China Asia Economy

China bomber spied with new air-launched hypersonic

China’s Xian H-6K strategic bomber has been spotted carrying a new type of ai...

Olaf Scholz’s peace mission to China

Barely back home from his November 4 encounter with Chinese President Xi Jinp...

NASA asteroid crash a watershed moment for humanity

NASA’s DART-game victory hasn’t gotten the attention or respect it deserves. ...

Will Sharm El Sheikh be another COP-out?

It is 28 years since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Chang...

COP, copper, and the green transition

Representatives of more than 190 countries (including 100 heads of state) are...

Russia, North Korea partners in sanctions-busting crime

The dissonance between the two conflict-ridden ends of Russia’s periphery con...

New era upside of Meta’s share price collapse

Facebook may not be the original social media platform but it has stood the t...

Japan a woefully late entrant in the hypersonic race

Japan is weighing whether to deploy hypersonic missiles by 2030, a potential ...

What world leaders need to know ahead of COP27

World leaders and climate experts are gathering for pivotal United Nations cl...

Incorrigible cops getting Widodo down in Indonesia

JAKARTA – Accused of “despicable actions,” another general has been sacked fo...

Imran Khan shooting puts Pakistan on the brink

The attempted assassination of Imran Khan on November 3 has ushered Pakistan ...

US pressing Japan to follow its China chip ban

China has warned Japan of undisclosed consequences if it follows the United S...

Kinetic Korea: missile tests, war drills and Kim’s d...

SEOUL – Life continued as normal in central Seoul today (November 3), but in ...

The perils of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy

On April 25, 2007, the Caribbean state of St Lucia, which in 1997 had establi...

HondaJet flying high in elite light jet market

Honda Aircraft Company has launched an upgraded version of its Elite model bu...

Despite soaring US yields, dollar risk favors gold

The last time the yield of inflation-protected US Treasuries stood at 2 perce...