VOA News on China

The bilateral deals with Victoria state were among four vetoed under new laws that give the federal government power to overrule international agreements

Biathlete Clare Egan sees games as opportunity for athletes to call attention to China’s alleged human rights abuses of its Uyghur citizens, a Muslim minority 

Wang Xining, the Chinese Embassy in Australia's deputy head of mission said he was ‘quite sympathetic’ toward Smith and Bill Birtles, who fled Beijing

The US president announces the action at the start of a two-day virtual leaders’ summit on climate he is hosting

More than 1 million people have been confined to camps in Xinjiang

Worry over lower efficacy of China's vaccines could be offset by the lure of easier travel 

Group calls for coordinated international action against those responsible

Bangladeshi police shoot at protesting workers where hundreds were protesting over unpaid wages and working hours at the site, police officials say

Agreement reached ahead of Biden’s climate summit this week

US and China together account for nearly half of the greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change

Those in region known as Isaan are facing consequences of changes in natural rhythms of the river wrought by construction in recent years of dams upstream in China and Laos – as Beijing seeks total control

Jailings could spell end of participation among first generation of activists, expert says

Biden hosts Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in first face-to-face meeting with foreign leader

Yoshihide Suga’s trip would come after his White House visit, which also hinged on strengthening an alliance in the face of China’s growing influence across Indo-Pacific region 

The media tycoon was jailed for 12 months