British and German police separately charged or arrested five people for allegedly spying for China and stealing technology. British police on Monday charged two men, aged 32 and 29, with providing prejudicial information to China, allegedly breaching of the Official Secrets Act. They would appear in court on Friday, the Crown Prosecution Service said in … Read more
Maldives’ President Mohamed Muizzu casts his ballot during the country’s parliamentary election, in Male on April 21, 2024. The Maldives votes in a parliamentary election likely to test Muizzu’s tilt towards China and away from India, the luxury tourism hotspot’s traditional benefactor. Mohamed Afrah | Afp | Getty Images Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s ruling pro-China … Read more
Pedestrians walking past a Tesla store in Shanghai, China, on March 14, 2024. CostFoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tesla shares sank in premarket trading on Monday, while China’s Li Auto plummeted to an 11-month low, after both companies slashed prices of their electric vehicles in various markets amid intense competition. U.S. EV giant Tesla … Read more
BEIJING: The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for months. The Chinese government froze meaningful domestic and international efforts to trace the virus … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang shake hands ahead of a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 18, 2023. Leah Millis | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will warn China about its support for Russia’s military during his visit … Read more
“There are a lot of people coming into the middle class, and I really feel that India is at a tipping point, and it’s great to be there,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in May last year. His comments underscore one reason Apple has recently made an aggressive play to expand operations in India: the … Read more
Investors should consider commodities due to a “big change” involving international expansion, according to VanEck CEO Jan van Eck. “The world economy started growing again,” van Eck told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. He singles out China, the world’s second-largest economy behind the U.S., as a key driver in the expansion. “China which has been … Read more
Procter & Gamble shares were down sharply early in Friday’s session after the consumer products giant reported a mixed quarter. We viewed the action as a bit of profit-taking — and not a reflection of the results. The stock entered the session on a four-day winning streak while the broader market declined. Late Friday, as … Read more
Apple said it had removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from the App Store in China to comply with orders from Chinese authorities. The apps were removed from the store on Friday after Chinese officials cited unspecified national security concerns. Their removal comes amid elevated tensions between the U.S. and … Read more
Three central voices in the ongoing debate around foreign interference say the federal inquiry has not produced any evidence of specific operations, and are urging the inquiry to confirm that recent federal elections were free and fair. In submissions to the Foreign Interference Commission, MP Han Dong, Senator Yuen Pau Woo and Markham Deputy Mayor … Read more
