Topic: Asia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-22 01:12 UTC+10:00] [Batteries] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Der wirtschaftspolitische Podcast von POLITICO Deutschland.
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[2026-05-22 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: NAND flash memory chips made by Kioxia. AI-related stocks rose on May 20 after American chip company Nvidia announced strong earnings. (Kioxia)
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[2026-05-22 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say Beijing’s position in managing three-way ties appears to be strengthened after hosting Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
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[2026-05-22 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Li Lifan] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say Beijing’s position in managing three-way ties appears to be strengthened after hosting Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
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[2026-05-22 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As China’s memory-chip giants YMTC and CXMT progress towards IPOs, they shine a spotlight on Beijing’s tech self-sufficiency ambitions
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[2026-05-22 00:30 UTC+10:00] [Citic Securities] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As China’s memory-chip giants YMTC and CXMT progress towards IPOs, they shine a spotlight on Beijing’s tech self-sufficiency ambitions
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[2026-05-22 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING,China — Authorities have razed a ramshackle 10-storey home that for years defied demolition notices and building restrictions to become an off-beat tourist attraction in southwestern China, footage from the owner showed.
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[2026-05-22 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two Chinese tankers were among a group of vessels transiting the vital waterway on Wednesday, but was it a one-off or the start of a new trend?
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[2026-05-22 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two Chinese tankers were among a group of vessels transiting the vital waterway on Wednesday, but was it a one-off or the start of a new trend?
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[2026-05-21 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: TAIPÉI, Taiwán (AP) — Las autoridades de Taiwán investigan a tres personas bajo sospecha de haber utilizado documentos falsificados para introducir de contrabando en China servidores informáticos que contenían chips avanzados de Nvidia, informaron los fiscales el jueves.
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[2026-05-21 23:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Following Japan's ugly PMIs (Services lowest since March 2025) and Europe's disaster (weakest composite EU PMI since late 2023)...
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[2026-05-21 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Authorities in Taiwan are investigating three people on suspicion of using forged documents to smuggle computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China, prosecutors said Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 23:22 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-21 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-21 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 48-year-old played for the Jianlibao Youth Team, a famous youth development project sent to Brazil, Qingdao Hainiu and Beijing Guoan
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[2026-05-21 23:00 UTC+10:00] [youth football training] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 48-year-old played for the Jianlibao Youth Team, a famous youth development project sent to Brazil, Qingdao Hainiu and Beijing Guoan
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[2026-05-21 23:00 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: International investors remain interested in Hong Kong tech listings due to attractive valuations, UBS and JPMorgan say
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[2026-05-21 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Alibaba and Peking University map nation’s extensive green-energy sites – a move that could help stabilise national grid amid surge in computing-power needs
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[2026-05-21 23:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Alibaba and Peking University map nation’s extensive green-energy sites – a move that could help stabilise national grid amid surge in computing-power needs
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[2026-05-21 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: On the surface, Chinese leader Xi Jinping's back-to-back summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin looked pretty similar, with formal handshakes in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an enthusiastic greeting from flower-waving children, and marching columns of soldiers branching gleaming bayonets. But the visits also revealed how different China's relationship is with the two countries.
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[2026-05-21 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China is urged to evolve as a world buyer, ahead of ministers’ gathering in Suzhou where a raft of far-reaching trade issues will be discussed
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[2026-05-21 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Carlos Kuriyama] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China is urged to evolve as a world buyer, ahead of ministers’ gathering in Suzhou where a raft of far-reaching trade issues will be discussed
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[2026-05-21 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s desire for systemic stability guides its relations with Moscow and Washington, making it central to global mediation
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[2026-05-21 22:30 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s desire for systemic stability guides its relations with Moscow and Washington, making it central to global mediation
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[2026-05-21 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While state broadcaster does not identify the drill, details appear to match a 2024 exercise in Qatar involving Pakistan
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[2026-05-21 22:05 UTC+10:00] [air force] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While state broadcaster does not identify the drill, details appear to match a 2024 exercise in Qatar involving Pakistan
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[2026-05-21 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With a registered population of 585, Huangtupo village in the city of Wuhan has reportedly had 62 residents diagnosed with cancer or leukaemia in recent decades.
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[2026-05-21 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A steady rebound in US equities driven by peak insanity in Korea (where the two chip stocks that account for most of the market surged and sent the Kospi soaring more than 8% overnight) faded after a report that Iran’s Supreme Leader issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium must remain in the country, rejecting Trump's key ceasefire demand, while oil and bond yields jumped as traders waited in mounting futility to see whether hopes of a peace deal
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[2026-05-21 21:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: China has called on the US to stop using "coercion" and "threats" against its ally Cuba, after Washington indicted former leader Raúl Castro on murder charges.
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[2026-05-21 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump (derecha), estrecha la mano de su homólogo chino, Xi Jinping, tras una visita a los jardines Zhongnanhai, en Beijing, el 15 de mayo de 2026. (Evan Vucci/Pool Foto vía AP, archivo)
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[2026-05-21 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Table tennis star reveals on CCTV programme that she tries to emulate mentality and training standards of the basketballer, who died in 2020
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[2026-05-21 21:00 UTC+10:00] [table tennis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Table tennis star reveals on CCTV programme that she tries to emulate mentality and training standards of the basketballer, who died in 2020
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[2026-05-21 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A state-owned firm has launched work on a massive aviation complex, signalling continued confidence amid regional conflict
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[2026-05-21 21:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A state-owned firm has launched work on a massive aviation complex, signalling continued confidence amid regional conflict
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[2026-05-21 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says it supports ‘Cuba in safeguarding its national sovereignty and national dignity’ after charges over downed planes
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[2026-05-21 20:58 UTC+10:00] [Cold War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says it supports ‘Cuba in safeguarding its national sovereignty and national dignity’ after charges over downed planes
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[2026-05-21 20:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Interior Minister Yun Ho-jung on Thursday said he will rule out using the South Korean operator of Starbucks in future government events, after the coffee chain came under fire for an inappropriate marketing campaign associated with a bloody military crackdown on a pro-democracy movement in 1980.
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[2026-05-21 20:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan met with his Kyrgyz counterpart Thursday to discuss ways to expand trade and critical minerals cooperation between South Korea and the Central Asian country, Kim's office said.
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[2026-05-21 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: South Korea's benchmark KOSPI jumped overnight after Samsung Electronics reached a tentative wage-and-bonus agreement with its main labor union, neutralizing the immediate risk of a paralyzing strike at the world's largest memory-chip producer.
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[2026-05-21 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The Korea-U.S. Alliance Foundation on Thursday held a joint memorial in the border city of Paju in commemoration of the war veterans who fought during the 1950-53 Korean War, officials said.
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[2026-05-21 20:16 UTC+10:00] [COMMENTARY] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump insists “nothing’s changed” in Washington’s policy toward Taiwan. But as Jesse Johnson reported in this newspaper, America’s commander in chief recently questioned whether U.S. forces should “travel 9,500 miles to fight a war” and described a $14 billion arms package for Taipei as “a very good negotiating chip” in dealings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping — remarks that underscore a widening gap between official policy and strategic reality.
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[2026-05-21 20:08 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: author Marites Dañguilan Vitug @maritesdvitug Marites is one of the Philippines’ most accomplished journalists and authors. For close to a decade, Vitug – a Nieman fellow – edited 'Newsbreak' magazine, a trailblazer in Philippine investigative journalism. Her recent book, 'Rock Solid: How the Philippines Won Its Maritime Case Against China,' has become a bestseller.
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[2026-05-21 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Humorous online celebrity stops posting videos for ‘indefinite duration’ after he comes down with range of illnesses
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[2026-05-21 20:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Humorous online celebrity stops posting videos for ‘indefinite duration’ after he comes down with range of illnesses
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[2026-05-21 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- Interior Minister Yun Ho-jung on Thursday said he will rule out using the South Korean operator of Starbucks in future government events, after the coffee chain came under fire for an inappropriate marketing campaign associated with a bloody military crackdown on a pro-democracy movement in 1980.
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[2026-05-21 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King claim the prestigious £50,000 (US$67,000) prize for their culinary-infused postcolonial romance.
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[2026-05-21 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping while leaving after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Evan Vucci/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-05-21 19:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Companies are still improving data required for robots to perform complex household tasks, some of which require embodied AI
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[2026-05-21 19:22 UTC+10:00] [robot] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Companies are still improving data required for robots to perform complex household tasks, some of which require embodied AI
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[2026-05-21 19:10 UTC+10:00] [Li Tie] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The latest penalties build on earlier rounds of punishment this year and in September 2024 that saw 116 individuals banned for life
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