Companies respond to US chip survey but withhold key data
More than 30 foreign and domestic chip companies have submitted data requested by the U.S. to address a chip shortage crisis
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Satellite images show China built mock-ups of US warships
The mock-ups of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and destroyer were detected in its northwestern desert, possibly as practice for a future naval clash as tensions rise between the…
Heightened tensions over Taiwan the most urgent threat to global security
Matters are reaching a point where a trilateral strategy between the USA, Japan, and Taiwan to fend off Beijing’s attempts to bring its ‘renegade province’ to heel is…
Viet Nam demands China withdraw ships out of Viet Nam’s Whitsun Reef
Hanoi made the demand last Thursday following reports of the operation of many Chinese vessels at Whitsun Reef
RCEP on track to come into force on Jan 1, 2022
The wait is on for four Asean countries and South Korea to ratify the agreement, that will become the world's biggest trade pact by GDP
UAE to invest massive $32.7b in Indonesia
Investments were among the bevy of gifts showered on President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo as he visited the United Arab Emirates
Hong Kong and China working towards resumption of quarantine-free travel
Both sides are working on a resumption of quarantine-free travel, following an improvement in the Covid-19 situation in Hong Kong
Australia joins New Zealand to ratify regional trade pact RCEP
The deal is the world’s largest trade pact, representing about 30 per cent of the global population and gross domestic product
COP26 leaders vow new drive to end deforestation by 2030
The pledge will be issued at the end of the two-day United Nations COP26 conference, which will continue for another fortnight to try to craft national plans on preventing global…
China calls on US to stop politicizing Covid’s origin
US intelligence agencies said in a declassified report on Friday that a natural origin and a lab leak are both plausible hypotheses for how SARS-CoV-2 first infected humans