How China beat everyone to be world leader in electric vehicles
EVs accounted for a quarter of all passenger cars sold in China last year, far ahead of the roughly one in seven in the U.S. and one in eight in Europe.
Japan and China defense officers resume exchange after COVID hiatus
Senior officers from both sides met Monday in Beijing, with the aim of building confidence and preventing incidents.
China intensifies military drills with Russia amid U.S. sanctions
The two countries conducted six joint military exercises together last year, the most in data going back two decades.
Typhoon Talim expected to smash into China late Monday
Officials said the typhoon was expected to increase in intensity by the time it makes landfall at night along the southern coast between Guangdong and Hainan.
Xi Jinping has a Russian albatross around his neck
Given the growing political turmoil in the Kremlin, Xi Jinping's big bet on his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, has become much riskier.
China logs 52.2 Celsius temperature as extreme weather rewrites records
Prolonged bouts of high temperatures in China have challenged power grids and crops, and concerns are mounting of a possible repeat of last year's drought, the most severe in 60 years.
Japan most important ally for U.S. in defense of Taiwan, think tank says
Given its geographic limitations, the U.S. would have to rely on support from allies in the Asia-Pacific region, and "above all Japan," the Council on Foreign Relations said.
China-U.S. climate progress could hinge on new methane deal
China had drafted a plan with concrete measures to curb methane emissions from energy, agriculture and waste but has yet to make the plan public.
Indian tourists flock to Southeast Asia as China's reopening falters
The travel and tourism industry is critical for several Southeast Asian economies and contributed about 12% of the region's gross domestic product before the COVID-19 pandemic.
GDP expanded 6.3% in the second quarter from a year prior, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday, weaker than the median forecast of 7.1%.
Sanctioned Chinese military giant’s U.S. business keeps growing
For more than a decade, Cirrus Aircraft has been a subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corp. of China, a maker of fighter jets, helicopters and drones for the People’s Liberation Army.
The CEO has vowed to step up electrification efforts in China, the largest auto market in the world, betting that a shift to EVs in the country will proceed at a rapid pace.
