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Who is Zhang Gaoli? The man at the center of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s #MeToo allegation

November 18, 2021 8:11 PM CNN

CNN By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN Before retiring as vice premier, Zhang Gaoli was the face of China’s organizing efforts ahead of the…

Why wiping out Hong Kong’s opposition may have cost China a whole generation in Taiwan

November 18, 2021 7:25 PM CNN

CNN By Eric Cheung, CNN In just five years, Lin Fei-fan went from charging into Taiwan’s legislature and occupying the building with hundreds…

Pakistan passes anti-rape bill allowing chemical castration of repeat offenders

November 18, 2021 12:30 AM CNN

CNN By Sophia Saifi, CNN Sex offenders convicted of multiple rapes could face chemical castration in Pakistan after lawmakers on Wednesday passed new…

Manny Pacquiao says he’ll jail former allies if he wins Philippine presidency

November 16, 2021 8:34 PM CNN

CNN By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson and Jinky Jorgio, CNN Former boxing champion turned senator, Manny Pacquiao says he will seek corruption charges…

Chinese Communist Party passes landmark resolution celebrating leader Xi Jinping

November 11, 2021 11:01 AM CNN

CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Yong Xiong and Pauline Lockwood, CNN The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has adopted a landmark resolution on the party’s…

‘You’re meant to be in bed!’ — Jacinda Ardern’s toddler interrupts Facebook livestream

November 10, 2021 8:24 AM CNN

CNN By Amy Woodyatt, CNN New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, was faced with unexpected comments as she addressed the nation —…

Xi says China is ready to work with US as Biden meeting planned for next week, source says

November 9, 2021 4:33 AM CNN

CNN By David Culver, Yong Xiong and Nectar Gan, CNN China is ready to manage differences with the United States, the country’s leader Xi…

China is building mock versions of US military ships in the desert

November 8, 2021 11:32 PM CNN

CNN By AnneClaire Stapleton, Hannah Ritchie and Mitch McCluskey, CNN China’s military has constructed mockups in the shape of a US Navy…

Wang Yaping becomes first Chinese woman to complete spacewalk

November 8, 2021 3:15 AM CNN

CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping made history Sunday when she became the country’s first woman to conduct a spacewalk,…

Tonga goes into lockdown days after reporting its first ever Covid case

November 2, 2021 12:41 AM CNN

KOMO, UW MEDICINE, CNN By Helen Regan, CNN The South Pacific island nation of Tonga went into lockdown on Tuesday, following the discovery of the…

She was sold to a stranger so her family could eat as Afghanistan crumbles

November 1, 2021 6:08 PM CNN

CNN By Anna Coren, Jessie Yeung and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Parwana Malik, a 9-year-old girl with dark eyes and rosy cheeks, giggles with her friends…

Three guests were shot dead at a wedding reception in eastern Afghanistan on Friday night

Three wedding guests reportedly shot dead in Afghanistan for playing music at reception

November 1, 2021 12:43 AM CNN

WJAR, CNN By Tim Lister and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Three guests were shot dead at a wedding reception in eastern Afghanistan on Friday night, apparently…

Bangkok police arrest CEO of Thai medical glove company following CNN investigation

October 29, 2021 12:47 PM CNN

CNN, KABC By Kocha Olarn, Tim Lister, Scott McLean and Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN The CEO of a Thai company at the heart of a CNN investigation into…

China submits new ‘disappointing’ emissions pledge to UN

October 28, 2021 11:44 AM CNN

CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN China, the world’s biggest polluter, has made only a small improvement in its emission-cutting plan formally…

US approves $100 million missile defense sale to Taiwan

October 27, 2021 5:25 PM CNN

CNN By Philip Wang The United States has approved the possible sale to Taiwan of military equipment and services, including engineering services to…

Taiwan’s President says the threat from China is increasing ‘every day’ and confirms presence of US military trainers on the island

October 27, 2021 5:25 PM CNN

CNN By Will Ripley, Eric Cheung and Ben Westcott, CNN The leader of Taiwan, the island thrust into the center of rising tensions between the United…

‘We believe nature has a soul’: CNN Hero’s offer of rice inspired people in Bali to collect tons of plastic for recycling

October 27, 2021 11:25 AM CNN

CNN By Laura Klairmont, CNN When the Covid-19 pandemic struck Indonesia’s island of Bali, tourism — the driving economic force in the…

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi testifies in court but a gag order prevents her defense from being made public

October 26, 2021 10:23 PM CNN

CNN By Helen Regan, CNN Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified in court on Tuesday for the first time since she was…

Japan's Princess Mako married her non-royal college sweetheart Kei Komuro

Japan’s Princess Mako marries non-royal boyfriend Kei Komuro in subdued ceremony

October 26, 2021 8:14 AM CNN

CNN By Junko Ogura and Nectar Gan, CNN Japan’s Princess Mako has married her non-royal college sweetheart Kei Komuro in a subdued ceremony,…

Japan’s Princess Mako marries non-royal boyfriend Kei Komuro in subdued ceremony

October 23, 2021 6:09 PM CNN

CNN By Junko Ogura and Nectar Gan, CNN Japan’s Princess Mako has married her non-royal college sweetheart Kei Komuro in a subdued ceremony,…

As regional tensions rise, Japan’s ground troops hold their first military drills in decades

October 22, 2021 6:46 PM CNN

CNN By Blake Essig For the first time in almost 30 years, Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) is conducting a massive nationwide military…

More than 200 deaths reported in India and Nepal following heavy rainfall and flooding

October 22, 2021 5:47 AM CNN

CNN By Esha Mitra, CNN The death toll from flooding and landslides in Nepal rose to 104 on Friday after 27 more deaths were reported since Wednesday…

At least 3 killed, more than 30 injured in gas explosion in northeast China

October 20, 2021 11:20 PM CNN

CNN By Steven Jiang and Nectar Gan, CNN At least three people were killed and more than 30 injured in a powerful explosion at a restaurant in the…

North Korea accuses US and UN of ‘tampering with a dangerous time bomb’

October 20, 2021 11:05 PM CNN

CNN By Yoonjung Seo, Samantha Beech and Philip Wang, CNN North Korea said the United States and the UN Security Council are “tampering with a…

Myanmar to release 5,600 prisoners held for anti-junta protests

October 19, 2021 1:37 AM CNN

CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Myanmar’s junta has freed hundreds of political prisoners, according to state media outlet Global New Light of Myanmar…

North Korea says its latest ballistic missile test was launched from a submarine

October 18, 2021 10:41 PM CNN

CNN By Yoonjung Seo and Ben Westcott, CNN North Korea said it successfully test-fired a new ballistic missile from a submarine on Tuesday, state news…

China denies testing a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile, says it was a spacecraft

October 18, 2021 7:48 PM CNN

CNN By CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Hannah Ritchie China has denied a report that it tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, saying…

Countries in Asia are placing orders for a new drug to treat coronavirus. Poorer nations could miss out again

October 16, 2021 5:56 PM CNN

CNN By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN During the global scramble to secure vaccines, many countries in Asia-Pacific were slow off the mark. This time,…

China denies testing a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile, says it was a spacecraft

October 14, 2021 9:00 PM CNN

CNN By CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Hannah Ritchie China has denied a report that it tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, saying…

At least 46 people killed after fire tears through 13-story residential building in Taiwan

October 14, 2021 5:34 AM CNN

CNN By Eric Cheung, CNN At least 46 people died and dozens were injured after a major fire broke out in a building in southern Taiwan on Thursday,…