TAIPEI: Taiwan’s exports rose in July on sustained demand for technology products with shipments to China picking up, and while the government said the outlook was good for semiconductors it warned of growing uncertainly for the global economy. Exports rose 14.2 per cent in July from a year earlier toContinue Reading
They will include the deployment of hundreds of troops and about 40 howitzer guns, the army said. Defying calls for it to end days of military exercises encircling the island, Beijing continued joint air and sea drills on Monday after a visit by United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toContinue Reading
HONG KONG: The list of Chinese companies facing delisting risks in New York in a long-running dispute over Chinese audits of their accounts continues to expand with the addition of three more on Friday (Aug 5) after e-commerce giant Alibaba’s July inclusion. As talks between Beijing and Washington in searchContinue Reading
Air traffic around Taiwan is gradually returning to normal after airspace surrounding the island reopened, Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications said on Monday (Aug 8), although China later announced fresh military drills in the area. China last week deployed scores of planes and fired live missiles near during militaryContinue Reading
JAKARTA: US carmaker Tesla has signed contracts worth about US$5 billion to buy materials for their batteries from nickel processing companies in Indonesia, a senior cabinet minister told CNBC Indonesia. Southeast Asia’s biggest economy has been trying to get Tesla to set up a production facility in the country, whichContinue Reading
BEIJING: China’s thunderous response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit brought cross-Strait tensions to their highest level in years and sparked an outpouring of nationalist zeal online, but the mood on the streets in mainland China is a little more circumspect. Enraged by Pelosi’s trip, Beijing last weekContinue Reading
China has announced fresh exercises around Taiwan that will focus on anti-submarine and sea assault operations.Continue Reading
The exercises will focus on anti-submarine and sea assault operations, according to China’s Eastern Theatre Command.Continue Reading
BEIJING : China’s military said on Monday it is continuing drills in the seas and skies around Taiwan on Monday (Aug 8). The Eastern Theater Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army said on social media Weibo that it will practise conducting anti-submarine attacks and sea raids. The military has carriedContinue Reading
BEIJING: Myanmar’s ambassador to China and taiwan died on Weekend (Aug 7), according to diplomatic sources, your fourth ambassador to perish in China in past times year. Ambassador U Myo Thant Pe was last seen upon Saturday meeting a nearby official in the southwestern Chinese province associated with Yunnan whichContinue Reading