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Taiwan Vice President and presidential candidate Lai Ching-te
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 24, 2023
Taiwan presidential front-runner assails China's Foxconn probe
The major Apple supplier is facing a tax probe in China, two sources close to the company said Monday, confirming a report in Chinese state-run media.
A pedestrian walks past an electronic signboard showing data from the Tokyo Stock Exchange and on the Japanese yen after the currency rebounded slightly after hitting ¥150 to the U.S. dollar in overnight trading, along a street in central Tokyo on Oct. 4.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 24, 2023
Germany set to eclipse Japan as No. 3 economy in 2023, IMF says
The yen’s widely watched depreciation has played an outsized role in its projected slide in position.
Japan on Tuesday named Shigeo Yamada (left) its new ambassador to the United States and tapped and former Foreign Ministry top bureaucrat Kenji Kanasugi to be its envoy to China.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2023
Japan taps new U.S. and China envoys as Tokyo looks to balance ties
The appointments of new envoys to the U.S. and China come amid growing rivalry between Washington and Beijing.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Oct. 3
WORLD / Politics
Oct 24, 2023
China-linked 'spamouflage' targeted Canadian PM and lawmakers
The campaign, using networks of new and hijacked social media accounts to post bulk messages, took place in August and September.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during an opening ceremony of a diplomatic symposium at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 24, 2023
China's top diplomat to visit U.S. ahead of possible Xi trip
Foreign Minister Wang Yi will be the highest-ranking Chinese official to travel to Washington in about five years.
As G7 leaders pledge to combat economic coercion with an eye on China, this could be counterproductive and end up hurting global trade.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2023
The G7's anti-coercion campaign against China could backfire
When G7 trade representatives convene in Osaka starting Saturday, Chinese “economic coercion” is expected to be high on the agenda.
A Philippine-flagged boat is blocked by a China Coast Guard vessel during an incident that resulted in a collision between the two ships in the disputed waters of the South China Sea in this screen shot taken from video on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / EXPLAINER
Oct 23, 2023
After collisions at sea, could Sino-Philippine tensions boil over?
Tensions are rapidly surging between Manila and Beijing in the South China Sea, where the two countries have overlapping claims.
China Coast Guard ships corral a Philippine civilian boat chartered by the Philippine Navy to deliver supplies to the grounded BRP Sierra Madre vessel in the disputed South China Sea in August.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 23, 2023
Manila says Chinese vessels 'intentionally' hit Philippine boats
The countries have traded blame over Sunday's incidents near Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands chain of the South China Sea
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong at the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta on Sept. 6
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 23, 2023
U.S. and China visits put Australian PM’s diplomatic skills to test
There has been a significant easing in tensions between Australia and China since Anthony Albanese’s election.
In recent years, China has arrested dozens of Chinese and foreign nationals on suspicion of espionage.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2023
China says it uncovered another U.S. spy
In recent years, China has arrested dozens of Chinese and foreign nationals on suspicion of espionage.
A China Coast Guard vessel collides with a Philippine resupply vessel in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday, in this image taken from video.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 22, 2023
Philippines and China trade blame over South China Sea collision
The incident occurred near the Second Thomas Shoal, as a Philippine resupply vessel made its way toward a military garrison.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Oct. 16
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 22, 2023
Australian PM to visit China in November to meet with Xi
The widely anticipated trip will be the first of its kind since 2016 and an opportunity to repair a once-frosty relationship.
The nuclear-powered icebreaker Yakutia during the ship's launch ceremony in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in November 2022
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2023
NATO admiral says growing China-Russia ties raise risk in Arctic
Moscow is busily realigning commercial ties after its invasion of Ukraine — all while boosting oil shipments to Beijing.
A Chinese warship fires toward the shore during a military drill near the Taiwan-controlled Matsu Islands, which lie off the Chinese coast.
WORLD
Oct 21, 2023
China weighs options to blunt U.S. sanctions in a Taiwan conflict
The sanctions against Russia have prompted Chinese economists and geopolitical analysts to examine how China should mitigate extreme scenarios.
An assembly engineer works on a TWINSCAN DUV lithography system at ASML in Veldhoven, Netherlands, in June.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 21, 2023
The multimillion-dollar machines at the center of the U.S.-China rivalry
Complex lithography machines that print intricate circuitry on computer chips are at the heart of Washington's tough new measures on Beijing.
The arrests of an executive and two former employees of WPP, one of the world’s biggest advertising companies, involved WPP’s GroupM media trading division and included a raid on offices in Shanghai.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 21, 2023
WPP employee arrested and offices raided by Chinese police
An executive and two former employees of WPP, one of the world’s biggest advertising companies, have been arrested in China.
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. logo atop a building at the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2023
‘Sell TSMC, buy ASML’ gains traction as China-Taiwan risks grow
Because TSMC’s operations are mostly in Taiwan, it faces heightened geopolitical hazards. ASML, meanwhile, stands to benefit from the fragmentation.
Delegates arrive for the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum to mark the initiatives 10th anniversary in Beijing on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 20, 2023
China aims to remake the world with its Belt and Road initiative
Infrastructure is key to the success of the developing world and the failure to help emerging economies meet this vital need will rightly tar the West.
Chinese President Xi Jinping exits the podium after giving his speech during the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2023
Belt and Road anniversary prompts reflection on China's global ambitions
Countries like the U.S., Japan, India, and Canada should participate in the BRI's infrastructure projects to influence the initiative's evolution.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, make a toast during a reception at the Kremlin in March.  
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2023
Xi and Putin think they’re winning — and maybe they are
China and Russia's actions are contributing to an emerging Cold War and aligning other powers against the U.S. and its allies in Europe and Asia.

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