Today
Trump tells Taiwan to pay up for US defence against China
The presidential candidate said that America is “no different than an insurance company”, and accused the island of stealing semiconductor business.
- Chris Buckley
This Month
Luxury brands roll out huge discounts as Chinese rein in spending
The sales are being offered primarily by aspirational brands such as Versace and Burberry, as China’s once-voracious middle-class consumers become more frugal.
- Annachiara Biondi and Thomas Hale
China’s GDP miss set to boost stimulus calls from Third Plenum
China-watchers and investors are doubtful the Third Plenum policy gathering in Beijing will throw up any comprehensive reform.
- Jessica Sier
Kardashian, Blair, Tyson: Global elite flock to Ambani mega-wedding
A pantheon of global celebrities, politicians and CEOs are descending on India’s financial capital for the wedding of the son of Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani.
- George Johnson
The unmasking of Chinese hacking group APT40
The group that hit the headlines this week is just one part of a vast hacking machine that operates far beyond China.
- Jessica Sier
China sends most warplanes ever across Taiwan key line
The dispatch comes after Taiwan’s new president said he was considering passing through the US while potentially visiting nations that have ties with Taiwan.
- Yian Lee
Samsung workers strike ‘indefinitely’ in global chip risk
The union of 30,000 workers will go on strike in action that may snowball to trigger similar responses across a recovering tech and chip industry.
- Sohee Kim and Shinhye Kang
China’s consumer price growth weakens ahead of key summit
Factory deflation eases but Beijing’s reliance on exports and industrial output is stoking trade tensions.
- Ryan McMorrow
Japan must strengthen NATO ties to safeguard global peace, PM says
Fumio Kishida also signalled concern over Beijing’s alleged role in aiding Moscow’s two-year-old war in Ukraine, although he did not name China.
- Yukiko Toyoda and John Geddie
Robert Bates holidays in Italy aboard Packer yacht
Investors allege the Aquamamma founder made baseless claims about the companies’ financial success. All while he slathers on the sunscreen.
- Jessica Sier
- Opinion
- World politics
On any measure, India has disappointed
It was never meant to be this way. India was to be in the corner of the democracies in the contest with the autocracies.
- Geoff Raby
Singapore turns against the foreigners who helped make it rich
The city state’s new immigration rules preference locals for entry-level and mid-career jobs.
- Karishma Vaswani
Mt Gox repays ‘forced’ bitcoin holders years after its collapse
Japanese bankruptcy lawyers have begun repaying thousands of creditors of collapsed crypto exchange Mt Gox, including some Australians.
- Jessica Sier
China seizes Taiwanese fishing boat near mainland coast
The squid fishing boat was near the Taiwan-administered Kinmen islands, which sit next to the Chinese cities of Xiamen and Quanzhou, but in Chinese waters.
- Updated
- Christopher Bodeen
- Analysis
- Shipping
Chinese exporters raise fears of Christmas freight crisis
Red Sea attacks have pushed up costs and put pressure on profits during a critical season for trade. There are also worries US tariff increases could add further to costs.
- Chan Ho-him, Joe Leahy and Oliver Telling
Indonesia’s remote new capital looks like a disaster
President Joko Widodo’s plan to create a city on an old timber plantation is late and over budget.
- Joseph Rachman
China’s home sales downturn slows after cities ease policy
The turn in the trajectory of new home sales may offer some relief for China’s economy, which is on track to undershoot the official growth target this year.
- Jeanny Yu and Tian Ying
June
Tokyo’s old fish market makes way for skyscrapers, stadium
Developers say the new project will rival top waterfront spots in cities like Sydney and Singapore.
- Yuri Kageyama
- Opinion
- South China Sea
The risky business of standing up to Beijing in the South China Sea
Capitulating to Chinese demands would set a precedent for other claimants with stakes in the waterway, making it next to impossible to row back from.
- Karishma Vaswani
China charges defence ministers in military anti-graft purge
The two generals were accused of taking huge bribes and of corruption that reached into the armaments sector, as China hinted that more heads could roll.
- Chris Buckley
