Taiwan on Thursday unveiled its first domestically developed submarine named after a mythical fish in a step forward to counter China's rising aggression around the island's waters.
Taiwan's defence ministry staged the first sea trial of a $1.54bn (£1.27bn) diesel-electric powered submarine at its shipbuilder CSBC Corp’s Kaohsiung dockyard.
The vessel...
When finding a job feels as unlikely as winning the lottery, playing the actual lottery may seem like a more productive use of time. In the first half of 2023, faced with a struggling economy, Chinese consumers spent 273.9bn yuan ($37bn/£30bn) on lottery tickets, an increase of more than...
As tensions continue to escalate between China and the Philippines over disputed territory in the South China Sea, Manila has devised a different plan to counter China. Interestingly, it centers around Beijing’s kryptonite: Taiwan
To strengthen the country’s territorial defense, Filipino Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro directed the military to increase...
Tokyo , October 14: The Japanese government has become concerned about its economic dependency on China amid intensifying US-China strategic competition, China's track record of economic coercion and its long-term objectives to secure its own "core interests", Asia Times reported.
Asia Times is a pan-Asia online news platform covering politics,...
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo talked up American firms' desire to do business in China and her hopes for further engagement with Chinese officials on market access on Wednesday, after earlier comments over China being "uninvestible".
At a press conference in Shanghai, Raimondo said she had not expected any breakthroughs...
China has become an enigma to the entire world, India in particular. Although actual hot war conditions prevailed between Russia and Ukraine for over 500 days, the war against China in the South China Sea (SCS) has been going on ever since the Permanent Court of Arbitration decided the...
In the run-up to Taiwan’s January 2024 general election, unsubstantiated reports circulated about outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen’s alleged plans to escape the island aboard a US military aircraft in the event of conflict with China. It has now been disclosed that Chinese state media spread these reports.
These claims, first...
A prominent Uyghur scholar specialising in the study of her people's folklore and traditions has been sentenced to life in prison, according to a US-based foundation that works on human rights cases in China.
Rahile Dawut was convicted on charges of endangering state security in December 2018 in a secret...
At the onset of his unprecedented third term, Xi Jinping stacked China’s top ranks with a slate of loyalists who he presumably hoped would smooth the paths to achieve his grand vision for China.
Less than a year on, however, a storm of turbulence is roiling Xi’s hand-picked ruling elite,...
Guatemala has no intention of breaking diplomatic relations with Taiwan despite seeking closer economic links with China, President Bernardo Arevalo said on Thursday, pledging to boost ties with both players in parallel.
Guatemala is one of only a handful of nations that still maintains formal ties with Taiwan. Next-door Honduras...
