Beijing hit out at president for sending ‘dangerous signals’ in his inauguration speech, in which he made no mention of the 1992 consensus.
Former DPP chairman Cho Jung-tai is chief of the 34-member cabinet, with familiar faces in key roles.
Mainland online retailers JD.com and Alibaba’s Tmall on Monday started offering deeper discounts on iPhone 15 models.
It is an indisputable fact that there’s nothing better than a cold beer on a hot day. Now it can be backed up with science.
Taiwan Affairs Office says the address stubbornly adhered to an independence stance, which will ‘never be tolerated’.
Breakthrough will help researchers better understand the origin and evolution of magnetism in the universe.
In his first speech as leader, Lai omits any reference to the 1992 consensus, saying the two sides of the Taiwan Strait ‘are not subordinate to each other’.
In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to France, Serbia and Hungary, and ponder what has changed in the ever-complex relationship between Beijing and Brussels.
China left benchmark lending rates unchanged on Monday having last week announced ‘historic’ steps to stabilise its crisis-hit property sector.
William Lai Ching-te, branded a ‘troublemaker’ by Beijing, is expected to give clues about his cross-strait policy in his inaugural address.
Economist Richard Koo’s theories influenced Western policy decisions after the global financial crisis, and now he has strong words for Chinese policymakers on the need for fiscal stimulus to ward off a ‘balance-sheet recession’.
Yao Yang from Peking University says a developed, capitalist market and openness to immigrants helped the United States lead the way over the past century.
Wang Yi meets Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe as part of four-day trip to Central Asia, which will include an SCO foreign ministers’ meeting in Astana.
Beijing and Moscow are doing some things right but bigger picture forces are at play, analyst says.
Commerce ministry move targeting EU, US, Japan and Taiwan comes shortly after CCTV-linked social media channel warns of Beijing’s deep toolbox against ‘double standards’ EU probes.
What does one of the most influential business leaders think is the magic of China, and why could hubris rear its head if lessons are not learned from the perils and pitfalls of other economies?
Seeking economic opportunity, Chinese merchants build bustling wholesale markets, sell Made in China goods and deal with occasional resistance from Mexican vendors.
Global affairs expert Joseph Nye shares his assessments of what China has done right, and what will hold it back.
Amid price slashing and Western threats, on-the-ground accounts reflect how China’s new productive push is creating forces to be reckoned with.