China has announced that it is investigating several executives at state-owned property companies over allegations of “serious violations of discipline and law.” The probes are another blow to a key ... ( read original story ...)
China’s response to Pelosi visit to Taiwan a sign of future intentions, experts say
China's response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan was anything but subtle -- dispatching warships and military aircraft to all sides of the self-governing island democracy, and ... ( read original story ...)
Live news updates from August 18: US and Taiwan to begin trade talks, Europe forest fires destroy record hectarage
A federal judge in Florida has given the US Department of Justice one week to suggest redactions to the affidavit justifying the search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort last week, paving the way ... ( read original story ...)
We must stop mincing our words about Taiwan
Chinese ambassador Xiao Qians accusation last week that Australia has violated the international rules of sovereignty was more than a little preposterous. ( read original story ...)
The Chinese dream of home ownership is crumbling. The economy could go with it
With financing drying up and debts due, the resulting cash crunch has left thousands of units unfinished, and owners boycotting their mortgages. ( read original story ...)
China’s Strategic Incoherence on Taiwan Shows Ominous Mindset | Opinion
Because China is doing something that makes no strategic sense, there must be something terribly wrong inside the Chinese political system at the moment. ( read original story ...)
Insisting “might is right”, China cares nothing for Taiwan’s people
China antics after the Taiwan visit on August 3-4 by Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi demonstrated that the Chinese Communist Party C ... ( read original story ...)
5 things to know for Aug. 15: Floods, FBI Search, Taiwan, Health care strike, India
In the search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property last week, FBI agents seized 11 sets of documents, some marked as "sensitive compartmented information" -- one ... ( read original story ...)
In a takeover fight, both Taiwan and China come out losers
High-income and high-tech Taiwan would gain nothing from being merged into China. And Beijing would not hold on to Taiwan’s dynamism if it did seize the island. ( read original story ...)
China home buyers run out of patience with developers
Newly married and with his first child on the way, auto worker Wang (王) wanted to move into the apartment he bought in Wuhan three years ago, but those hopes were dashed by China’s ballooning property ... ( read original story ...)
Small-scale forest owners gain foothold in US carbon markets
For Sara Velazquez and her husband, purchasing the 22 acres behind their rural Pennsylvania home was the start of a lengthy effort to preserve and resuscitate the hilly forestland. The question was ... ( read original story ...)
US rethinks moving on China tariffs after Taiwan fury
President Joe Biden’s team has been wrestling for months with various ways to ease the costs of duties imposed on Chinese imports, to help tamp down inflation. ( read original story ...)
US rethinks steps on China tariffs in wake of Taiwan response
United States government is rethinking the tariff structure on Chinese imports in light of Chinese response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit ... ( read original story ...)
US Rethinks Steps On China Tariffs In Wake Of Taiwan Tensions: Report
China's war games around Taiwan have led Biden administration officials to recalibrate their thinking on whether to scrap some tariffs or potentially impose others on Beijing, setting those options ... ( read original story ...)
What the risk of US-China conflict over Taiwan means for India
India should pay more attention to the domestic imperatives driving Chinese foreign and security policies and shape its counter-narratives and responses accordingly ... ( read original story ...)
Yuan edges lower, pressured by COVID, property woes and Taiwan tensions
The yuan weakened slightly against the dollar on Tuesday, as fresh COVID-19 outbreaks, property sector woes and geopolitical tensions clouded the outlook for China's economy, even as exports remained ... ( read original story ...)