News Of Asia

How to Deal With Trump — Reassurance From a Chinese Think Tank

20 Jan, 2017 84 views

On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, one Chinese think tank had some advice for Beijing on how to engage with the next U.S. president: Don’t expect the worst. While Mr. Trump has threatened …

Taiwan December export orders rise for fifth month, but momentum slows

20 Jan, 2017 27 views

By J.R. Wu | TAIPEI Taiwan’s December export orders grew for a fifth straight month but slower than forecast, raising some concerns that demand for its tech shipments will cool after the year-end holiday …

Japan threatens India with WTO on steel as Trump era heralds rising trade tensions

20 Jan, 2017 138 views

By Yuka Obayashi | TOKYO Japan is threatening to take India to the WTO over restrictions that nearly halved its steel exports to the South Asian nation over the past year, a step that …

China-U.S. trade tensions top Big Oil’s worry list

20 Jan, 2017 31 views

By Dmitry Zhdannikov | DAVOS, SWITZERLAND Oil executives and Middle East producers are concerned that trade tensions between the United States and China risk clouding the outlook for global energy demand growth and a …

China, Fanning Patriotism, Adds 6 Years to War with Japan in History Books

12 Jan, 2017 189 views

BEIJING — For generations, the “Eight-Year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression” has been ingrained in the minds of Chinese schoolchildren. Revolutionary hymns evoked the bloody years, from 1937 to 1945, of what is …

China Sends Aircraft Carrier Through Taiwan Strait Maneuver occurs amid heightened tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled island

12 Jan, 2017 25 views

BEIJING—China said Wednesday it was committed to promoting peace and stability in Asia, even as it sent an aircraft carrier battle group through the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled …

U.S. blacklists North Korean officials over rights abuses

12 Jan, 2017 20 views

The U.S. Treasury Department has added seven senior North Korean officials, including leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, to its sanctions list because of human rights abuses and censorship by the communist nation. The department …

South Korea minister says China indirectly retaliating against THAAD

6 Jan, 2017 29 views

China is suspected to be taking indirect action against South Korea’s decision last year to deploy a U.S. anti-missile system, South Korea’s finance minister said. China worries that the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area …