By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Emirates and Loong Air have signed an interline agreement, increasing Emirates’ footprint in China and offering the airline’s customers access to additional cities beyond its own gateways. Starting immediately, Emirates customers will have access to 22 points across China operated by Loong Air via Hangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The cities

Welcome back to the Friday Briefing, our pick of MBN’s best reporting on the Middle East and Washington. There’s a different kind of confrontation playing out in the region that doesn’t dominate the headlines but will shape its future. The U.S. and China are facing off here over tech dominance, building commercial alliances and leveraging

The CIA released a new Mandarin-language video Thursday appealing to members of China’s military to spy for the United States and work toward “a brighter future,” weeks after Beijing ousted a top general as part of a dramatic purge of top brass. The video is the latest in a series aimed at recruiting potential informants

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

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