President Donald Trump’s administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, including medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones.
At Tokyo Zoo, Visitors Fear a Spat With China Will Cost Japan Its Pandas
Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over Taiwan could get in the way of sending more.
China’s economic slump isn’t stopping a billionaire boom in AI chips
US chip bans are supercharging China’s homegrown AI champions.
China Is Feeling Strong and Senses an American Retreat
Beijing is using its messaging tools to show off its prowess at building infrastructure and project power, taking advantage of what it says is “deep anxiety” in U.S. policies.
China launches $113 billion free-trade experiment on Hainan island
China on Thursday split off a Belgium-sized island with an economy comparable to a mid-sized country from the mainland for customs processing, part of a bid to join a major trans-Pacific trade deal …
Can India catch up with the US, Taiwan and China in the global chip race?
One sign of that is India’s first commercial foundry for mature chips that is currently under construction, also in Gujarat. The $11bn project is supported by technology transfer from a Taiwanese …
PM Takaichi says Japan ‘always open’ to dialogue with China
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Wednesday (Dec 17) she is “always open” to dialogue with China despite a diplomatic row between Tokyo and Beijing over comments she made about …
China sues after Missouri seeks to collect on $25 billion court judgement, prosecutor says
Missouri’s top prosecutor says China is suing after the state pressed federal officials for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CEEC commissions 400MW of 1GW Uzbekistan solar project
The China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) has commissioned 400MW of a 1GW solar project in Uzbekistan, the latest project to reach commercial operation among the company’s US$8.1 billion Uzbek …
Investors aren’t worried about China’s property market. Here’s what they may be missing.
Charlene Chu, a debt-focused senior analyst at Autonomous Research, sees trouble at China Vanke as a sign that the country’s economic problems are likely to get worse next year.