Hong Kong, China stocks to outpace US equities all year after quick start, analysts say
Hong Kong and mainland Chinese stocks outpaced their US peers for the first two weeks of 2026 and should continue to do so for...
Trump praises ‘terrific’ new Venezuela leader after call
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had held a “long call” with Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez, the first known contact between...
OpenAI expects another ‘seismic shock’ from China amid speculation of new DeepSeek release
The race between the US and China to dominate the world’s artificial intelligence industry has become “complex and challenging to forecast”, according to ChatGPT...
White House says Biden decision to scrap China Initiative flawed
The White House’s top science adviser on Wednesday said that the Biden administration’s decision to get rid of the Justice Department’s China Initiative was...
Trump administration faces backlash over Nvidia H200 AI chip sales to China
Witnesses and lawmakers at a foreign affairs hearing blasted the Trump administration’s approval for the sale of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China and...
China’s EV makers face slowdown in export growth after doubling in 2025
China’s electric vehicle (EV) exports doubled in 2025 amid rising overseas demand for affordable cars and Beijing’s anti-involution campaign. The country – the world’s...
Trump claims killing in Iran ‘has stopped’, even as Tehran signals executions ahead
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday made a vague statement that he had been told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran...
Does Trump’s Nvidia chip flip reveal anxieties on both sides of China-US tech war?
When US President Donald Trump gave his blessing to sales of Nvidia’s powerful H200 artificial intelligence chips to China, he sparked a national security...
High Seas Treaty a chance for China to lead on marine conservation
On January 17, a quiet revolution will take place across around two-thirds of the world’s oceans. A landmark United Nations agreement known as the...