Taiwan carries out a military drill which is designed to mimic a potential invasion by China.

The recent crackdown in Hong Kong has shown how aggressive and impatient China has become with its autonomous territories, writes Asia Correspondent Debi Edward.

Hong Kong today, Taiwan tomorrow? Drills show China's threat is felt in Taipei

For the first time we are finding people unwilling to speak to us on camera in Hong Kong, many too fearful of reprisals.

Fear grips Hong Kong as first person charged under new law faces court

It’s back. Coronavirus and the restrictions have returned to Beijing. 

Coronavirus and its restrictions return to Beijing after outbreak at market

With the introduction of an anti-subversion law just weeks away many fear their freedoms will soon be stripped away, writes Debi Edward.

Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square vigil doesn't just defy a ban - it challenges China

The threat of arrest is not going stop those in Hong Kong from attempting to gather. 

Banning Tiananmen Square memorial is just another sign of China's crackdown

China received plenty of early kudos for its reaction to the coronavirus but are a number of issues that need clarification. 

After initial praise, China still has plenty of coronavirus questions to answer

Within months Hong Kong will find itself subject to the subversion laws modelled on those which stifle any dissent in China. 

Hong Kong's freedom is at stake as National Security law passes

The National Security legislation was announced on the opening day of the delayed annual gathering of the Communist Party in China. 

'The death of Hong Kong' shows emboldened President Xi will not tolerate trouble

In experiments carried out on infected mice the neutralizing antibodies developed in Beijing were able to clear the virus after five days.

Human trials to start after coronavirus antibody tests carried out on mice

The President of the Philippines has sanctioned the use of lethal force to keep his country of 100 million people in lockdown. 


Human rights abuses on the rise in the Philippines amid coronavirus lockdown

They are trying to enforce social distancing, but on the opening day it seemed this was rather lapse.

Opening of Shanghai Disneyland 'huge risk' for city

"This is more than just promotion or a way to get your sales up. This is way more than that, this is people actually having to go to bed knowing that their children were killed, daughters and mothers, and nieces and sisters."

BLM: 'This is about people going to bed knowing their children were killed'

Shoppers hit the high street wearing masks in east London.

Face masks and social distancing have become flashpoints as the UK's shopping environment is transformed by anti-viral precautions, writes Chris Choi.

The shocking abuse faced by shop staff while enforcing social distancing

Joe Ringhoffer is squarely at odds with the wave of protests which has crashed across this country since the killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis almost four months ago. 

Can America's southern states shake off their racist past?

Senator Kamala Harris has posted her first campaign video, recording the moment Joe Biden asked her to be her Vice President.

Kamala Harris prepares to break through USA's racial and gender barriers

This is not tokenism. Biden is playing to win, and he has chosen the strongest possible running mate.

Kamala Harris: More pragmatist than revolutionary, but historic in US politics

Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American emergency medical technician, was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police Department officers. Her aunts condemn the criminal justice system for its "corruption, incompetence and racism".

Breonna Taylor's aunts on their wait for justice: 'I don't think they care'

"Any problem with the Russian vaccination campaign would be disastrous through its negative effects on health," experts have warned.

Russia's coronavirus vaccine may lead to 'dangerous' Cold War-style race

If he wins in November - which the polls predict - then Biden will be (by some distance) the oldest President ever elected.  

Debi Edward

Asia Correspondent

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