CPTPP Meeting Bypasses Taiwan and China Bids To Join
The CPTPP trade bloc has sidestepped both Taiwan and China's applications to join, inviting Costa Rica to become its next member instead.
Asia-Pacific
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00:33Australia Replaces China as Biggest Lender to Pacific Nations
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00:38TSMC Evacuates Workers After 7.1 Japan Earthquake
03:33On Indonesia's Sumba Island, Slavery Remains Quietly Tolerated
00:36India Youth-Led Protests Continue Despite Government Response
02:07Japan Battles 'Cruelly Hot Days' as Temperatures Near 40 C
00:32Philippines, China Clash Again Near Contested Scarborough Shoal
00:43Rubio Voices Concern Over China's Increasing Regional Military Activity
01:02China and Philippines See New Clash in the South China Sea
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02:11Taiwan Representative To Attend Australian Labor Party National Conference?
02:06Meetings on Sidelines of ASEAN Summit Amid South China Sea Tensions
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