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SHANGHAI – Chinese tech stocks dropped on Wednseday (Oct 27) as US-China tensions flare up again with Washington moving to restrict the Asian nation’s companies and calling for a…

BALTIMORE – The United States would come to Taiwan’s defence and has a commitment to defend the island China claims as its own, US President Joe Biden said on Thursday (Oct 21),…

TBILISI – US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday (Oct 18) Washington was closely watching China’s development of advanced weapons systems, while declining to comment…

BEIJING – China’s market regulator on Friday (Oct 8) fined delivery giant Meituan 3.4 billion yuan (S$715 million) for monopolistic practices and ordered it to take “comprehensive…

BRUSSELS – US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday (Oct 7) his talks with China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Switzerland on Wednesday avoided the acrimony of…

The US called on China to halt its “provocative” pressure on Taiwan after a record number of daily incursions by Chinese warplanes, saying the military actions are destabilising and risk…

SINGAPORE – China is set for a difficult harvest season as a severe energy crunch hurts the outlook for booming production, a development that risks triggering a renewed surge in…

BRUSSELS – The EU on Tuesday (Sept 28) said it told China that human rights are “a key component” of their ties, in a high-level discussion where Taiwan and the Aukus pact also…

China may be diving head first into a power supply shock that could hit Asia’s largest economy hard just as the Evergrande crisis sends shockwaves.

UNITED NATIONS – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday (Sept 24) he believed the world was united on pressing the Taliban after speaking with Pakistan, China and…