Economy

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump signed a trade agreement in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 15.
US-China tensions

US-China trade talks to resume 'in coming days': ministry

Review of January deal pushed back after Trump cancels call

21 August 2020
Tsai Ing-wen speaks at a business forum in Taipei on Aug. 19. (Photo courtesy of Taiwan's Presidential Office)
Trade

Taiwan ready to negotiate trade deal with US, Tsai says

Talks face friction over beef imports and opposition from Beijing

20 August 2020
Trump replied with "whatever" to concerns about WeChat ban hurting Apple.
Opinion

Trump's 100-day dash to a disorderly break-up with China

Insouciant president shrugs off US companies that want to keep China profits flowing

19 August 2020
A nearly empty intersection during the afternoon rush hour in Beijing on Mar. 6: with little debate, the government was able to lock down hundreds of millions of people in their homes.
Opinion

How China reversed the new Great Game of strategic competition

Beijing changes global governance in its own image rather than the other way around

18 August 2020
A rare earth mine in China's Inner Mongolia. China is said to control 90% of heavy rare earth minerals.
Commodities

US-Australia bid for 'China free' rare earth faces challenges

Mining the minerals is seen as akin to buying a whole cow for the sirloin

18 August 2020
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, pictured in January 2016: putting the central bank in the driver's seat and avoiding fiscal measures is why Japan is grappling with deflationary currents.
Opinion

It is time to talk about the real danger facing the world economy

Why are people worrying about inflation with another Great Depression looming?

17 August 2020
Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, left, a former World Bank economist, and Kenya's Amina Mohamed, right, a World Trade Organization veteran, are seen as top contenders for director-general of the WTO. (Nikkei collage/Reuters/Getty Images)
Interview

Front-runners in WTO race hone messages to overcome China-US feud

Candidates seek to bring Washington back to multilateral table with reform promises

15 August 2020
A Huawei store in Beijing: The Chinese company's telecom equipment has made some headway into the U.S. private sector.
Huawei crackdown

New US sanctions put pressure on Huawei's private-sector deals

Trump administration tightens net around Chinese tech groups

14 August 2020
President Donald Trump's onging trade war and inflammatory rhetoric toward China has come back to haunt American farmers.
Agriculture

US farmers speak out against Trump's trade policy

China tensions and COVID hit agriculture -- and chip away at a key support base

13 August 2020
Pro-democracy protesters take part in a rally at Edinburgh Place in November 2019: Xi can spin his Hong Kong putsch as retaliation against U.S. interference.
Opinion

Death of Hong Kong with an assist from Trump will be Singapore's gain

City's demise a natural extension of what Xi has done on the mainland since 2012

13 August 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump has complained about China's failure to increase imports of American goods. 
US elections 2020

Trump sharpens anti-China line for battle with Biden

US tariffs and capital market restrictions on the table as election approaches

12 August 2020
We all must contemplate a broken global internet if the U.S.-China tech clash continues to worsen.
Opinion

Why China has so few options to hit back over US ban on TikTok

Beijing quietly building up its Noah's Ark in case of a total US-China "Splinternet"

12 August 2020
A Nippon Steel steel mill in Chiba, Japan: The effect of extra tariffs on Japanese steel and aluminum producers was less severe than feared, the trade ministry found. (Photo courtesy of Nippon Steel)
Trade

US waived extra tariffs on 70% of Japanese steel and aluminum

Trump's protectionism leaves manufacturers short of high-quality inputs

11 August 2020
The pragmatic Chinese government is tolerating foreign money to support the economy.
Finance

Vulture funds poised to swoop in on non-performing loans in China

Pragmatic government needs foreign money to tackle high level of distressed debt

9 August 2020
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar arrives at Taipei Songshan Airport, Taiwan Aug. 9.
International relations

US health chief lands in Taiwan on 'highest level' trip since 1979

Alex Azar's visit follows dramatic week in tech Cold War with China

9 August 2020
Researchers at Tsinghua Unigroup's research center in Beijing. China spent $554 billion on research and development in 2018, putting it second behind the U.S.
Science

China passes US as world's top researcher, showing its R&D might

Rise fueled by heavy spending and growing number of researchers

8 August 2020
Cars await export to the U.S. at Yokohama Port in Japan. (Photo by Wataru Ito)
International relations

Trump's new envoy to Japan wants auto trade deal

Kenneth Weinstein optimistic for 'fruitful conclusion' to host-nation support

6 August 2020
Posterity may remember Trump doing even more to raise China's clout.
Opinion

Trump's TikTok fiasco shakes dollar, boosting Xi's grand yuan plan

Dollar's slide suggests years of Trumpian caprice are finally taking a toll

6 August 2020
Microsoft is in talks to buy TikTok after the Trump administration threatened to ban the app. (Nikkei Montage/Source phots by AP and Reuters) 
Technology

Microsoft's bid for TikTok: What's at stake?

Acquiring the viral app will not be easy, with or without Trump trying to take a cut

5 August 2020
Since reopening, Shanghai Disneyland has capped daily attendance at about 16,000 visitors, roughly 20% of its usual capacity, and that has been "a blessing," park-goers say.
Media & Entertainment

Shanghai Disney tries to keep magic alive as US faces second wave

Bob Iger's flagship resort avoids problems seen in Hong Kong and Florida

26 July 2020
Thai companies have been accused by animal welfare activists of abusing monkeys, which are sometimes used to harvest coconuts.
Environment

Thailand's coconut-picking monkeys trigger ethics debate

Local food processors promise traceability to head off threat of boycotts

25 July 2020
SMIC's fabrication plant in Shanghai, pictured in February 2011: China's deep reliance on foreign chips was never because of a lack of money.
Opinion

Both sides lose in US-China chipmaking split

Chinese companies like SMIC are raising money to survive American restrictions

24 July 2020
ByteDance's U.S. unit says it will hire 10,000 employees for offices in states including California and Texas to strengthen its advertising sales and technology development.
Trade war

TikTok to hire 10,000 in US to highlight company's job creation

Popular Chinese video-sharing startup seeks to avoid Washington sanctions

22 July 2020
A number of Burger King outlets in China's eastern Jiangxi Province have been shut after consumer affairs program "315 Night Show" accused the fast-food chain of serving expired products.
Food & Beverage

Burger King shops in China close following state-run TV expose

US fast-food chain apologizes after accusations it served expired food

17 July 2020
 TikTok has come under fire in the U.S. due to concerns about user privacy.
Trade war

As US scrutiny mounts, is TikTok set to be the next Huawei?

Washington weighs adding social media app to same trade blacklist as tech titan

17 July 2020