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'With China's rise in South Asia, India's neighbours have greater demands'

Beyond the hard and more visible dimensions of trade, investment, or defence supplies, we show that China's engagements also operate on softer dimensions that shape the governance

Trump urges China to quadruple soybean buys amid tariff truce talks

In a late night post on Truth Social, Trump said China was worried about a shortage of soybeans and he hoped it would quickly quadruple its soybean orders from the US

Trump says 'we'll see what happens' on August 12 deadline for China tariffs

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that Washington has the makings of a deal with China and he was "optimistic" about the path forward

Lithium stocks rally as CATL mine halt raises prospects of tighter supply

In premarket trading, Albemarle Corp jumped nearly 9 per cent, while Chile's Sociedad Quimica y Minera rose 6.5 per cent and Lithium Americas gained nearly 9 per cent

Nvidia, AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenue to US, says report

The deal to pay the US government from sales in China is unusual for a president, and marks Trump's latest intervention in corporate decision-making

China to build Xinjiang-Tibet rail link 'near' LAC with India: Report

China is set to build the most ambitious rail link connecting Xinjiang province with Tibet, part of which will run near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India, according to a media report. Work is expected to get underway this year on one of the world's most ambitious rail projects with the launch of a state-owned company to oversee the construction and operations of a line that will link Hotan in Xinjiang and Lhasa in Tibet, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported. The Xinjiang-Tibet Railway Company (XTRC) had been formally registered with 95 billion yuan (USD 13.2 billion) in capital and wholly owned by China State Railway Group to build the project, the report said, quoting the state-run Shanghai Securities News. "This ambitious project aims to establish a 5,000 km plateau rail framework centred on Lhasa by 2035, Hubei-based Huayuan Securities said in a research note on Friday. The project's registered capital represents initial funding, not total project cost

Philippines to be involved in war over Taiwan, despite PRC protests: Marcos

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday his country would inevitably be drawn kicking and screaming into any war over Taiwan due to its proximity to the self-ruled island and the presence of large numbers of Filipino workers there, despite China's strong protest over such remarks. Marcos also told a news conference that the Philippines' coast guard, navy and other vessels defending its territorial interests in the South China Sea would never back down and would stand their ground in the contested waters after the Chinese coast guard on Monday staged dangerous blocking maneuvers and used a powerful water cannon to try to drive away Philippine vessels from the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal. It's the latest flare-up of long-simmering territorial disputes in the busy waterway, a key global trade route, where overlapping claims between China and the Philippines have escalated in recent years. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also lay claims to parts of the contested .

Trump yet to decide on tariffs over China's Russian oil purchase: Vance

US President Donald Trump has not yet decided on imposing levies on China for purchasing oil from Russia, as Washington's ties with Beijing affect many things that have nothing to do with the Russian situation", Vice President J D Vance has said. Well, the President said he's thinking about it, but he hasn't made any firm decisions," Vance told Fox News Sunday. He was responding to a question about Trump imposing significant tariffs on countries like India for buying Russian oil and whether Washington will impose similar levies on China since Beijing also buys Russian oil. "Obviously the China issue is a little bit more complicated because our relationship with China, it affects a lot of other things that have nothing to do with the Russian situation," Vance said. He added that Trump is "reviewing his options, and of course, going to make that decision when he decides. The US had initially imposed 25 per cent reciprocal tariffs on India and Trump last week slapped another 25 per c

Nvidia, AMD to share 15% of China AI chip sales with US under Trump deal

Shortly after Nvidia CEO met Trump and agreed to a 15% cut, the US Commerce Department began issuing licences for AI chip sales to China

Senior Chinese diplomat Liu Jianchao detained for questioning: Report

Liu Jianchao, a senior Chinese diplomat heading the foreign relations department of the ruling Communist Party, has been detained for questioning, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The 61-year-old senior diplomat was taken away for questioning in late July after returning to Beijing from an overseas work trip, the paper reported, quoting people familiar with the matter. There is, however, no official confirmation of his detention yet. Liu, the Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is regarded as the potential future foreign minister and shares close ties with President Xi Jinping. Liu led a CPC delegation that attended the Liberation Movements Summit in South Africa on July 28, according to the official media here. The news of Liu's detention, coming ahead of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to be held in China's Tianjin city later this month, sent shock waves across the Chinese official and diplomatic ...

China urges US to ease AI chip export controls for trade deal: Report

The FT said China is concerned because the US HBM controls hamper the ability of Chinese companies such as Huawei to develop their own AI chips

Chinese state media flags security risks in Nvidia H20 AI chips

The H20 chips are also not technologically advanced or environmentally friendly, the account, Yuyuan Tantian, which is affiliated with state broadcaster CCTV, said in an article published on WeChat

CATL suspends production at Jianxiawo lithium mine in China: Report

Chinese battery manufacturer announced internally that the Jianxiawo mine would be halting operations temporarily, the report said, adding that affiliated refineries in nearby Yichun had been informed

ED files chargesheet over betting app scam linked to Chinese national

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet before a special PMLA court in Ahmedabad against the operators of a online betting and football app launched by a Chinese national, which allegedly cheated a number of persons, officials said on Friday. The prosecution complaint was filed on Thursday in the case against 'Dani Data App', the central investigative agency said in a statement. The operators of the app, apart from nine others, have been named as accused in the chargesheet filed under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the statement said. "The app launched by a Chinese national collected funds in the name of betting and playing football games on apps downloaded from Google Play Store and through WhatsApp referral groups. "The gullible investors were lured by promising guaranteed return of 0.75 per cent per game, which was a false promise," the ED said. The funds were collected, it said, through a number of merchant IDs opened with ...

China's AI hiring push targets university grads and overseas talent

Major Chinese employers have unveiled large campus recruitment drives this year, with roles heavily skewed towards AI and software disciplines

Oil set for steepest weekly losses since June, tariffs cloud demand outlook

Adding more pressure on the oil market, the Kremlin on Thursday confirmed Vladimir Putin would meet Donald Trump in the coming days, raising expectations of a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine

Taiwan probes 16 Chinese technology companies for illegal operations

Investigators said the companies allegedly faked business registrations, pretending to be branches of overseas firms with foreign or Taiwanese investment

Taken note of reports of China building dam on Brahmaputra: Govt tells RS

India has "taken note" of reports about China commencing the construction of a mega dam project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River (upper reaches of Brahmaputra) in Tibet, the government informed Parliament on Thursday. In a written response to a query in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, said the project was first made public as far back as 1986 and since then, preparations have been underway in China. The government of India has "taken note of reports about commencement of construction of mega dam project by China on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo (upper reaches of the Brahmaputra) River in Tibet," he said. The government "carefully monitors" all developments relating to the Brahmaputra River, including plans by China to develop hydropower projects, and "takes necessary measures to protect our interests, including preventive and corrective measures to safeguard life and livelihood of Indian citizens residing in the .

Watch | "You’re going to see a lot more": Trump warns of secondary tariff sanctions | Trump tariffs

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) hinted at more "secondary sanctions" on a couple of other countries, and "one of them could be China".

Trump hints at additional sanctions on Russian oil buyers, including China

US President Donald Trump hinted at 'secondary sanctions' on other countries in response to India being singled out for these additional sanctions