HONG KONG—Investing in China has never been this perilous. When global investors flocked to the country during its economic boom in the past decade, geopolitical risks were at the back of their minds. Such risks are now a top consideration for buyers of Chinese stocks, bonds and stakes in private companies—and are turning many people… Continue reading The Big Risk Causing Investors to Shun China
TAIPEI—A last-minute effort by Taiwan’s opposition parties to combine forces in a coming presidential election has crumbled in spectacular fashion, increasing the likelihood that the island democracy will continue as a central flashpoint in ties between the U.S. and China. Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party, also known as the Kuomintang, struck a surprise deal last… Continue reading China’s Best Hope for the Taiwan Presidential Election Just Fell Apart
Chinese authorities are taking more forceful action to contain the growing financial troubles of one of the country’s biggest shadow lenders. Police in Beijing said over the weekend that they had taken “criminal coercive measures”—a euphemism for arrests—against multiple employees of Zhongzhi Enterprise. The privately held conglomerate operates several businesses that sold investment products to… Continue reading China Scrambles to Contain a Looming Shadow-Bank Meltdown
In these times of large scale warfare in various parts of the world, the grim situation in Myanmar, in which hundreds of thousands of people have been rendered homeless in the past two-and-a-half years, thousands of political and civil society leaders, including Aung San Suu Kyi, have been incarcerated on false or flimsy charges, and… Continue reading China’s backing of Myanmar’s Junta against pro-democracy groups is backfiring even as the Rohingya issue is back in focus
South Korea has moved to partially suspend a 2018 military agreement with North Korea, which said it had successfully launched its first military spy satellite into orbit, the Yonhap news agency reported. “North Korea is clearly demonstrating that it has no will to abide by the 19 September [2018] military agreement designed to reduce military tension… Continue reading South Korea to partially suspend military deal with North after launch of spy satellite
For decades, the U.S. hasn’t had to worry much about China’s submarines. They were noisy and easy to track. The Chinese military, meanwhile, struggled to detect America’s ultraquiet submarines. Now, China is narrowing one of the biggest gaps separating the U.S. and Chinese militaries as it makes advances in its submarine technology and undersea detection… Continue reading The Era of Total U.S. Submarine Dominance Over China Is Ending
Investors in emerging-market stocks have profited this year by staying away from China. The MSCI China Index is down 8% this year through Nov. 15, while a broader emerging-markets benchmark that excludes China has risen 8% over the same period. Chinese stocks have been weighed down by the country’s shaky economic reopening, a pullback by… Continue reading Avoiding China Has Been a Winning Investment Strategy. But It Isn’t Easy.
In a move driven ostensibly by security concerns due to a rise in terrorist attacks, Pakistan on 1 November launched a crackdown on undocumented immigrants, mostly Afghan refugees, resulting in a mass exodus. Pakistani authorities said that sweeps by security personnel were conducted in the port city of Karachi, the garrison city of Rawalpindi, and… Continue reading Exodus of Afghan refugees | Pakistan is using poor and vulnerable Afghans as pawns against the Taliban regime
SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping began their first face-to-face meeting in a year Wednesday, seeking to reestablish a “normal course of corresponding” ahead of crucial elections in Taiwan and the U.S. next year. Biden received Xi at the Filoli Estate, an historic country house surrounded by lavish gardens… Continue reading Biden and Xi meet in first summit in a year
China’s newest solar-energy manufacturers include a dairy farmer and a toy maker. The new entrants are examples of a green-energy spending binge in China that is fueling the country’s rapid build-out of renewable energy while also creating a glut of solar components that is rippling through the industry and stymying attempts to build such manufacturing… Continue reading China’s Spending on Green Energy Is Causing a Global Glut
