China is stepping up its game in Indonesia’s electric vehicle (EV) battery industry after a major exit by South Korea’s LG-led consortium. LG and its partners have pulled out of a massive US$7.7 billion project meant to build a full EV battery supply chain in Indonesia — giving China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt a clear path to take charge. LG Energy …

Big leaps into the internet technology future kicked off with the launch of the world’s first commercial network for selling 10G broadband services by China. It was in Sunan County, in Hebei Province, where the breakthrough hit the market. The super-fast broadband is a joint project between telecom giant Huawei and the state-run company China Unicom. Building the next-generation broadband …

A phenomenon of sorts that was never seen before: numerous humanoid robots took their positions along with thousands of human runners during the half marathon held in Beijing last Saturday. Not out of a sci-fi flick, this was a digital manifestation of the muscular strength that China gains in its tech segment. The 21-km marathon featured over 21 humanoid robots …

President Donald Trump established a temporary tariff hold during a significant policy change but immediately enforced brutal 125% import taxes against China. The two largest international economies confront each other more fiercely in their continuing trade conflict. China started to tax every product from the US by 84% on Thursday after implementing the action. According to the Chinese Commerce Ministry …

China asks India to fight the US’s trade practices because those measures hurt developing nations worldwide. According to Yu Jing of the Chinese Embassy in India, the nations need to unite in opposition to harmful development restrictions enforced on Global South countries. China's economy is underpinned by a system that ensures steady growth, and produces positive spillovers. Chinese manufacturing is …

The Chinese Coast Guard ships extended their stays near the Senkaku Island region which led Japan to lodge formal diplomatic objections. Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Monday that China’s maritime expansion near the disputed islands is rapidly intensifying to create more international political instability.The ships stayed 92 hours inside Japanese waters for the first time since Japan acquired the …

Japanese officials joined South Korean and Chinese foreign ministers in Tokyo to plan a summit based on historical turning point statements from Japan’s Takeshi Iwaya. The recent talks between Japan and its neighbors arise from uncertainty about the United States and its traditional alliances while China attempts to build stronger regional connections.  During the meeting Wang Yi stressed the three …

Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing sold Panamanian port terminals to a US-led group, causing diplomatic conflicts between Washington and Beijing because of Latin American geopolitical competition. CK Hutchison completed its $22.8 billion deal on March 6 to unload its worldwide port terminals to a consortium led by BlackRock US due to 96-year-old Li Ka-shing’s decision. Shortly after the deal, President …

Indonesia and Vietnam have completed their long-negotiated and pending ratification of their maritime boundaries. While this will probably improve maritime security and help prevent illegal fishing, the agreement will likely cause rifts with China because of the latter’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. President Prabowo Subianto said he was mulling ratifying the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) treaty with …

On Monday China started military exercises close to Taiwan after Lai Ching-te kept promoting the separation of Taiwan from China. Beijing labeled this military action a disciplinary measure that made the Taiwan Strait situation more intense. Taiwan’s defense ministry revealed that 54 warplanes including J-10 fighter aircraft and drones entered Taiwan’s airspace. The aircraft passed near Taiwan’s south through northern, …