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Before I even walk into the restaurant in the Chinese city of Dandong, there are obvious signs of its ties to North Korea. Upbeat North Korean songs blare from a loudspeaker placed outside the entrance counter, where two small North Korean flags are standing in a vase. Inside I’m given a menu written in North…
Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus and Anduril Industries. Ford CEO Jim Farley recently said that the US must carefully weigh how and whether Chinese automakers should enter the American market. As a cautionary tale, he pointed to Europe. At an Automotive News conference in September, Ford CEO said that the US must “be extremely careful…
ANI | Updated: Oct 17, 2026 12:09 IST Taipei [Taiwan], October 17 (ANI): Taiwan has accused China of trying to influence its democratic elections by imposing sanctions on a company owned by the father of Puma Shen, a legislator from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Taipei Times reported.According to Taipei Times, China’s Taiwan Affairs…
Korea KOSPI Index displayed on a smartphone with SK hynix and Samsung logo displayed. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Memory chip stocks have taken a particularly bad beating this week amid broader equity market turmoil. Two concerns are adding to the pressure — the debate over whether Chinese competition is threatening memory incumbents…
Three Chinese nationals have dodged an immediate jail term for their role in a failed people smuggling venture at a remote air base in Western Australia’s far north. Shyuan Hong, 56, and her 34-year-old daughter Zhongfang Zhang were sentenced at Sydney’s Downing Centre Court on Tuesday morning, along with another man, Shuai Sun. The trio were…
The Resources Minister Madeleine King says nationalising a Perth-based heavy rare earths company is an “option” for the government as China-linked investors continue to defy orders to divest from the strategically sensitive miner. In May, federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers ordered six investors which hold around 17 per cent of Northern Minerals to divest by July…
Australian and Chinese red meat industry leaders have reinforced their commitment to long-term collaboration and mutual cooperation following a week-long industry exchange across China. The activity culminated in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between key industry organisations. The visit formed part of the Australia-China Livestock and Red Meat Industry Cooperation Program, a joint…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 — National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has called for a shift in Kenya-China economic relations towards local manufacturing, technology transfer and expanded export opportunities as Kenya seeks to address a trade imbalance heavily tilted in China’s favour. Wetang’ula said Kenya must leverage its longstanding partnership with China to develop domestic industries,…
China’s Tianwen-3 mission is scheduled to launch around 2028 Schematic diagram: VCG China aims to return samples from Mars to Earth in around 2031, with the Tianwen-3 mission scheduled to launch around 2028, Zhang Jiajun, an associate research fellow at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, wrote in an article titled…
A fortnight ago we reported on the curious case of top-secret F-35 advanced fighter parts getting swiped by China as a shipment from Australia to the U.S. transited Hong Kong. The decision to route through the Chinese territory was said to be ‘inexplicable’ at the time. Now, insiders talking to Bloomberg have revealed that a…