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China’s largest online shopping bonanza wraps up on Monday, with analysts and investors watching for signs that consumption is rebounding in the world’s second-largest economy after recent efforts by Beijing to boost activity. A man squats in a shopping mall in Beijing on November 8, 2024. Photo: Greg Baker/AFP. “Singles Day” — launched by tech […]
By Allison Jackson and Amber Wang Taiwan has publicly hailed Donald Trump’s US election victory, but analysts warn it may end up paying a high price for American support to defend itself against China. Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te speaks at an event to celebrate the island’s National Day, on October 10, 2024. Photo: Wang Yu […]
China on Friday passed a new energy law to promote carbon neutrality, state media reported, as Beijing moves ahead with its pledge to decarbonise its economy by 2060. China is the world’s biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases scientists say drive global warming and climate change. Solar panels. Photo: Kelly L/Pexels.com. But it is also […]
Philippine Air Force’s NC212i provides logistic support during the simulated island seizure exercise as part of the AJEX DAGIT-PA 08-2024 on November 6 at Kota Island in the West Philippine Sea. MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) showed indifference to the presence of Chinese warships during Wednesday’s maritime drills in the West […]
Taipei will help Taiwanese firms relocate their China-based production plants if President-elect Donald Trump carries out his threat to impose a 60 percent tariff on Chinese-made goods, the island’s economic ministry said Thursday. A person walking by Taiwan flag installation ahead of National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, 06 October, 2021. Photo: Walid Berrazeg/HKFP. Trump’s […]
The Armed Forces of the Philippines conducted a “mechanized assault to reclaim an island” simulation on one of the Philippine-held island features in the West Philippine Sea as part of the ongoing Joint Exercise Dagat-Langit Lupa (AJEX Dagit-Pa) on Wednesday, November 6. The exercise was conducted by personnel of the Philippine Air Force and Philippine […]
Myanmar’s embattled junta chief arrived in China Tuesday — his first reported visit since leading a coup in 2021 — but analysts say the invitation is only a lukewarm endorsement from his key ally and could backfire. Myanmar’s junta chief military Min Aung Hlaing arrives to deliver a speech during a ceremony to mark the […]
By AFP Myanmar junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing will travel to key ally China this week, both countries said Monday, in his first known trip there since seizing power in a 2021 coup. China is a major ally and arms supplier of the junta and analysts say Beijing also maintains ties with some […]
Taiwan said it detected 37 Chinese fighter jets, drones and other aircraft near the self-ruled island on Sunday as Beijing carried out “long-distance” training flights. China has ramped up military activity around Taiwan in recent years as Beijing pressures Taipei to accept its claims of sovereignty over the island. China’s Shenyang J-16 fighter jet. Photo: […]
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will visit China next week, Beijing said Friday. The visit will take place from Monday to Thursday, Beijing’s foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a regular press briefing. Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim speaks after his meeting with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Putrajaya on October 26, 2024. […]