By Neha Arora and Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI, June 10 (Reuters) – Indian industrial groups Reliance, Vedanta and Adani have shown interest in developing facilities to process Andhra Pradesh state …
U.S. monitoring Chinese activity in South China Sea around disputed shoal
Analysts are scrutinizing recent Chinese maritime operations near Scarborough Shoal, an uninhabited but strategically located atoll near the Philippine island of Luzon, U.S. officials said.
China Is Propping Up the World Economy by Importing a Lot Less Oil
Clues are emerging in the mystery of the missing three million barrels—the oil that China would normally be importing but isn’t now.
China is innovative. Its economy is a mess. Which matters more?
Yet its economy is still weighed down by a property slump and big debts accrued by the local government since the early 2010s. The Chinese economy has slowed considerably in recent years, never fully …
Is China’s Xi worried that North Korea wants “to confront the U.S.”?
A veteran North Korea analyst says Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea was about keeping tabs on an emboldened Kim Jong Un who wants “to confront the U.S.” …
Taiwan says its sovereignty cannot be ‘violated’, as China ends coast guard patrol
TAIPEI, June 11 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s maritime sovereignty cannot be “violated” by Chinese efforts to create a false impression of jurisdiction, the island’s coast guard said after China ended a patrol …
US business group says some critical minerals are ‘nearly unobtainable’ from China
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) – U.S. access to critical minerals from China remains difficult due to export controls and licensing delays, a U.S. business lobby said on Wednesday, …
Taiwan test-fires rockets in China’s direction from US-supplied mobile launching system
Taiwan’s military fired rockets in China’s direction from “shoot-and-scoot” mobile launchers on Wednesday in a demonstration of how it might try to repel a Chinese attack.
Taiwan Test-Fires U.S.-Supplied Missile Launcher Toward China
The island staged the first use of Himars on the Taiwan Strait as part of invasion-defense drills.
Starbucks said to weigh Japan unit options, including a stake sale, Bloomberg News reports
June 9 (Reuters) – Starbucks is considering options for its Japanese business, including a stake sale, following the disposal of a majority interest in its China operations, Bloomberg News reported on …