Vic Chiang

• Asia

The pagers, deemed by Hezbollah to be safer than cellphones, were probably rigged with explosives before they were delivered to Lebanon, experts said.

• Weather

Packing winds up to 160 mph, Yagi became the planet’s second-strongest storm this year.

• Asia

Chinese leader Xi Jinping, seeking contrast with Washington, said Beijing offered Africa modernization without Western-style “suffering.”

• Asia

Beijing is forging ties in the Global South not just with money but also by lending political support based on antipathy toward the American-led order.

• Asia

Vice President Harris’s running mate taught in China in 1989, sparking an enduring interest in the country but also leading him to criticize its human rights abuses.

• Asia

This came after repeated cheers for “Taiwan” — officially “Chinese Taipei” at the Olympics — and an incident in which a sign was snatched at the Paris Games.

• Asia

The government extended mandatory military service and revamped reservist training in an effort to make Beijing think twice. But it’s already falling short.

• Asia

The powerful storm has already caused deaths and devastation in the Philippines and is now bearing down on Taiwan, where emergency measures are in place.

• Asia

The activists were found guilty of “conspiracy to subvert state power” in the largest national security case in the Chinese territory.