Unprecedented move to launch Myanmar Gems Emporium abroad signals desperate survival strategy for a regime hit by battlefield losses and international sanctions.
Hong Kong insurers ride affluent demand to record sales as longevity and legacy needs grow
Mainland China and overseas wealth, alongside family offices, is driving insurance demand in the city to new highs.
Inside China’s all-out push to catch up with American AI chips
Xi confidant leads fevered effort for domestic alternatives to win AI race. Chinese AI companies get warned that anyone who resisted using local chips was a traitor.
China is gaining troubling military know-how from Russia
T he help China gives Russia in the war in Ukraine has long caused dismay in Western countries. Exports of ostensibly civilian components such as engines and electronics end up in …
Chip firm priced as China’s most valuable company before its IPO brings scrutiny to crypto platform
The outsized premium was due in part to offshore investors who, locked out of the highly anticipated listings, turned to crypto for a parallel market.
Philippines: No permission-seeking in 2024 Ayungin ‘understanding’ with China
The DFA pushes back after China’s envoy claims the Philippines agreed not to construct on the BRP Sierra Madre in a 2024 temporary deal
China’s property crisis never ended – the world’s second-largest economy is still paying the price
China’s property market once drove enormous economic growth, but years after the collapse of major developers, the crisis is far from over. This video explores new economic research comparing China’s …
China New-Home Prices Barely Fall in Sign Market Stabilizing
(Bloomberg) — China’s decline in new-home prices eased for a fifth month in January, suggesting values are beginning to stabilize as policymakers step up efforts to end the property slump. New-home …
China Curbs Loan Structure Widely Used by Distressed Developers
China is restricting real estate companies from using a popular offshore loan structure that has helped some of them weather the country’s property crisis, according to people familiar with the matter …
China begins two days of live-fire drills in Taiwan Strait
BEIJING, July 23 (Reuters) – China began two days of live-fire drills from Thursday in some parts of the Taiwan Strait near the shores of its southeastern province of Fujian. The news comes a day …