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Coronavirus pandemic
China is leading the COVID-19 vaccine race 'at wartime speed'
Challenging the West's traditional dominance of the industry, China has brought state, military and private sectors together in a quest to combat the disease.
- by Sangmi Cha, Miyoung Kim and Roxanne Liu
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Hong Kong protests
TikTok, Facebook, WhatsApp wedged between superpowers
The world's largest social media companies have found themselves in the middle of a tit-for-tat escalation over the future of China.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Zoe Samios
China
Australia upgrades travel warning for China
Australians living in and travelling to China have been warned they may be arbitrarily detained.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Hong Kong protests
New details emerge on Hong Kong security law as first person charged denied bail
Security forces have overriding authority to enter and search properties, and to stop people under investigation from leaving the city.
- by Jasmine Leung and Sophia Yan
Analysis
Huawei ban
How the US steamrolled Chinese tech giant out of Five Eyes
Huawei has lost the anglosphere. The telecommunications giant that symbolised China's economic rise will no longer build 5G networks across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States and now Britain.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Coronavirus pandemic
Indonesia set to become third virus hotspot in Asia, expert warns
Infection rates are rising rapidly and unless the government changes tack, the problem will get worse, a prominent epidemiologist says.
- by James Massola
South Korea
South Korea rejects request to extradite child pornography site kingpin
The 24-year-old man has been convicted of running one of the world's biggest child exploitation sites on the dark web.
- by Choe Sang-Hun
Inside China
Chinese police arrest prominent critic of Xi Jinping with ties to Australia
Xu Zhangrun, who was once a senior visiting scholar at the Melbourne law school and wrote a book on the Australian legal system, was reportedly arrested at 10am.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Coronavirus pandemic
The 17-member family that lived together, ate together and got coronavirus together
For the Gargs, living all on the one floor in New Delhi may have been a source of vulnerability but it was also a reservoir of strength.
- by Joanna Slater
Coronavirus pandemic
The Australian soldier helping keep Timor-Leste safe from COVID-19
The young nation has had only 24 cases of the virus and no deaths. Its strategy has a lot to do with Lt Col Dan Gosling.
- by Lia Timson
Hong Kong protests
Books disappear from Hong Kong libraries after new law
Local and Beijing officials have repeatedly said the legislation would not curb freedom of speech or the media, nor any other rights in the city.
- by Donny Kwok