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Harvard University admitted a record number of Asian American students to its class of 2027, a move experts are wary of celebrating given the drop in admissions of most other minority groups.

Hasegawa, who serves as the executive director of the state’s Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs, pointed to the state’s position as a point of entry for many of these community members, as ...

Prohibition of Chinese social media app follows similar bans in other western countries
The Australian government has banned the use of Chinese social media app TikTok on government devices, following similar bans in other western countries.
The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, said he had authorised the secretary of his department to issue a mandatory direction to prohibit the TikTok app on devices issued by commonwealth departments and agencies.

China is the largest meat market. The country consumed almost 100 million tons in 2021 (OECD). This represents 27% of the world's total and twice the U.S. amount. Pork is ...

Guardian correspondents look at the buildup of tensions across the region, from North Korea to the Pacific islands
Global militarisation has increased rapidly over the course of the 21st century, with a clear recalibration towards the Asia Pacific. Between 2000 and 2021, annual military spending increased from $1.12trn (in 2020 dollar terms) to $2.11trn. In that time, the share of global defence spending in Asia and Oceania increased from 18% to 28%, according to data compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Growing concerns over China, whose defence spending has increased steadily for nearly three decades, has fuelled an arms race across the region, upending decades-long regional conventions and revealing several potential flashpoints.

Taipei’s 13 allies cite differing reasons for choosing it over China as Beijing intensifies efforts to diplomatically isolate the island
Outside an unmarked building on the banks of a Taipei river, 14 flags usually fly, one for each of Taiwan’s allies. But last week, the flag of Honduras was removed from the site, which houses diplomatic outposts. Now, just 13 remain.
The standard came down after Xiomara Castro, the president of Honduras, announced on Twitter she was making good on promises made during her campaign to and ally with China.

China previously warned McCarthy he is ‘playing with fire’ over the meeting and risks ‘serious confrontation’
Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen will meet with US House speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, the Republican’s office has confirmed, in defiance of warnings from Beijing that such a meeting would be a “provocation”.
Tsai is scheduled to make a stopover in California after state visits to Belize and Guatemala, Taiwan’s last remaining Central American diplomatic allies. McCarthy’s office said on Monday the “bipartisan” meeting would take place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, outside Los Angeles.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are requesting classified and unclassified documents from the Department of Homeland Security that reveal potential security vulnerabilities from dozens of Chinese-made ...

The spy balloon made multiple passes over some key locations and was able to send Beijing the information it gathered instantaneously.