Foreign buyers of readymade garments are increasingly focusing their attention on Bangladesh due to various global factors, including the US-China trade tension and the ongoing conflict in Myanmar, according to buying houses, which serve as local representatives of international fashion retailers and brands.
"We see that buyers are interested in...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday warned the Maldives of being at a high risk of ‘debt distress’ amid increasing proximity with China. The strategically important nation is currently governed by a pro-China government.
Since the rise of Mohamed Muizzu as Maldives President in November last year, Beijing has...
Three pieces of US legislation focused on China’s human rights situation and US security cooperation with Asia-Pacific allies cleared the Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday.
The first of the three, introduced by California Republican Young Kim, authorises further action to protect China’s Uygur populations from alleged human rights abuses,...
Although elected with a clear mandate to decrease Taiwan’s trade dependence on mainland China, President Tsai Ing-wen met with limited success in her attempt during the first term of her presidency. Indeed, China’s proportion of Taiwan’s overall exports reached an all-time high (43.9 percent) in 2020.
However, even without a...
Taipei , April 30: Chinese President Xi Jinping has kicked off his six-day trip to Europe amid rising tensions over trade with the European Union and concerns over Beijing's support for Russia.
Xi's visit, which started on Sunday (April 28), is his first to the continent since 2019, which will...
"The PRC has a bigger hacking program than every other major nation combined," Wray said at a congressional hearing on China on Wednesday.
"In fact, if each one of the FBI's cyber agents and intelligence analysts focused exclusively on the China threat, China's hackers would still outnumber FBI cyber personnel...
TAIPEI: Taipei's defence ministry said it had detected 21 Chinese military aircraft around the self-ruled island since 8:15 am (0015 GMT) on Saturday, a month before Taiwan's May 20 inauguration of incoming president Lai Ching-te.
"17 aircraft (of the 21) crossed the median line and its extension, entered our northern,...
India needs to carefully watch developments in the Taiwan Strait as it was and remains the most dangerous conflict point in the Indo-Pacific. India’s Former Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale has said that any friction in the Taiwan Strait will have major implications for the Indian economy.
“US and China are...
India would overtake China as the biggest driver of global oil demand in 2027 as transportation and industry consumption in the world’s fastest-growing major economy would drive growth despite a big push for clean energy and electrification, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday.
The Paris-based agency in a...
Chinese coast guard vessels have been passing by Japanese-claimed waters for weeks in the East China Sea and China's warships have been edging near Japan's southwestern islands in recent days, Japanese officials said.
A fleet of four Chinese coast guard vessels on Thursday passed just outside of the territorial waters...
