Australia puts China firmly in its sights with new defence strategy
The 80-page document offers a gloomy assessment of Pacific security and sets out a massive increase in defence spending to retool Australia’s military to cope.
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As yen sinks, Japan must avoid goading China into a currency war
And President Xi Jinping might conclude that the yen’s drop affords China the geopolitical cover to engineer a weaker yuan.
Bank of Korea chief says won volatility is a little 'excessive' and will intervene if needed
The Bank of Korea will intervene to control currency volatility if needed, the central bank's chief told CNBC, describing the recent market fluctuations as a little "excessive."
A shift to renewable energy is 'hopeless' without efficiencies, environmentalist says
Explorer and environmentalist Bertrand Piccard has called for a renewed focus on cutting energy waste, saying it's "hopeless" to shift to renewables without improving efficiency.
Asia markets mixed after Tuesday's broad sell-off; Singapore exports plunge more than expected
This is CNBC's live blog covering Asia-Pacific markets.
Singapore non oil domestic exports plunge 20.7%, misses expectations by a huge margin
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports plunged 20.7% in March from a year ago, a sharp decline from the revised 0.2% fall in February.
Countering China’s rare earth dominance and coercion
In December, the People’s Republic of China announced a retaliatory restriction of rare-earth element processing technology, a continuation of its strategy to monopolize the critical mineral market.
Three takeaways from China’s upbeat Q1 growth
China’s first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) surpassed market expectations, indicating a promising start to the year for the world’s second-largest economy.