Chinese stocks associated with Tesla rose after the US election, as investors bet the world’s largest maker of electric-vehicles (EVs) will prosper under Donald Trump’s second presidency given his close ties to CEO and co-founder Elon Musk. On Thursday, shares of some Chinese manufacturers that are believed to be suppliers to Tesla surged by about […]
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 […]
Recently on October 11, the 19th East Asia Summit (EAS) was held in Vientiane, the capital city of Laos. This gave the newly-minted Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba an opportunity to meet his EAS counterparts. It also marked his first overseas trip after taking over as the prime minister on October 1. The East Asia […]
King Charles and Queen Camilla’s arrival in Sydney today has generated surprisingly mild media interest, with less media coverage than when Taylor Swift touched down in Australia earlier in the year, Crikey can reveal. Data provided by the real-time media monitoring provider Streem shows there were a total of 853 mentions of the royal visit […]