Tag: Analysis
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China expands maritime pressure east of Taiwan
China is extending its maritime presence to the waters east of Taiwan, opening a new front in its campaign to pressure the self-governing island, according to ... -
Trump keeps heralding an economic boom, but even a solid jobs report is causing problems for him
President Donald Trump has spent 20 months promising that America was on the cusp of an economic boom. But Friday’s surprisingly positive jobs report ultimately provoked frustration from ... -
The GBA’s airport battle moves beyond the runway
Analysis The Greater Bay Area’s airport competition is being fought well before passengers reach a departure hall or freight reaches an aircraft. Two developments this week ... -
Zelenskyy’s direct plea helped unlock Russia sanctions in the Senate
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived at the U.S. Capitol hours after Lindsey Graham’s funeral to an unusually attentive audience. Half the Senate gathered for the closed-door ... -
Trump opens two-front economic pressure campaign against China
The Trump administration is preparing to intensify economic pressure on China on two fronts, weighing a new tariff on Chinese goods while warning Beijing that its ... -
The US and others turn to Brazil for rare earths, raising environmental concerns
In the global race to secure rare earths that are key for everything from mobile phones to green technologies, Brazil is emerging as an alternative to ... -
More oversight, fewer associations: What the new rules mean
A new draft law, currently under public consultation, proposes changes to local associations’ management and operations, as well as to the procedures for establishing and running ... -
Zambia is voting in a presidential election. Why China and the US might be interested
Zambia holds an election Thursday (today, Macau time) to decide if President Hakainde Hichilema will get a second five-year term as reward for his economic recovery ... -
Buyers homing in on advanced modular construction
For most of human history, houses were built where they would stand. Bricks, concrete and steel were transported to a construction site, where workers assembled them ... -
US looks to boost anti-China spending worldwide by hundreds of millions, documents say
The Trump administration is preparing to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs designed to counter China’s growing influence around the world, after ... -
Britain’s new Prime Minister must solve the old riddle of how to reinvigorate a slow-growing economy
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s announcements during his first 24 hours on the job underscore the political and financial challenges he faces as he tries to jump-start the ... -
Sportsbooks say World Cup betting has surged past expectations, with US hype driving action
Sportsbook operators anticipated this year’s World Cup would set betting records because the major elements were aligned. The world’s most popular sporting event is being played in North ... -
Money can’t buy success in World Cup for gulf nations like Saudi Arabia and Qatar
Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar that poured a fortune into soccer and infrastructure experienced unceremonious exits from the World Cup, proving that big money doesn’t ... -
High oil prices drive a surge in Chinese electric vehicle sales, but charging networks lag behind
The war in Iran has helped reshape the global electric vehicle market, giving Chinese automakers an opening across the developing world as soaring fuel prices push ... -
How Brexit broke British politics
Brexit fractured the European Union, and broke British politics. The U.K. is about to get its seventh prime minister since June 23, 2016, a decade ago Tuesday, when ... -
Why Trump and other G7 leaders meeting without China might be a mistake
From the outset, China wasn’t included when major powers gathered in 1975 at a chateau outside Paris to fix the slumping global economy, the first of ... -
President Xi’s silence on nuclear arms is a gift to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
Chinese and North Korean state-run media this week devoted thousands of words to Xi Jinping’s summit with Kim Jong Un, but made no mention of a key matter ... -
China can build humanoids at scale. The hard part is finding enough buyers
Chinese-made humanoid robots are making waves with their ability to do backflips, direct traffic, and even make coffee as the companies developing them seek ways to expand and ... -
Using AI to protect mental health
As the world marks International Children’s Day on June 1, it’s a time for joy and anticipation for children across the country. While parents get ready ... -
The differences — and similarities — in the Trump and Putin visits to China
On the surface, Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s back-to-back summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin looked pretty similar, with formal handshakes in Beijing’s ... -
Trump and Xi appear intent on keeping deep differences over Iran war from overshadowing summit
President Donald Trump is set to leave today [Macau time] for Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping after weeks of trying, and failing, to persuade ... -
Trump-Xi summit comes with high stakes for Taiwan
President Donald Trump, in his return to the White House, has demonstrated greater ambivalence toward Taiwan, an approach that’s raising questions ahead of this week’s summit ... -
Beijing calculates its next steps in Iran ceasefire ahead of Trump’s trip to China
With a fragile ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran holding for now, China is calculating its role in helping find a durable endgame to the war in the ... -
In China, consumerism trumps nationalism despite tensions with the US and Japan
In China, consumerism appears to outweigh nationalism regardless of how testy relations have become in recent diplomatic spats with countries like Japan and the United States. In ... -
The economic toll of backsliding rights in Asia
Widespread backsliding on protections of basic rights is taking a toll on Asian economies as growing inequality leaves the poor vulnerable to labor abuses and scams, ... -
Pushed by Trump, US allies are resetting relations with China
Chinese President Xi Jinping has had a busy few weeks receiving Western allies seeking warmer ties with the world’s second-largest economy. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney struck ... -
GBA confidence steadies as firms recalibrate for a tougher global cycle
ANALYSIS The latest Standard Chartered Greater Bay Area Business Confidence Index (GBAI) paints a picture of resilience without exuberance. Business sentiment across the GBA remained in ... -
Visitors from Portugal, Spain below pre-pandemic levels despite investments
International visitors arriving from Portugal and Spain have yet to reach the levels seen in pre-pandemic years, official statistical data show. Despite the clearly stated government ... -
How a purge of China’s military leadership could impact the army, Taiwan
China made a major announcement over the weekend, saying it was investigating the army’s top general for suspected serious violations of discipline and law. Gen. Zhang ... -
Canada’s leader leaves China pronouncing success, but Trump lurks in the background
Canadian leader Mark Carney met China’s Xi Jinping last week. The two statesmen talked. Fractured relationships began to heal. And a third man, though he wasn’t in the ... -
China and Japan, uneasy neighbors in East Asia, are at odds again
They’re at it again. China and Japan — frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured, bloody history they still struggle to navigate — are ... -
China, US can compete and cooperate on AI
Both the United States and China have made artificial intelligence (AI) a national priority. While Washington has launched its AI Action Plan to accelerate AI innovation ... -
A spat over Taiwan is threatening China-Japan ties
Less than a month into her term, Japan’s conservative leader has stirred tensions with China by suggesting a Chinese move against Taiwan could prompt a Japanese ... -
What to know about the crisis at chipmaker Nexperia that sent automakers scrambling
A battle for control of a little-known chipmaker has threatened global auto production by choking off the semiconductor supply chain, though there are signs the crisis ... -
In UN speech, Beijing makes clear its intent to remold global norms, seizing on Trump’s retreat
Hardly a month after Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed his “Global Governance Initiative,” Beijing made its intent clear at the most global of forums — that ...
