Lily Kuo

• Asia

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin visited China promising increased trade, but beyond energy and machinery, the scope may be limited.

• War in Ukraine

The Pentagon said it did not approve any transfers of equipment to paramilitary organizations outside the Ukrainian military.

• Asia

As immunity from the last big wave of infections wanes with the new XBB coronavirus variants, China braces for a new surge of covid cases.

• Asia

Covid has given rise to a new business in China: hospital escort services for elderly patients whose children are far away or busy working.

• Asia

Relations between Washington and Beijing hit new lows with the balloon incident, but there are signs that Chinese officials might be interested in talking again.

• Asia

The meeting with the U.S. ambassador could lead to more senior-level exchanges after high-level contacts were frozen with the discovery of a suspected Chinese spy balloon floating over the United States.

• Asia

Chinese security ministry has been linked to an influence campaign aimed at casting the United States as an irresponsible cyber power, according to a new report.

• Asia

Dong Yuyu, a former Harvard University journalism fellow, was detained in February, in the latest sign of how boundaries are being redrawn in Xi Jinping’s China.

• Asia

Chinese companies planning to invest in the United States are also expressing worry that they might face similar treatment as Shou Zi Chew.