BEIJING: China added 20 Japanese entities to its export control list for dual-use items on Monday, preventing Chinese firms from selling to them without prior approval, citing Tokyo’s ambitions for “remilitarisation.” The action, Beijing’s latest in a series of export curbs targeted at Tokyo, was aimed at limiting Japan’s “new type of militarism” as well…
Image Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences. China may be leading the solid-state battery race on paper, but its own industry analysts are warning that the advantage is not guaranteed to last. The country currently holds one of the world’s largest research pipelines and patent portfolios in the sector. Solid-state batteries are viewed as a breakthrough…
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Monday while U.S. futures advanced after Wall Street’s lackluster finish to last week. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.3% to 50,226.67 after the government reported that the Japanese economy contracted at a 1.8% annual pace in the July-September quarter. The dollar rose against the Japanese yen,…