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Why China will wait until 2030 to retake Taiwan
The trade war has set back China’s timetable for reunification with Taiwan. But for political and personal reasons, President Xi Jinping is likely to retake the island, by force if necessary, before he steps down around 2033.
Environmentalists in Ghana dig in against China-backed bauxite mining plans
Environmental activists want Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo to abandon plans with China to mine bauxite in the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, a habitat of rare plants and animals
China’s $9 Billion Space Plan to Challenge the Dominance of GPS
The Beidou Navigation System will be accessible worldwide by 2020.
The Chipmaker Caught in U.S. Assault on China's Tech Ambitions
For a sense of the damage Donald Trump can inflict on China with export controls, take a trip to the city of Jinjiang on the country’s southeastern coast.
How Cheap Labor Drives China’s A.I. Ambitions (Published 2018)
If China is the Saudi Arabia of data, its data factories are the refineries, turning raw data into the fuel that can power China’s goal of A.I. supremacy.
Till Reuter faces ousting as chief of German robotics group Kuka
China’s Midea bought the company less than two years ago
China’s Tactic to Catch a Fugitive Official: Hold His Two American Children (Published 2018)
The Chinese police are barring Victor and Cynthia Liu from leaving China in an effort to force their father to return. U.S. officials object to the growing practice of an “exit ban.”
Beijing plans an AI Atlantis for South China Sea – with no humans in sight
Unmanned South China Sea base could lead to robot colonies.
Iran says China's CNPC replacing France's Total in gas project
China’s state-owned CNPC has replaced France’s Total in Iran's multibillion-dollar South Pars gas project, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said, according to the semi-official news agency ICANA on Sunday.
'Bullying' of GMA news team at Scarborough alarming, Robredo says
"This incident is saddening because it seems drive home that others are claiming what we have rights over," Robredo said in Filipino on her weekly radio show.
Thai rubber farms stretched as US-China trade war saps demand
SE Asia News -BANGKOK (AFP) - They work in the pre-dawn gloom tapping trees for the "white gold" that has made their country the world's top rubber producer - but as prices plunge due to the US-China
Taiwanese president quits party leadership after pro-China rivals claim ballot landslide
Tsai Ing-wen, who has come under blistering attack from the Beijing government and failed to deliver economic gains, will resign as party chairwoman.
China courts potential allies in trade war with US
Beijing expected to peel away would-be US allies by pointing to shrinking account surplus
Why the Swedish King is cancelling his China trip over Gui Minhai | Kinamedia
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LGBT activists raise fears, as Taiwan's progressive image takes a hit after poll | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
LGBT activists in Taiwan fear their newly won right to marriage equality is under threat, while the president is battling for her political future after a wide-ranging vote that saw the island swing towards conservatism. Rival referendums on same-sex unions saw “pro-family” groups defeat pro-gay campaigners in what Amnesty International called a “bitter blow and […]
Beijing seeks to build ties with Taiwanese cities
Local elections saw independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party lose control of several strongholds.
Taiwan rebukes ruling party, emboldens China-friendly opposition
Voters in Taiwan have delivered a strong rebuke to the island's pro-independence ruling party in local elections, emboldening the China-friendly opposition, one of whose main figures says he will now reach out to Beijing to forge more friendly ties.
China grants market access to two more foreign financial institutions: regulator
China has given the go-ahead for two more foreign financial institutions to set up local subsidiaries, the country's banking and insurance regulator said in a notice on Sunday, bringing the total number of approvals to 12.