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BEIJING, April 20- China has long pushed the development of top-end semiconductors as a key strategic objective. Now, as a trade war with the United States looms, a government decision to accelerate the development of the domestic chip industry underlines how far those goals have fallen short. China has made chip development a key plank of its Made in China 2025...
If a full scale trade war happens, South Korea and Taiwan would be hit the hardest, says Suresh Tantia of Credit Suisse.
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The U.S. has angered Beijing, which claims Taiwan under a policy known as "One China," and opposes other countries pursuing ties with the self-ruled island.
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NEW YORK, March 28- China's largest coworking firm, Ucommune, is seeking to raise $200 million in financing to expand its global operations, a source told Reuters on Wednesday, in another sign of the growing market for shared office space. Ucommune Venture Investment Co Ltd opened the New York financial district site with Serendipity Labs, a U.S. firm that is...
*China has been incensed by new U.S. law on ties with Taiwan. Republican senators asked the Trump administration on Monday to allow the sale of Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 fighter jets to Taiwan, saying it would help it "remain a democracy" in the face of threats from China. China's hostility towards self-ruled Taiwan has grown since Tsai Ing- wen from the...
Republican senators asked the Trump administration on Monday to allow the sale of Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 fighter jets to Taiwan, saying it would help it "remain a democracy" in the face of threats from China. China's hostility towards Taiwan has grown since Tsai Ing- wen from the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party won presidential elections on...
China has offered to buy more semiconductors from the U.S. by diverting some purchases from South Korea and Taiwan, CNBC confirmed on Monday.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's choice of John Bolton to replace H.R. McMaster as national security advisor replaces a restraining influence in the president's inner circle with a dedicated hawk.
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned self-ruled Taiwan on Tuesday that it will face the "punishment of history" for any attempt at separatism.
China will take military action if the U.S. decides to press ahead with legislation designed to encourage high-level contact with Taiwanese officials, according to a report by The Global Times.
China will take military action if the U.S. decides to press ahead with legislation designed to encourage high-level contact with Taiwanese officials, according to a report by The Global Times.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation that encourages the U.S. to send senior officials to Taiwan to meet Taiwanese counterparts and vice versa, angering China.
WASHINGTON, March 7- An economist who believes that Chinese goods are literally poisoning Americans, advocates ending Washington's "One China" policy and says trade deals have weakened the United States economically with the connivance of U.S. business has emerged as the big winner from renewed turmoil in the White House. But his main target has been China.
WASHINGTON, March 7- An economist who believes that Chinese goods are literally poisoning Americans, advocates ending Washington's "One China" policy and says trade deals have weakened the United States economically with the connivance of U.S. business has emerged as the big winner from renewed turmoil in the White House. But his main target has been China.
WASHINGTON, March 7- An economist who believes that Chinese goods are literally poisoning Americans, advocates ending Washington's "One China" policy and says trade deals have weakened the United States economically with the connivance of U.S. business has emerged as the big winner from renewed turmoil in the White House. But his main target has been China.
China's increase in military spending, the biggest rise in three years, was proportionate and low, state media said.
*China boosts defence spending by 8.1 pct from 2017. *China says advancing military training, "war preparedness". *Taiwan, Japan call for transparency from China.
*China boosts defense spending by 8.1 pct from 2017. *China says advancing military training, "war preparedness". *Taiwan, Japan call for transparency from China.
*China boosts defense spending by 8.1 pct from 2017. *Taiwan, Japan call for transparency from China. BEIJING, March 5- China unveiled its largest rise in defense spending in three years on Monday, setting a target of 8.1 percent growth for this year, fueling an ambitious military modernisation program and making its neighbors nervous.
