House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on the need for closer cooperation with partners and allies to restrict China’s access to advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment. In addition to Chairmen Moolenaar…
China has turned a vast area of arid desert into a forest, and after decades of effort, it is today a huge carbon sink, according to new research. The Taklamakan Desert spans 337,000 square kilometres and is surrounded by high mountains that do not let moist air reach the area. This makes the condition unfavourable…
SINGAPORE — Beyond China’s ostentatious display of its J-35A fighter jet at the Singapore Airshow was a lower-profile piece of equipment, the new Wing-Loong X combat drone, which experts say is far more likely to find international success. Beijing banked on Asia’s largest aerospace event, organized here from Feb. 3-7, to flex its aviation muscle,…
Gold price on Thursday fell. Spot gold edged 0.3 per cent lower to $5,064.90 per ounce. U.S. gold futures for April delivery lost 0.2 per cent to $5,086.30 per ounce. Spot silver fell 0.5 per cent to $83.59 per ounce, after a 4 per cent climb on Wednesday. “Gold eased back from above $5,100 and…
The Mercedes star, the brand logo of the vehicle manufacturer Mercedes-Benz, rotates on a building of a Mercedes-Benz car dealership. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images German luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz Group on Thursday reported a steep drop in full-year profit and warned of challenging times ahead, following a year marred by intense…
The Trump administration is promoting American artificial intelligence exports and maritime surveillance technologies at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in southern China this week, as Washington seeks to counter Beijing’s growing technological and maritime influence. Casey Mace, the U.S. senior official to APEC, said Washington had launched a $20 million fund to support the adoption…
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — When Financial Times journalist Patrick McGee began researching Apple’s supply chain, he thought he was writing a corporate history. What emerged instead was a geopolitical story about how the world’s most valuable tech company became deeply embedded in China’s rise as a manufacturing superpower — and more worryingly, how “decoupling” has…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Eleven people were charged in Florida in an alleged marriage fraud scheme that involved the recruitment of U.S. military service members to marry Chinese citizens. The scheme was orchestrated by a Chinese transnational gang that recruited military members to participate in fraudulent marriages so that Chinese citizens…
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email China’s carbon dioxide emissions have now been flat or falling for nearly two years, raising fresh questions over whether the world’s biggest emitter has reached a turning point. Emissions fell…
The political leader of Dharamshala-based Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Sikyong Penpa Tsering, while calling for the resolution of the Sino-Tibet conflict, said that the policies by China is downgrading the status of Tibet. ikyong Penpa Tsering. (File) In his remarks, at the 6th Geneva Forum which concluded on February 10, Tsering called for continued support…