Toyota Motor (TSE:7203) is recalling more than 560,000 Highlander and Crown Kluger SUVs in China due to a second row seat safety defect. The recall affects vehicles sold by its joint venture with GAC and was recently announced to address potential safety risks. Separately, Toyota expanded its partnership with onX in the US through the

Senator Elizabeth Warren has reportedly asked the US Commerce Department to explain how it is handling potential national security risks tied to Chinese crypto mining giant Bitmain, following previous reports that the firm has been under federal scrutiny. In a letter sent Thursday to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Warren requested documents and communications related to

China has launched formal investigations into U.S. technology trade practices, targeting export and investment rules in advanced tech. The move raises the risk of fresh trade restrictions affecting U.S. semiconductor firms, including NasdaqGS:SMTC. These probes introduce added uncertainty for global chip supply chains and future cross border technology flows. For you as an investor looking

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — China has massed obsolete J-6 fighters converted into attack drones at six air bases near the Taiwan Strait, a Reuters-cited Mitchell Institute report warns, bolstering Beijing’s capacity to saturate defenses in any assault on Taiwan.  “China Airpower Tracker” satellite images from February reveal lines of swept-wing J-6s — 1960s MiG-19 derivatives

Atlantic Trivia (n.): that quiz which is too easy when one gets three of three correct and too difficult when one correctly answers any fewer. Atlantic Trivia From a story by Ross Andersen What ninth-century Chinese invention was at first employed primarily for fireworks rather than in the capacity that would change the world centuries

Liberal MP Michael Ma’s apology for confronting an academic witness about whether her evidence on forced labour in Chinese aluminum supply chains could be “hearsay” coincides with a highly sensitive moment in Canada’s ongoing trade war with the Trump administration. After some of the tariffs Canada faced were struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court

BEIJING, March 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from China.org.cn on a story sparked by a Chinese Candy Wrapper in Milan: Karem, a front desk clerk at a hotel in Milan, probably never expected to cross paths with a rather “special” group of Chinese visitors, who approached him not to check in, but handed

When a Chinese carmaker announces a European R&D restructuring, the instinct of the automotive establishment is often to reach for a familiar template: an overseas design studio, a handful of foreign hires, a press release padded with references to world-class engineering. Geely Auto Group has done something considerably more substantial. On 26 March 2026, the