China's new airfield in Laos is a work in progress, with satellite imagery showing many areas where construction appeared to be ongoing even as it was officially opened at a September ceremony. The airport jointly run with Laos is China's first military facility abroad focused on air power and the latest project in Beijing's efforts

Beijing aims to use AI infrastructure to play to its advantages in the race for a technology that could define the 21st century.

The incremental approval comes as the U.S. and Chinese presidents are due to meet for a third time this year next month.

This is a worrying trend. It seems to indicate that once consumer loans are delinquent, fewer borrowers have any intention of paying them back. And that, in turn, may be the unintended consequence of a government policy that is otherwise welcome—a crackdown on gang-like debt-collection agencies that have been terrorising debtors for years.

By Karen Freifeld and Hyunjoo Jin NEW YORK/SEOUL Oct 14 (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Hynix is seeking approval from Washington to export US chipmaking equipment to China to increase production there as a condition for building a factory in the US,

Authority’s new chief argues that commercialising technology could be ‘one of the most important geopolitical events ever’

China’s yuan is undervalued in real terms because of the country’s flagging domestic economy, and steps to revive demand have fallen far short of what’s needed, according to a senior International Monetary Fund official.

Olympic gold medalist Zheng and French Open champion Mirra Andreeva both withdrew from the 1,000-level event in Wuhan.

Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah used much of his speech at the recent UN General Assembly to warn of the growing threat of climate-related disasters in the Himalayas, recalling the devastating debris floods that struck his country in August.