Bloomberg Japan and the US would have to defend Taiwan together in the event of a major problem, Kyodo News reported Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso as saying, marking some of the highest-level remarks from Tokyo on the sensitive subject. In comments at a political fundraising party in Tokyo, Aso said an invasion of Taiwan by China could be seen ...

Bloomberg China’s President Xi Jinping warned against politicising the pandemic in a speech to a summit of political organisations from around the world that sought to show the ruling communist party’s broad foreign support. “The achievements of the Chinese Communist Party cannot be separated from the support of people around the world,” Xi told the online gathering of representatives from ...

Bloomberg South Africa’s ruling African National Congress distanced itself from former President Jacob Zuma’s attempt to discredit the Constitutional Court after it found him guilty of contempt, and slated threats by his supporters to block the authorities from arresting him. All South Africans have a responsibility to respect and observe the law, and the judiciary and law-enforcement agencies need to ...