Taiwan’s AI-powered economy soars in the shadow of bubble fears

Asia Vital Components (AVC) Chairman Spencer Shen introduces the laboratory equipment during an interview with AP in New Taipei City In Taipei, real estate agent Jason

China issues new rules to curb auto price war after sales drop

China moved yesterday to curb a fierce price war among automakers that has caused massive losses for the industry, after passenger car sales dropped nearly

The father of a US-based Hong Kong activist convicted in court

Anna Kwok (second right) speaks to Sen. Jeff Merkley at an event outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C The father of a U.S.-based activist

Chinese sea captain pleads not guilty court to damaging Baltic Sea cables

Finnish Coast Guard stops a small boat which tried to reach the Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S anchored near the Kilpilahti port in Porvoo, on the Gulf of

Tai Po fire victims long for home as Lunar New Year stirs painful memories 

When Hong Kong was hit by its deadliest fire in decades last November, it left thousands of residents without some of their friends, family or the place

Lunar New Year travel rush begins with record 9.5 billion trips expected 

Liu Zhiquan was waiting for a 30-plus hour train journey to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, some 1,242 miles from Beijing, where he works

Former media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in national security case

Democracy advocate Jimmy Lai leaves the Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong (Feb. 2021) Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media

Ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced today after national security conviction 

Jimmy Lai is escorted by Correctional Services officers to get on a prison van before appearing in a court in Hong Kong, Dec. 12, 2020 Hong

Facing high Trump tariffs, Africa’s leading economy says it’s close to a new deal with China 

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a state visit at Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, 2023 China and South

China will ban hidden door handles on cars starting in 2027

China will ban hidden door handles on cars, commonly used on Tesla’s electric vehicles and many other EV models, starting next year. All car doors must include a

US wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc to counter China

Workers use machinery to dig at a rare earth mine in Ganxian county in central China’s Jiangxi province The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it

TSMC to make advanced AI semiconductors in Japan

Taiwan’s chipmaker TSMC said yesterdayit will be manufacturing some of the world’s most cutting-edge semiconductors in Japan to meet booming artificial intelligence-related demand, in a

Hong Kong firm begins proceedings over ruling against its Panama Canal port contract

Cranes load a cargo ship at Panama Canal’s Port of Balboa, managed by CK Hutchison Holdings,in Panama City Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings said yesterday

China’s Xi and Russia’s Putin hold talks by video

Xi and Putin (AP File Photo) Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks via video today (Wednesday), Chinese state

Why China is building so many coal plants despite its solar and wind boom

Even as China’s expansion of solar and wind power raced ahead in 2025, the Asian giant opened many more coal power plants than it had

Beijing to ban hidden door handles on cars starting 2027

China will ban hidden door handles on cars, commonly used on Tesla’s electric vehicles and many other EV models, starting next year. All car

Flooded by cheap Chinese goods, Latin America trying to protect its industries

Hybrid and electric vehicles shipped from China are unloaded from the BYD Changzhou car carrier docked at Terminal Zarate, in Buenos Aires province China has

Pushed by Trump, US allies are resetting relations with China 

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, meets with President of China Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Jan. 16 Chinese

Marina Bay Sands posts best quarter in casino hotel history

Las Vegas Sands’ Marina Bay Sands property in Singapore delivered a record USD806 million in adjusted property EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2025. The result,

Xi and Starmer call for deeper China-UK ties amid global turbulence

President Xi Jinping welcomes Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of a bilateral meeting in Beijing, yesterday The leaders of Britain and China called yesterday for

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