed
Hughes started by telling the committee that he wrote to the chancellor earlier this year to say that, when his five-year term ends later this year, he would like to have a second term in office.
We are of course negotiating an economic deal which will, I hope … mitigate the tariffs.
The US is our closest ally. Our defence, our security, our intelligence are bound up in a way that no two other countries are.
So it’s obviously in our national interest to have a close working relationship with the US, which we’ve had for decades, and I want to ensure we have for decades to come.
We are obviously working with the sectors most impacted at pace on that.
Nobody wants to see a trade war but I have to act in the national interests.

President Trump’s policies are straining trade ties and challenging a long-held truth in China about the centrality of the U.S. market.

Tony Lee appointed as head of LADA's Bureau of Investigation, marking a historic first for Asian American leadership in the unit.

Exclusive: Interviews with influencers who usually post about food or real estate published on platform, which officially discourages political content
Chinese-language influencers who mostly post lifestyle content are interviewing election candidates on the social media app Rednote, allowing politicians to bypass an apparent “shadow ban” on campaigning by the app and reach a disengaged but vital audience.
The interviews with influencers who usually post about food, real estate and shopping have been published on a platform that is not actively monitored by the Australian Electoral Commission due to Rednote’s scale and the commission’s resources.

K.W. Lee, a groundbreaking Korean American journalist often referred to as the “godfather of Asian American journalism,” passed away last month on March 8, at the age of 96.

Former colleagues and friends of former Sacramento Union investigative reporter K.W. Lee remember his trailblazing life and distinguished career.

The death of a crew member on a Chinese-owned trawler in the Indian Ocean illustrates the lack of accountability in the seafood industry, say advocates
Ricky* was one of the first to see his crewmate’s dead body. It was 2023 and he was six months into a stint at sea, working on a longline tuna boat in the Indian Ocean for $480 a month. The crew were mostly Indonesian, like Ricky, or Chinese, like the captain and owners of the boat.
In the days leading up to Ricky’s crewmate’s death, the 29-year-old Indonesian, referred to as YK, had been increasingly depressed onboard, repeatedly asking to be sent home. The captain had refused, says Ricky, who says he saw YK attack the captain.