Tesla’s India electric vehicle plans on track despite Elon Musk postponing Modi meeting
But days before Musk’s much-anticipated visit to India, he backed out.
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Taiwan to tear down Chiang Kai-shek statues, Hong Kong’s sushi packaging guessing game: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week
Some overseas attendees at Canton Fair said that despite the reports in the West of the threats caused by China’s overcapacity in the new energy sector, they cannot resist the temptation to see how cheap and affordable the Chinese products are.
China should have confidence to talk to Taiwan, says Taiwanese president-elect
TAIPEI — China should have the confidence to talk to Taiwan's legally elected government, Taiwan's President-elect Lai Ching-te said on April 25 as he appointed his new national security and diplomacy team amid what he called unprecedented challenges.
TikTok ban won’t solve foreign influence, data privacy problems
When President Joe Biden signed a US$95 billion foreign aid bill into law on April 24, 2024, it started the clock on a nine-month window for TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app. The president can extend the deadline by three months, and TikTok has indicated that it plans to challenge the law in court.
US-China talks start with warnings about misunderstandings and miscalculations
BEIJING (AP) — The United States and China butted heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and both men warned of the dangers of misunderstandings and miscalculations.
Academics in Japan shun events in China amid fears over professor’s disappearance in Shanghai
Concerns have mounted since Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi confirmed on Monday that Tokyo was “aware” that professor Fan Yuntao had been missing after making what was meant to be a brief return to Shanghai in late February 2023.
India has seen a record 411 million train passengers in April, as people rush to vote, attend Hindu weddings
By comparison, that same period in April last year saw 370 million train passengers. During the peak surge from April 20-21, Indian Railways (IR) serviced 33.8 million passengers across the 14,300 trains it operates daily.