Germany’s largest companies are deeply entangled with rival businesses in China and the US, and unable to escape either superpower, according to new research published today [30 March 2026] by the University of Sussex and King’s College London. While it is widely known that Germany is caught between the US and China, this new research

Toyota Motor Corp. TM is starting to show early signs of strain as February data points to softening demand in key markets, particularly China, where competition in electric vehicles continues to intensify. The company reported a 2.3% year-over-year decline in global sales to 806,905 units, with Toyota and Lexus brand sales in China falling 13.9%

Japan scrambled fighter jets after detecting a Chinese military aircraft operating over the East China Sea, with early assessments suggesting the platform may be a new or modified submarine-hunting variant. Japan’s Ministry of Defense reported on March 30 that an Air Self-Defense Force response was triggered after a Chinese patrol aircraft was spotted flying southwest of Okinawa on March 28. We bring you stories from the ground.

Toyota Motor TM is starting to feel the heat, with February sales slipping 2.3% year over year to 806,905 units as pressure builds in China and demand softens at home. The biggest drag came from China, where Toyota and Lexus sales dropped 13.9%, while production fell 11.5%. The company partly blamed the shifting timing of

Image: Shutterstock.com/Ikkiae001 Chinese researchers have introduced a new methodology for evaluating medical and life science journals that moves beyond the traditional reliance on journal impact factors, in a development seen as part of wider efforts to strengthen the country’s “academic discourse power”. According to the South China Morning Post two new Dongbi Index journal lists

Ouyang Minggao said solid-state batteries may require 5 to 10 years to reach a 1% market share, adding a longer-term adoption estimate to his earlier comments on the technology’s rollout, according to China News Weekly. The estimate adds a market adoption timeline to earlier disclosures from the same event, which focused on vehicle-level deployment and

In March 2026, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals announced that its partner Grand Pharmaceutical Group secured National Medical Products Administration approval in China for TP-03 (XDEMVY) to treat Demodex blepharitis, triggering a US$15,000,000 milestone payment to Tarsus and confirming TP-03 as the first approved therapy addressing the disease’s root cause in Greater China. This approval not only validates

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., discusses Iran allowing non-hostile ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz and Democrats’ continued opposition to I.C.E. funding on ‘The Evening Edit.’ At least three Chinese-linked vessels reportedly turned back abruptly after attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz last Friday, signaling an unusual move in typically friendly Tehran‑Beijing relations amid

By Savannah Billman — March 29, 2026 Like the rest of China’s auto industry, XPeng, one of the country’s largest EV manufacturers, has struggled with falling sales prices amid stiff domestic competition. In response, it is seeking to boost earnings by expanding into AI systems in hardware such as robots and cars, known as physical

The high-efficiency and stable flexible perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell technology, jointly developed by LONGi Green Energy and Soochow University, has been recognized by China’s ZGC Forum as one of the country’s top 10 scientific advances in 2025, marking a major breakthrough for China in the core technologies of next-generation photovoltaics. The achievement is one of

Taipei / Beijing —  At China’s hot new tech events, lobsters are everywhere –– lobster balloons, lobster headbands, lobster plushies in claw machines, even live lobsters in an inflatable kiddie pool. But the attendees swarming the meet-ups are not here for the crustaceans –– they’re here for the new technology they represent: OpenClaw, an autonomous artificial