TAIPEI, May 11 (Reuters) – Taiwan is “confident” in the stable development of its ties with the U.S. and Washington has repeatedly said its policy towards the island will not change, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Monday of U.S. President Donald Trump’s upcoming China trip. Trump will be in Beijing from Wednesday to Friday…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. economy is under threat from adversaries like China targeting undersea cables with the ability to “inflict devastating economic chaos almost at will,” a former U.S. intelligence official warned Sunday. These cables carry 99% of global data and support up to $10 trillion in daily financial…
Plus: Companies warned to prepare for Mythos Image: AI needs to augment, not replace Welcome to Computing’s weekly roundup of tech news in Asia. This week we look at China’s new ruling on AI, how countries are preparing for Anthropic’s Mythos, and the ongoing dispute between Samsung workers and management in South Korea. At a…
After years of debate over whether claw and pinball machines encourage high-stakes gambling, Hong Kong has finally proposed stricter oversight to curb gaming, particularly among teenagers. Cases of addiction linked to these machines are rising in the city, but drawing a clear distinction between gaming and gambling remains difficult. As Hong Kong prepares to amend…
Japan’s bestselling beer brand, Asahi Super Dry, has tapped into the growing consumer thirst for low-alcohol drinks, launching a new version of its low-sugar beer Dry Crystal in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan. A zero sugar version of Dry Crystal, touted as a low-sugar alternative to Asahi Super Dry Beer, is set to launch…
By John Geddie and Tim Kelly TOKYO, May 1 (Reuters) – Japan’s relaxation of its weapons-exports rules opens a path for talks that could one day lead to Tokyo supplying military equipment to help Ukraine resist Russia’s invasion, Kyiv’s ambassador to Japan told Reuters. “This allows us to talk,” Yurii Lutovinov said in an interview…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned China that “the sovereignty of our hemisphere is non-negotiable” after the U.S. and regional allies accused Beijing of detaining Panama-flagged ships in a dispute tied to canal port control. In a joint statement with Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Paraguay and Trinidad…
BEIJING, April 30 (Reuters) – China and the U.S. should prepare for “important high-level exchanges”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday, while warning the Taiwan issue is “the biggest point of risk” for relations. “The Taiwan issue concerns China’s core interests,” Wang told…
TAIPEI, April 30 (Reuters) – Taiwan has activated backup communications for its northernmost territory, the remote and strategically located island of Dongyin, after poor weather conditions apparently shifted the wreckage of a ship onto an undersea cable causing it to break. The vulnerability of undersea communication cables linking Taiwan with its outlying islands has been…
TAIPEI, April 29 (Reuters) – The Taiwanese minister in charge of the Coast Guard visited a second Taiwan-controlled islet deep in the South China Sea, she said on Wednesday, adding that complaints by Vietnam about her trip would not cause any regional tensions. Taiwan and China claim sovereignty over most of the South China Sea…