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Sam Roggeveen is director of the international security program at the Lowy Institute, an international policy think tank based in Sydney. He was previously a senior strategic analyst with the Australian Office of National Assessments focused on North Asian strategic affairs.
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong has become the first city outside mainland China to allow local residents to open digital wallets with e-CNY, or digital yuan, marking another step in the internationalization of China's digital currency.
HONG KONG -- The High Court in Hong Kong on Friday adjourned the first hearing of a wind-up petition against embattled mainland Chinese developer Country Garden Holdings, with the judge stressing that the case must proceed promptly.
SHANGHAI -- China has stepped up maritime activity and other moves that analysts see as a pressure campaign on Taiwan ahead of President-elect Lai Ching-te's inauguration in Taipei on Monday.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -- President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that U.S. sanctions policy was undermining confidence in the dollar and that Russia and China would find a way to stop the threat of measures against Chinese banks from disrupting their burgeoning trade.
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Electric vehicles from China are zooming over the border to Vietnam, the home of VinFast, as low-cost EV makers aim to replicate the rapid penetration they achieved in markets from Thailand to Brazil.
TOKYO -- U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel on Friday visited Yonaguni, a remote Japanese island close to Taiwan, signaling to China that the U.S. and Japan are poised to jointly deal with any Taiwan contingency.
TOKYO -- From component makers to battery suppliers, Asian companies are bracing for the impact of U.S. President Joe Biden's tariff hikes on imports of Chinese electric vehicles, EV batteries and materials.