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Asia
From the Archives, 1995: Tom Uren, witness to Nagasaki
Tom Uren was being held captive as a POW near the Japanese city on August 9, 1945, the day it was devastated by an atomic bomb.
- by Ben Hills
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China
In Beidaihe, a Chinese Communist beach party bummer
The seaside town Mao made famous is grappling with the economic reality of the coronavirus and the political challenges facing its leaders.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Sanghee Liu
Courts
China sentences second Canadian to death on drug charges in two days
China has sentenced a fourth Canadian citizen to death on drug charges in less than two years following a sharp downturn in ties over the arrest of an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei.
CCP influence
China warns Japan a TikTok ban would affect relations: report
A group of Japanese lawmakers has decided to push for steps to restrict the app over concerns data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government.
- by Kiyoshi Takenaka
Trade wars
Outrage in China as Trump bans TikTok and WeChat
The fallout between the superpowers threatens to directly affect the lives of millions of Chinese citizens in China and around the world.
- by Sophia Yan
Aviation
Air India Express COVID-19 repatriation plane crashes in Kerala
The Boeing-737 flight from Dubai was flying home Indians who had been stranded overseas due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Carrie Lam
US imposes sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam
The United States says Beijing's imposition of draconian national security legislation has undermined Hong Kong's autonomy.
- by David Brunnstrom and Daphne Psaledakis
Coronavirus Pandemic Live
India suffers record jump in COVID-19 cases to pass 2 million mark
It is the third nation to pass that unwanted milestone, lagging behind only the United States and Brazil.
- by Anuron Kumar Mitra and Shilpa Jamkhandikar
World elections
Landslide victory hands Rajapaksa brothers control of Parliament
The results could enable them to change the constitution and strengthen dynastic rule.
- by KRISHAN FRANCIS and Arjuna Ranawana
Analysis
China relations
Why the US ban on WeChat is a much bigger deal than TikTok
In China, they call it the "app for everything" and on Friday AEST, US President Donald Trump banned it.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Hong Kong protests
Joshua Wong files court challenge to 2019 election disqualification
Authorities said his candidacy contravened electoral laws that bar "advocating or promoting self-determination"
- by Joyce Zhou and Carol Mang