diff --git a/apis/sts/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/domain/Region.java b/apis/sts/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/domain/Region.java
index 5c883c4bc77..c68895dce79 100644
--- a/apis/sts/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/domain/Region.java
+++ b/apis/sts/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/domain/Region.java
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
  * @see <a
  *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/index.html?LocationSelection.html"
  *      />
+ * @see <a
+ *      href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html
+ *      />
+ *
  */
 public class Region {
    /**
@@ -61,6 +65,11 @@ public class Region {
     */
    public static final String EU_CENTRAL_1 = "eu-central-1";
 
+   /**
+    * EU (Stockholm)
+    */
+   public static final String EU_NORTH_1 = "eu-north-1";
+
    /**
     * 
     * US Standard
@@ -146,20 +155,29 @@ public class Region {
     */
     public static final String CN_NORTH_1 = "cn-north-1";
 
+   /**
+    * Region in Ningxia, launched  Dec 12, 2017. This region improves latency for China users
+    */
+   public static final String CN_NORTHWEST_1 = "cn-northwest-1";
+
    public static final Set<String> DEFAULT_S3 = ImmutableSet.of(US_STANDARD, US_EAST_2, US_WEST_1, US_WEST_2,
-         CA_CENTRAL_1, EU_WEST_1, EU_WEST_2, EU_WEST_3, EU_CENTRAL_1, SA_EAST_1, AP_SOUTHEAST_1, AP_SOUTHEAST_2,
-         AP_SOUTH_1, AP_NORTHEAST_1, AP_NORTHEAST_2, CN_NORTH_1);
+         CA_CENTRAL_1, EU_WEST_1, EU_WEST_2, EU_WEST_3, EU_CENTRAL_1, EU_NORTH_1, SA_EAST_1, AP_SOUTHEAST_1,
+         AP_SOUTHEAST_2,
+         AP_SOUTH_1, AP_NORTHEAST_1, AP_NORTHEAST_2, CN_NORTH_1, CN_NORTHWEST_1);
 
    public static final Set<String> DEFAULT_REGIONS = ImmutableSet.of(US_EAST_1, US_EAST_2, US_WEST_1, US_WEST_2,
-         CA_CENTRAL_1, SA_EAST_1, EU_WEST_1, EU_WEST_2, EU_WEST_3, EU_CENTRAL_1, AP_SOUTHEAST_1, AP_SOUTHEAST_2,
-         AP_SOUTH_1, AP_NORTHEAST_1, AP_NORTHEAST_2, CN_NORTH_1);
+         CA_CENTRAL_1, SA_EAST_1, EU_WEST_1, EU_WEST_2, EU_WEST_3, EU_CENTRAL_1, EU_NORTH_1, AP_SOUTHEAST_1,
+         AP_SOUTHEAST_2,
+         AP_SOUTH_1, AP_NORTHEAST_1, AP_NORTHEAST_2, CN_NORTH_1, CN_NORTHWEST_1);
 
    public static Properties regionPropertiesS3() {
 
       Properties properties = regionProperties();
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGIONS, Joiner.on(',').join(DEFAULT_S3));
       // note that due to US_STANDARD the codes include US instead of US-VA
-      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_ISO3166_CODES, "US,US-OH,US-CA,US-OR,CA,BR-SP,IE,GB-LND,FR-IDF,DE-HE,SG,AU-NSW,IN-MH,JP-13,KR-11,CN-11");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_ISO3166_CODES, "US,US-OH,US-CA,US-OR,CA,BR-SP,IE,GB-LND,FR-IDF,DE-HE,SE-AB,SG,"
+            + "AU-NSW,"
+            + "IN-MH,JP-13,KR-11,CN-BJ,CN-NX");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_STANDARD + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "US");
       return properties;
    }
@@ -167,7 +185,8 @@ public static Properties regionPropertiesS3() {
    public static Properties regionProperties() {
       Properties properties = new Properties();
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGIONS, Joiner.on(',').join(DEFAULT_REGIONS));
-      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_ISO3166_CODES, "US-VA,US-OH,US-CA,US-OR,CA,BR-SP,IE,GB-LND,FR-IDF,DE-HE,SG,AU-NSW,IN-MH,JP-13,KR-11,CN-11");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_ISO3166_CODES, "US-VA,US-OH,US-CA,US-OR,CA,BR-SP,IE,GB-LND,FR-IDF,DE-HE,SG,"
+            + "AU-NSW,IN-MH,JP-13,KR-11,CN-BJ,CN-NX");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_EAST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "US-VA");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_EAST_2 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "US-OH");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_WEST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "US-CA");
@@ -178,12 +197,14 @@ public static Properties regionProperties() {
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + EU_WEST_2 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "GB-LND");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + EU_WEST_3 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "FR-IDF");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + EU_CENTRAL_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "DE-HE");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + EU_NORTH_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "SE-AB");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_SOUTHEAST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "SG");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_SOUTHEAST_2 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "AU-NSW");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_SOUTH_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "IN-MH");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_NORTHEAST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "JP-13");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_NORTHEAST_2 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "KR-11");
-      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + CN_NORTH_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "CN-11");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + CN_NORTH_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "CN-BJ");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + CN_NORTHWEST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "CN-NX");
       return properties;
    }
 }
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/AWSEC2ProviderMetadata.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/AWSEC2ProviderMetadata.java
index 656a52cbf20..a060b05a08f 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/AWSEC2ProviderMetadata.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/AWSEC2ProviderMetadata.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ protected Builder() {
          .defaultProperties(AWSEC2ProviderMetadata.defaultProperties())
          .linkedServices("aws-ec2", "aws-elb", "aws-cloudwatch", "aws-s3", "aws-simpledb")
                .iso3166Codes("US-VA", "US-OH", "US-CA", "US-OR", "CA", "BR-SP", "IE", "GB-LND", "FR-IDF", "DE-HE",
-                     "SG", "AU-NSW", "IN-MH", "JP-13", "KR-11", "CN-11");
+                     "SG", "AU-NSW", "IN-MH", "JP-13", "KR-11", "CN-BJ", "CN-NX");
       }
 
       @Override
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
index 56433a46bdd..5085cd95124 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ public void testAssignability() {
    @Override
    protected Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
       return ImmutableSet.of("US-VA", "US-OH", "US-CA", "US-OR", "CA", "BR-SP", "IE", "GB-LND", "FR-IDF", "DE-HE",
-            "SG", "AU-NSW", "IN-MH", "JP-13", "KR-11", "CN-11");
+            "SE-AB", "SG", "AU-NSW", "IN-MH", "JP-13", "KR-11", "CN-BJ", "CN-NX");
    }
 
 }
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ProviderMetadata.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ProviderMetadata.java
index c16c1c543fd..96cfc10c94b 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ProviderMetadata.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ProviderMetadata.java
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.AP_SOUTHEAST_2;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.AP_SOUTH_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.CA_CENTRAL_1;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.CN_NORTHWEST_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.CN_NORTH_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.EU_CENTRAL_1;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.EU_NORTH_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.EU_WEST_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.EU_WEST_2;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.EU_WEST_3;
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ public static Properties defaultProperties() {
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + EU_WEST_1 + "." + ENDPOINT, "https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + EU_WEST_2 + "." + ENDPOINT, "https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + EU_WEST_3 + "." + ENDPOINT, "https://s3-eu-west-3.amazonaws.com");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + EU_NORTH_1 + "." + ENDPOINT, "https://s3-eu-north-1.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_SOUTHEAST_1 + "." + ENDPOINT,
             "https://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_SOUTHEAST_2 + "." + ENDPOINT,
@@ -95,7 +98,9 @@ public static Properties defaultProperties() {
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_NORTHEAST_2 + "." + ENDPOINT,
           "https://s3-ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + CN_NORTH_1 + "." + ENDPOINT,
-              "https://s3.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn");
+            "https://s3.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + CN_NORTHWEST_1 + "." + ENDPOINT,
+            "https://s3.cn-north-s3.cn-northwest-1.amazonaws.com.cn");
       return properties;
    }
    
@@ -108,8 +113,9 @@ protected Builder() {
          .homepage(URI.create("http://aws.amazon.com/s3"))
          .console(URI.create("https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/home"))
          .linkedServices("aws-ec2", "aws-elb", "aws-cloudwatch", "aws-s3", "aws-simpledb")
-               .iso3166Codes("US", "US-OH", "US-CA", "US-OR", "CA", "BR-SP", "IE", "GB-LND", "FR-IDF", "DE-HE", "SG",
-                     "AU-NSW", "IN-MH", "JP-13", "KR-11", "CN-11")
+               .iso3166Codes("US", "US-OH", "US-CA", "US-OR", "CA", "BR-SP", "IE", "GB-LND", "FR-IDF", "DE-HE", "SE"
+                           + "-AB", "SG",
+                     "AU-NSW", "IN-MH", "JP-13", "KR-11", "CN-BJ", "CN-NX")
          .defaultProperties(AWSS3ProviderMetadata.defaultProperties());
       }
 
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/integration/AWSS3ServiceIntegrationLiveTest.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/integration/AWSS3ServiceIntegrationLiveTest.java
index 0ad81f98169..e8a22aada01 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/integration/AWSS3ServiceIntegrationLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/integration/AWSS3ServiceIntegrationLiveTest.java
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ protected Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
             "AU-NSW",
             "BR-SP",
             "CA",
-            "CN-11",
+            "CN-BJ",
+            "CN-NX",
             "DE-HE",
+            "SE-AB",
             "GB-LND",
             "FR-IDF",
             "IE",