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Ck Hutchison’s Halted Panama Ports Operation Weighs on Earnings
13+ hour, 49+ min ago (217+ words) CK Hutchison’s cargo traffic and port earnings have been hit by a halt to operations in Panama, it said after posting half-year results, adding that little progress had been made on a $23 billion sale of most of its ports business....
Cook Islands Votes in Election Shaped by China, Deep-Sea Mining
20+ hour, 48+ min ago (369+ words) The Cook Islands started voting Thursday in a general election that will test the Pacific nation’s appetite for deep-sea mining and expanded dealings with China. Incumbent Prime Minister Mark Brown sent shivers through his nation’s closest partner, New Zealand, in…...
Iran War a Boon for China’s E-Trucks, Fueling Export Surge
14+ hour, 3+ min ago (659+ words) By Sam Li and Lewis Jackson China’s exports of electric trucks to other Asian countries have spiked, adding to a surge in domestic sales as higher fuel costs as a result of the Iran war accelerate regional electrification. China’s rapid…...
Indonesia-China Naval Drills Draw Protests from Taiwan
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (202+ words) China’s state press quoted Chinese military authorities this week announcing that the Chinese and Indonesian navies “completed a naval navigation exercise in waters east of China’s Taiwan Island on Wednesday.” A military statement said China’s Honghe vessel and the Indonesian…...
Indonesia Says Navy Drill With China That Angered Taiwan Was Routine
2+ day, 49+ min ago (541+ words) By Ananda Teresia, Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee Indonesia’s navy said on Wednesday that joint navy exercises which China said took place east of Taiwan were routine and not related to “war fighting”, after Taipei expressed alarm and called them…...
Two Chinese-Backed Tech Firms Built on African Growth Eye Hong Kong IPOs
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (250+ words) Two Chinese-backed tech companies that have made their fortunes in Africa are now looking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars as they turn to Hong Kong for new capital. Transsion Holdings, the Shenzhen-based telecom giant that has dominated the…...
China Warns Pacific Islands Diplomat Not to Sour Ties Over Taiwan
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (240+ words) China warned a top Pacific Islands diplomat to “avoid affecting the healthy and stable development of ties” on Tuesday, after he said Taiwan would attend an annual meeting of the regional bloc’s leaders. The island was barred from the Pacific…...
China Missile Test Deepens Pacific Divide Over Growing Militarization
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (730+ words) China’s test of a nuclear-capable missile last month has exposed the limits of Pacific leaders’ ambition to make the region an “Ocean of Peace”, free from the crossfire of major-power rivalry. The July launch, China’s first known ballistic-missile test into…...
China’s Car Sales Extend Slide as Shift Accelerates to Overseas Markets
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (491+ words) By Qiaoyi Li, Zhang Yan and Ju-min Park China’s car sales fell for a 10th straight month in July, though the pace of decline eased, contrasting with strong export growth as automakers step up overseas expansion to offset cut-throat competition in…...
What the Global South Can Learn From Shenzhen’s Tech Rise
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (1849+ words) Forty years ago, Shenzhen was a small southern Chinese fishing village, just across the border from Hong Kong. Today, it’s one of the world’s most advanced megacities, with a population of nearly 20 million people and home to many of the…...