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Japan has begun preparations to deploy its first batch of domestically developed long-range missiles, with launchers arriving at an army camp in Kumamoto Prefecture early Monday, officials said.The upgraded Type-12 land-to-ship missiles are set to be operational at Camp Kengun by the end of March, completing the initial deployment phase, chief cabinet secretary Minoru Kihara…
US President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping. US President Donald Trump will not travel beyond Beijing during his China visit later this month due to a tight schedule and security concerns.Several sources, speaking on condition of anonymity told South China Morning Post that US “advance teams” arrived in the Chinese capital in early…
China on Sunday warned against attempts to engineer political change in Iran amid the ongoing US-Israel offensive, saying such efforts would lack public support and could worsen instability in the region.Speaking at a news conference on the sidelines of a major annual gathering in Beijing, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said attempts to provoke a…
File photo: US President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping Chinese analysts and officials do not believe the US would target Xi in the same way it did with Khamenei, given China’s status as a nuclear power. But Trump’s embrace of war as a tool to assert American dominance has nonetheless reaffirmed Beijing’s view…
For years, China tried to have it both ways in the Middle East. It wanted cheap Iranian oil without the burden of getting entangled with the Ayatollah regime. It wanted Gulf investment, Gulf markets, and Gulf goodwill, while also keeping ties to Tehran. It wanted America tied down in endless regional crises, but without the…
The US is considering another change to its chip import policy. A report claims that the US Department of Commerce’s new chip export proposal may require foreign governments to invest in US AI infrastructure to get large shipments of AI chips from Nvidia or AMD. The draft rule, under review, would introduce a tiered approval…
China now has more billionaires than any other country, according to the latest Hurun Global Rich List, released Thursday by the Shanghai-based Hurun Group. The country is home to 1,110 billionaires out of 4,020 globally, overtaking the United States. China added 287 new billionaires since last year, more than recovering losses from the past three…
China on Thursday announced a 7% increase in its defence budget for 2026, as it continues to step up its military capabilities to counter the United States and strengthen its claims over Taiwan and the South China Sea. The hike will take the country’s defence spending to about 1.9 trillion yuan, or $276.8 billion, according…
The new target reflects mounting challenges from Donald Trump’s tariffs, the global uncertainty linked to the US-Iran conflict. (AI image) China has forecast its GDP growth at the lowest level in over three decades! The world’s second largest economy is slowing down due to multiple external and internal headwinds. China has fixed its annual economic…
Any interruption to navigation in the Strait of Hormuz poses a serious threat to international oil trade flows. Strait of Hormuz closure has sent shockwaves in global markets and with no signs of the US-Israel-Iran war de-escalating, oil prices have been climbing up. The expanding conflict in Iran has brought tanker movement through the Strait…
