China passes tariff law as tensions with trading partners simmer

China on Friday passed a law leaving its biggest trade partners in no doubt that it can hit back should they put tariffs on the exports of the world's No.2 economy as Washington and Brussels take aim ... Read More

World Insights: Intensive China visits by ASEAN officials testament to closer ties

Data from Statistics Indonesia showed that the trade volume between the two countries in 2023 reached 127.12 billion U.S. dollars, making China Indonesia's biggest trading partner for 11 ... Read More

EU-China: two of the biggest trading partners in the world

The EU and China exports account for over a 3 rd of the world trade. The EU and China trade goods over €800 billion annually with each other. EU’s largest partner for imports and 3 rd largest for ... Read More

Thailand urges bigger ASEAN role in resolving Myanmar conflict

Thailand called on Friday for the regional bloc ASEAN to take a more proactive role in trying to resolve the crisis in military-ruled Myanmar, after weeks of fighting near its border that halted trade ... Read More

The US and China are engaging more. But that doesn't mean they trust each other more, an analyst says.

Increased communications have stabilized tensions over Taiwan, and many senior US officials are talking with their Chinese counterparts. Read More

World News

To lure swiftlets, whose saliva-built nests fetch high prices in China, people in Borneo compete ... Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter how people think of ... Read More

Tensions between Beijing and Washington are the biggest worry for US companies in China, report says

A report by the American Chamber of Commerce in China says that simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington remain the top worry for U.S. companies operating in China. Read More

ASEAN is more pro-China than US: Survey

or the first time in five years, Southeast Asian grouping ASEAN, collectively, is tilting more toward China than the United ... the US was the bloc’s preferred world power. Read More

Technology News

as a new flagship rocket is put to the test for a third time A lab in a Dutch zoo has presented special corals that bred themselves and nestled them in Europe's largest coral reef ABC News' Ginger ... Read More

Inappropriate Sex Talk and Other Bombshells in 5th Episode of Children's TV Documentary Quiet on Set

Drake Bell Calls Out Boy Meets World's Will Friedle ... Quiet on Set In a previous statement to PEOPLE, a spokesperson for Schneider said, “Nothing has been alleged about Dan other than him ... Read More

The world is scarred from China shock 1.0. They're not about to let 2.0 happen so easily.

China is pivoting to new growth drivers in solar cells, electric vehicles, and lithium-ion batteries. This could create a "China shock 2.0" that impacts other ... on the world's trade and labor ... Read More

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WORLD’S BIGGEST VOTE: A rare published opinion poll last year found that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was viewed favorably by nearly 80 percent of the public ... Read More