China's distressed property developers reveal wave of job cuts
HONG KONG -- Mainland Chinese property developers suffering from mounting debt obligations and dwindling sales have resorted to drastic workforce cuts, some of their annual reports show.
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China tells Blinken that U.S. should 'stop hyping' industry overcapacity
HONG KONG/TOKYO -- China on Friday demanded that the U.S. "stop hyping up" concerns about its industrial capacity as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Foreign Minister Wang Yi and, later, President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
China’s money can’t pull PNG from Australia
There can be no more powerful symbol of the relationship between Australia and Papua New Guinea than the prime ministers of these neighboring countries walking together on the grueling Kokoda Track towards Isurava, high in PNG’s rugged Owen Stanley mountains.
Indonesia’s Prabowo to ‘expand wings of coalition’ with ‘attractive offers’ to former rivals
Analysts believe Prabowo is likely to form a grand coalition with minimal opposition, an outcome that would accelerate his legislative agenda, but potentially erode the country’s democracy due to a lack of checks on his power.
No limit to how low the yen will go
TOKYO – Who needs Las Vegas or Macau when betting on how low the yen can go is the best game anywhere?
These are the countries where TikTok is already banned
LONDON (AP) — TikTok is in the crosshairs of authorities in the U.S., where new legislation threatens a nationwide ban unless its China-based parent ByteDance divests. It would be the biggest blow yet to the popular video-sharing app, which has faced various restrictions around the world.
Xi Is Meeting Blinken With Tough Issues on the Agenda
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is to meet with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing on Friday, in an attempt to hold together a fractious relationship despite disputes over the economy, national security and geopolitical frictions in East Asia, the Middle East and Ukraine.
When U.S. Diplomats Visit China, Meal Choices Are About More Than Taste Buds
Beijing beer made with American hops, to highlight the trade relationship between the two countries. Tibetan food, to send a human rights message. Mushrooms with possible hallucinogenic properties, just because they taste good.