Western companies are signaling a renewed eagerness toward doing business in China — or even expanding their footprint — despite lingering tensions, an economic slump, and the narrative of a decoupling. “The next China is China,” Estée Lauder’s CEO told the Financial Times, detailing plans to double down in the country despite the US makeup

China accuses Japan of sending alarming signal on Taiwan issue China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi issued a strong condemnation of recent comments made by a Japanese leader regarding a hypothetical military response to a conflict over Taiwan. The recent remarks have been made in a row that has strained for more than two weeks. The

China and the U.S. each claimed two golds, and an AIN gymnast took the fifth title, on the first of two days of apparatus finals at the Junior World Championships in Manila on Sunday. After placing fourth in Saturday’s all-around final, Lavi Crain of the U.S. finished first on women’s vault, ahead of all-around bronze

Prime Minister Mark Carney is in South Africa for the G20 summit this weekend, a meeting that’s tellingly being boycotted by the world’s largest economy. It’s the latest in a series of moves by U.S. President Donald Trump indicating the world order is rapidly shifting.   But as Canada starts to diversify its ties with

Planet China: Tenth in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world. HARARE, Zimbabwe—The strange number lighting up Tawanda Majoni’s phone again and again felt like a warning.  Majoni, one of the Zimbabwe’s most respected journalists, soon learned where the calls were coming from: a federal police unit

To the annoyance of some shareholders, China Frontier Technology Group (HKG:1661) shares are down a considerable 27% in the last month, which continues a horrid run for the company. The drop over the last 30 days has capped off a tough year for shareholders, with the share price down 41% in that time. Although its

SITC has carried out a major reconfiguration of its China–Japan service structure over the past two months, according to Alphaliner, merging some loops and relaunching others to maintain full coverage across key Japanese ports. The carrier has combined its LKT+LTT loops with most of the former SKT2/SKT6 services to form the new LFT+SKT2. Ports that

By David Kirton and Josh Arslan Car enthusiasts browsing Japanese brands at one of China’s biggest annual auto shows shrugged off diplomatic tensions between the two countries on Saturday, saying quality and value for money still trump politics when choosing a vehicle. “Economics is economics, politics is politics, and the two shouldn’t be mixed,” said