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China: US cabinet visit to Taiwan 'endangering peace’

China: US cabinet visit to Taiwan 'endangering peace’
The United States announced Wednesday its highest-level visit to Taiwan since it switched diplomatic recognition to China in 1979, a move Beijing blasted as a threat to "peace and stability".
Thai police summon protest leaders for breaching coronavirus emergency law
Thai police summoned five organizers of student-led protests against the government, saying they had violated a coronavirus emergency decree that forbids large gatherings, police told Reuters on Wednesday
Indian man attempts to break Guinness World Record by solving most Rubik’s cubes underwater
25-year-old Illayaram Sekar has attempted to break the Guinness World Record of solving most Rubik’s cubes underwater in a single breath.
The new poor post-pandemic: Time for cushioning the most vulnerable in Southeast Asia
By Kaveh Zahedi & Van Nguyen*
China pursues economic self-reliance as external risks grow
China is looking to reduce its reliance on overseas markets and technology for its economic development, government advisers say, as US hostility and a global pandemic increase external risks that could hamper longer-term progress.
Iran, China hold online forum on Sinology development and post-pandemic culture
A virtual forum titled ‘China-Iran Sinology Development and Culture after the COVID-19 Pandemic’ was held on Tuesday in the presence of experts from both countries.
Attaché: Culture, art promote ‎stable relations between Iran, Japan
Arts & Culture Desk
China accuses US of 'outright bullying' over TikTok
China accused the United States on Tuesday of "outright bullying" over popular video app TikTok, after President Donald Trump ramped up pressure for its US operations to be sold to an American company.
Thai PM asks student protesters 'not to create chaos'
Thailand’s prime minister on Tuesday asked increasingly bold student-led protesters “not to create chaos” after some broke longstanding taboos by openly calling for reform of the constitutional monarchy.
UN report says North Korea has 'probably' developed nuclear devices to fit ballistic missiles
North Korea is pressing on with its nuclear weapons program and several countries believe it has "probably developed miniaturized nuclear devices to fit into the warheads of its ballistic missiles," according to a confidential UN report.