China chip drive far short of ‘Made in China 2025’ goal: report
TOKYO -- Chinese-made chips will account for just 20.7% of the national market in 2024, well below the 70% target...
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Hong Kong turmoil threatens to disrupt $4tn investment flow
TOKYO/HONG KONG -- China's move to tighten its grip over Hong Kong is rocking the semi-autonomous Chinese city. Investment by...
Abe’s approval plunges 11 points after missteps on coronavirus aid
TOKYO -- The approval rating of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government sank 11 points from the previous month in...
Japan’s music industry explores online concerts to cure virus blues
TOKYO -- For concert promoter Hiromichi Hayashi, the live music business this year has been all but dead due to...
Malaysia to reopen most economic activity with virus ‘under control’
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -- Malaysia on Sunday said it would reopen nearly all economic activity and allow interstate travel starting...
China May exports slip back into contraction, imports worst in 4 years
BEIJING (Reuters) -- China's exports contracted in May as global coronavirus lockdowns continued to devastate demand, while a sharper-than-expected fall in...
From global pandemic to greener world? Experts see opportunity
SINGAPORE -- Carbon emissions reduced by the coronavirus-induced economic slowdown are at risk of increasing again as countries slowly rumble...
Post-Trump superstars are all ‘China hawks’ on America’s right
NEW YORK -- "Send in the Troops." With his New York Times op-ed calling for military intervention to protests across...
No way out, as Covid’s incoming tide of debt sweeps all before it
The Tories are nothing if not adaptable. The libertarian, fiscally hawkish right of the party will just have to suck...
Japan’s coronavirus response walks thin tightrope in foreign PR push
TOKYO -- Japan's "weird" approach to containing the new coronavirus and its results have left many observers baffled. Now as...
