CHINA MARKETS LATEST TO GET AI FEVER It’s been a resistant start to September with much of Asia in the red and Wall Street on holiday, leaving S&P 500 futures flat in what is typically a bad month for the market. European share futures have hardly budged, but China’s market remains well supported by a…
The Asia tech sector in Q3 2025 is a study in contrasts. While U.S. trade policies and Wall Street volatility have cast a shadow over global supply chains, China’s manufacturing resilience—reflected in a 50.5 PMI reading in August—has created pockets of optimism. This duality demands a nuanced approach to sector rotation and sentiment analysis, as…
TIANJIN, China (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said China would accelerate the building of a SCO development bank at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Tianjin on Monday, as he seeks to expand the organization’s influence and scope. “Currently, as the global situation becomes more complex and turbulent, member states are…
(Bloomberg) — Asian equities came under pressure after a tech selloff hit Wall Street Friday, with chip shares among the losers. Hong Kong was an outlier as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. surged. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index slipped 0.2% with chipmakers pushing the Nikkei-225 index down by 1.8%. Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc….
On Wednesday, China is holding a military parade in the capital, Beijing, to mark 80 years since the end of the second world war. But it’s not just about the past, the parade says a lot about the forces reshaping the world today, and in the future. At the parade, Chinese leader Xi Jinping will…
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday, with markets in China gaining after surveys showed a slight improvement in Chinese factory data, suggesting manufacturing is holding up despite higher U.S. tariffs. Investors were awaiting further developments after the U.S. Court of Appeals for … Source link
Asia In Brief China’s State Council last week announced a new IT policy called “AI +”, the successor to 2015’s “Internet +”. The Council said Internet+ focused on connectivity to improve production processes. AI+ aims to achieve “a leap from ‘information connection and diffusion’ to ‘knowledge application and creation’,” in pursuit of further economic efficiencies…
Technology Tech sell-off spreads to Japan after American market jitters The U.S. Department of Commerce plans to remove Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix from its list of so-called validated end-user authorizations, forcing them to apply for an approval every time they transfer U.S. commodities, software or technology to their Chinese operations. (Source photos by Reuters) KIM JAEWON and…
A 72-year-old woman died after two pickup trucks collided on China Spring Road in Waco, police said, with several others taken to the hospital. WACO, Texas — A 72-year-old woman died Sunday afternoon following a two-vehicle crash on China Spring Road, according to the Waco Police Department. Officers responded to the 10000 block of China…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new weapons factory that’s key… SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new weapons factory that’s key to his plan to accelerate mass production of missiles in a weekend visit before he…