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E. Eduardo Castillo @EECastilloAP

Greater China and Pakistan News Director for @AP. Previously, AP's news director for Latin America and the Caribbean | ecastillo@ap.org

Joined March 2012
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Taiwan’s spy agency launches webpage for Chinese nationals to report tips apnews.com/article/taiwan-ch…

Taiwan’s spy agency launches webpage for Chinese nationals to report tips

Taiwan’s intelligence agency says it is setting up a secure channel for Chinese nationals to offer information.

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China opposes US move to list top firms as military companies apnews.com/article/china-com…

China opposes US move to list top firms as military companies

China says it firmly opposes the U.S. adding several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of military-linked companies.

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Why Trump and other G7 leaders meeting without China might be a mistake. By @johnleicester apnews.com/article/china-tru…

Trump and other G7 leaders are meeting without China. Is that a mistake?

China's absence from G7 summits seems increasingly odd given its global economic influence. The G7, formed in 1975, includes only democratic nations, which excludes China under its authoritarian...

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Taiwan's opposition leader touts talks with China as necessary for peace during US trip. By @tangdidi apnews.com/article/taiwan-op…

Taiwan's opposition leader touts talks with China as necessary for peace during US trip

Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition leader says her party is committed to defense of the self-ruled island that China views as its own but that peace is possible by taking permanent secession off...

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US scholar with history of activism in Myanmar arrested in China on suspicion of espionage apnews.com/article/scholar-u…

US scholar with history of activism in Myanmar arrested in China on suspicion of espionage

Chinese authorities have arrested an American scholar on suspicion of espionage. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday that Min Zin was suspected of harming Chinese national security.

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Hong Kong customs seize $20 million in fake goods ahead of the World Cup. By @kanis_leung apnews.com/article/fake-jers…

Hong Kong customs swoop ahead of the World Cup, seizing $20M in fake goods

Hong Kong customs authorities have arrested six people in a crackdown on suspected counterfeit goods linked to the World Cup.

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FBI seizes 13 websites that officials say were used by China to target and recruit US workers. By @etuckerAP apnews.com/article/fbi-china…

FBI seizes 13 websites that officials say were used by China to target and recruit US workers

The FBI has seized more than a dozen websites that officials say were part of a Chinese effort to target American workers who have access to classified or sensitive government information.

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Renovations at Mexico City's Hidalgo subway station ahead of the FIFA World Cup have sparked a meme frenzy online. New chandeliers have led users to compare the busy transit hub to the set of a period drama and even the Titanic.
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Hong Kong charges 7 people and 2 firms over deadly fire that killed 168. By @kanis_leung apnews.com/article/hong-kong…

Hong Kong charges 7 people and 2 firms over deadly fire that killed 168

Hong Kong authorities have charged seven people and two companies with offenses including manslaughter and conspiracy to defraud over the city's deadliest fire in decades last November.

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Pentagon labels tech giant Alibaba and electric car maker BYD as aiding Chinese military. By @tangdidi apnews.com/article/china-mil…

Pentagon labels tech giant Alibaba and electric car maker BYD as aiding Chinese military

The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of Chinese military companies.

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Xi and Kim express hopes for greater ties between China and North Korea. By @hyungjin1972 & @kmorit apnews.com/article/china-nor…

Xi and Kim express hopes for greater ties between China and North Korea

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have underscored their commitment to deepen cooperation in a closely watched summit.

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A 7.8 magnitude quake in the Philippines kills at least 32, fells buildings and sets off a tsunami apnews.com/article/philippin…

A 7.8 magnitude quake in the Philippines kills at least 35, collapses buildings and sparks tsunami

A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake has rocked the southern Philippines, killing at least 35 people.

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China's Xi given lavish welcome in North Korea ahead of closely watched talks with Kim. By @hyungjin1972 apnews.com/article/china-nor…

Xi and Kim express hopes for greater ties between China and North Korea

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have underscored their commitment to deepen cooperation in a closely watched summit.

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What to know about a rare visit by China's Xi to North Korea for talks with Kim Jong Un. By @KimTongHyung & @huizhong_wu apnews.com/article/north-kor…

What to know about a rare visit by China's Xi to North Korea for talks with Kim Jong Un

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is traveling to North Korea for the first time in nearly seven years, offering North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a stage to showcase an increasingly assertive foreign policy...

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China can build humanoids at scale. The hard part is finding enough buyers. By @ThomasHHChan apnews.com/article/china-hum…

China can build humanoids at scale. The hard part is finding enough buyers

Chinese humanoid robots are making waves with their ability to do backflips, direct traffic and even make coffee.

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Taiwan zoo welcomes a pair of red pandas from China, first in over a decade apnews.com/article/taiwan-ch…

Taipei Zoo welcomes a pair of red pandas from China, first in over a decade

A zoo in Taiwan's capital has received a pair of endangered red pandas from China. This marks the first animal exchange in over a decade as tensions between the two sides run high.

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China’s highest bridge brings tourists and internet access to remote communities, in photos. By Ng Han Guan apnews.com/photo-gallery/chi…

China’s highest bridge brings tourists and internet access to remote communities, in photos

GUIZHOU, China (AP) — For tourists, a massive new suspension bridge in southwestern China is a new selfie spot and social media attraction.

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in first visit since 2019. By @kmorit & @hyungjin1972 apnews.com/article/china-xi-…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in first visit since 2019

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in what will be his first visit in years.

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US journalist pleads guilty to acting as an illegal agent for China. By @tangdidi apnews.com/article/china-ill…

US journalist pleads guilty to acting as an illegal agent for China

The Justice Department says an American journalist has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government.

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Police warn families of Tiananmen crackdown dead not to visit graves on 37th anniversary. By @kmorit & @kanis_leung apnews.com/article/china-tia…

Police warn families of Tiananmen crackdown dead not to visit graves on 37th anniversary

Chinese authorities are intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

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