Asia Pacific

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is in China this week as tensions have risen over trade, security, Russia’s war on Ukraine and the Middle East crisis.

Tensions over economic ties are running high, threatening to disrupt a fragile cooperation between the U.S. and China.

ByteDance owns both TikTok and Douyin, and although TikTok has more users around the world, Douyin is the company’s cash cow and a China mainstay.

Also, details of the U.S. aid package to Ukraine and Taylor Swift’s new album.

A series of foot tracks in southeastern China points to the discovery of a giant velociraptor relative, paleontologists suggest in a new study.

That squiggly line through the Pacific where days begin and end has no legal authority and technically doesn’t exist.

Avani Dias said that she had been denied a visa renewal for weeks because of her reporting on the Sikh separatist movement. Indian officials disputed her account.

Resistance soldiers were forced to leave Myawaddy, a key trading center on the border with Thailand, weeks after capturing it.

The secretary of state’s visit comes as Democrats and Republicans are vying to appear tougher on China.

Manufacturers like BYD, Tesla and Li Auto are cutting prices to move their electric cars. For gasoline-powered vehicles, the surplus of factories is even worse.