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China’s message on trade deals is clear: multilateral is the only way
The choice of the Swiss city of Geneva for US-China negotiations was telling, and the breakthroughs achieved are only the start of a long process.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:
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The Historical Great Powers of Asia: Medieval East Asia
China was preeminent both within East Asia and beyond that region as a globally influential state.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Tech war: US curbs on global use of Huawei chips add uncertainty to China’s AI investment
New guidance on US export rules could deter Chinese firms with global ambitions from using Huawei processors, analysts say.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Are India-US Relations Entering a Difficult Phase?
Trump’s re-hyphenation of New Delhi and Islamabad – a reversal of the de-hyphenation policy started by Bush – is a serious setback to the India-U.S. partnership.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Thai monk arrested for stealing US$9 million from temple, funds traced to online gambling
Police said Phra Thammachiranuwat’s arrest is to ‘help purify our religion’.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Inside the minds of Singapore’s opposition members – why do they keep coming back?
SDP’s Chee Soon Juan and Paul Tambyah, WP’s Yee Jenn Jong and SDA’s Desmond Lim explain why politics matter to them despite the hurdles.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:To survive the trade war, China aims to create a stronger domestic economy
Beijing has gained greater urgency in its push to rebalance the economy and make it less vulnerable to US tariffs, analysts say.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:UK talking with several countries to set up ‘return hubs’ for rejected asylum seekers
The British leader is under pressure to reduce immigration and cut the number of irregular migrants arriving on UK shores.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Ordinary Hongkongers can take photos near ‘prohibited places’: authorities
Government says visitors welcome to take photos for leisure purposes, after journalist reportedly threatened with arrest at off-limits site.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Putin’s ‘second wife’ joke about Malaysia’s Anwar draws laughs and anger amid MH17 ruling
While some social media users were amused by the leaders’ moment of levity, others felt it was inappropriate in light of the MH17 tragedy.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:The Philippine Midterm Election Results Reflected the Country’s Political Polarization
The results have set the scene for a similarly polarized battle during Vice President Sara Duterte's upcoming Senate impeachment trial.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:North Korea defectors in SK public sector at record high
Seoul has intensified efforts to help North Korean defectors settle into the South.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:On Indonesia Visit, Albanese Calls For Greater Defense and Economic Cooperation
Despite the warm neighborly talk that marked the Australian leader's visit, the two nations will continue to have divergent strategic perspectives.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Malaysia’s PM Anwar Winds Up Second State Visit to Russia
The four-day visit was overshadowed by the release of a report blaming Russia for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, in which 43 Malaysians lost their lives.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:WHO declares polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea
Less than half of the country's population are immunised against the highly infectious disease.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Top Australian soldier loses appeal over war crimes defamation case
Ben Roberts-Smith says he now intends to appeal the landmark judgement in the High Court.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:China’s strategic pivot paying off in South Caucasus
Western powers have, by and large, failed constructively to engage Azerbaijan following its restoration of integral territorial sovereignty. Filling the gap, China has been deepening its influence in the country while extending its reach into Georgia and even Armenia. Beijing has been ramping up investments in the region’s digital infrastructure and financing energy projects. At […] The post China’s strategic pivot...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Trump’s trade beef more with Global South than China
As Donald Trump gears up for his big trade battle with Xi Jinping’s China, is the US president fighting the wrong economic war? A perusal of Federal Reserve data shows, rather convincingly, that the US now imports roughly four times as much fromGlobal Southnations, ex-China, than from Asia’s biggest economy. In March, for example, the […] The post Trump’s trade beef more with Global South than China appeared first on...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:China’s moves in disputed waters spark concerns in Japan about ‘incremental control’
China could gain control of more undersea resources, change status quo with suspected construction of new offshore platform, analysts say.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Chinese student Xu Yang breaks ‘impossible’ microdrone world speed record
With help from other drone speedsters, Xu comes up with his own 3D-printed propellers for his superfast small quadcopter.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:How India and Pakistan share one of the world's most dangerous borders
Living along the LoC - the volatile India-Pakistan border - means life in a fragile limbo between war and peace.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Criminal investigation opened into rape, sex assault allegations against Smokey Robinson
4 women allege that the Tears of a Clown singer, 85, assaulted them while they worked for him as housekeepers between 2007 and 2024.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Trump announces US$14.5 billion Etihad commitment with Boeing, GE Aerospace
White House on Thursday said Abu Dhabi-based Etihad will buy 28 American-made Boeing 787 and 777X aircraft powered by GE engines.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Mexican influencer shot dead during TikTok live stream was ‘killed by hitman’: prosecutors
Authorities investigating if death was connected to murder of a former congressman just hours earlier in the same area of Guadalajara.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:UAE to build biggest AI campus outside US in Trump deal, bypassing past China worries
Such a deal, finalised during Trump’s visit to Abu Dhabi, is major win for UAE, which has been trying to balance relations with US and China.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Taiwan more likely to face blockade or economic warfare from Beijing than invasion: panel
Still, witnesses testifying before influential US House committee urge America to prepare for all scenarios.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:US tariffs on pharmaceuticals could hit Chinese export firms’ profit margins: analysts
America is reliant on mainland companies for the raw materials needed to make life-saving drugs, but experts say duties are likely.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:4 lessons for China as Pakistan J-10s down Indian Rafale jets
It is a boost for China’s defence industry, arms exports and the PLA’s confidence – and should encourage Beijing to increase its nuclear stockpile.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:US uses ‘poison pills’ to isolate China from supply chains
The United States has started pushing for a “strategic decoupling” from China, mainly in the steel, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor sectors, after the two countries lowered tariffs for each other. A trade deal signed by the US and the United Kingdom on May 8 showed that Washington wants veto power in China’s acquisitions of British steel […] The post US uses ‘poison pills’ to isolate China from supply chains appeared...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Why China Will Not Invade Taiwan (For Now)
China has little to gain and everything to lose by altering the world's current geopolitical trajectory.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Harvard thought it had cheap copy of the Magna Carta – it turned out to be extremely rare
University bought faded document for less than US$30; researchers have concluded it is a rare version from 1300 issued by England’s Edward I.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Ukrainian charged with arson at properties linked to UK PM Starmer
Roman Lavrynovych was arrested on Tuesday in connection with fires across north London including home where Starmer lived before becoming PM.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Taiwan’s Self-Created Achilles’ Heel: Eliminating Nuclear Power
The DPP government should not give up on the single energy source China would hesitate to target in a conflict.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:What the Global North Can Learn From the Global South
The tumult now unsettling the Global North may be an unexpected opportunity through which a truer, less hierarchical human rights order might at last emerge.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Seventeen arrest warrants issued over Bangkok skyscraper collapse
The State Audit Office tower collapsed when Bangkok felt tremors of a massive earthquake in Myanmar.
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