New ROK ambassador to Beijing expected to help boost relations China Daily Politics
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Beijing scales back airspace challenges but boosts drone activity, Tokyo says Stars and Stripes Events
While Kazakhstan is cooperating closely with China on the digitalisation of trade, a government official from the Central Asian country said this week that more infrastructure investment is needed – including along the Middle Corridor trade route – for it to realise its aim of becoming a bridge between Asia and Europe. Exporters turned to the Middle Corridor – which connects China and Europe via Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey – as an alternative to the northern route of the... Politics
Chinese chip designer VeriSilicon reported that its quarterly revenue more than doubled to reach a record high, as strong demand for artificial intelligence computing and Beijing’s semiconductor self-sufficiency drive boosted prospects for domestic firms. Third-quarter revenue reached 1.28 billion yuan (US$179.7 million), up nearly 120 per cent from the previous quarter and 78.77 per cent higher than the same period last year, the Shanghai-based company said in preliminary results published on... Politics
Beijing Boosts Digital Cooperation with Arab Federation Through Key Agreements Sada Elbalad english Politics
China has announced production curbs in its strategic non-ferrous metals sector, the latest step in Beijing’s drive to rein in cutthroat competition and boost industrial efficiency. In a new action plan the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has projected output growth of 1.5 per cent for primary non-ferrous metals this year, down from 4.3 per cent last year. The initiative expands Beijing’s campaign against “involution”, or neijuan in Chinese – a self-defeating cycle of... Sport
Beijing boosts digital yuan for global trade with new operations center CryptoSlate Politics
China has pledged to safeguard the legitimate rights of its companies operating in the United States and work to stabilise economic and trade relations, as Beijing and Washington seek progress in ongoing trade negotiations. Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao convened a round-table meeting in New York on Tuesday with executives from more than a dozen Chinese companies operating in the US, joined by the head of the China General Chamber of Commerce in the US. Wang warned that the global trade... Politics
Japanese troops are set to return to Philippine soil for the first time since World War II after a landmark defence pact took effect this month, in a move analysts say will fast track joint military readiness and entrench Tokyo’s role as a key Indo-Pacific security partner. The Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) between Japan and the Philippines entered into force on September 11, over a year after Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa... Events