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 ...)
China-Taiwan crisis: Implications and options for Japan
Several countries have a stake in the fate of Taiwan and one of them is its neighbour, Japan. The escalated tension between China and Taiwan over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the ... ( read original story ...)
Biden ‘concerned’ as China extends military drills around Taiwan
A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft flies over the 68-nautical-mile scenic spot, one of mainland China's closest points to the island of Taiwan, in Pingtan island, Fujian province, China ... ( read original story ...)
China-Taiwan: Why is China targeting Taiwan Strait?
As the tussle between China and Taiwan continues, China has placed warships around the island country. Many drills were conducted around Taiwan by China. Now, China is targeting Taiwan's Strait. But ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan, once world’s factory, taps tourism to keep plants alive
So they value their things more.” Wu’s “tourism factory” is part of an effort by Taiwan’s Economic Development Bureau to boost local tourism by directing funds towards infrastructure that already ... ( read original story ...)