https://www.europesays.com/1999907/ China posts 5.4% GDP growth in first quarter, beating forecasts | Business and Economy #AsiaPacific #BusinessAndEconomy #China #Economy #InternationalTrade
https://www.europesays.com/1999907/ China posts 5.4% GDP growth in first quarter, beating forecasts | Business and Economy #AsiaPacific #BusinessAndEconomy #China #Economy #InternationalTrade
Nvidia expects to take $5.5bn hit as US tightens AI chip export rules to China https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/16/nvidia-expects-to-take-55bn-hit-as-us-tightens-ai-chip-export-rules-to-china #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Trumpadministration #Technologysector #Trumptariffs #DonaldTrump #AsiaPacific #Technology #Worldnews #Business #Tariffs #Nvidia #USnews #China
Hanoi’s initial silence on Chinese President Xi Jinping's call to jointly oppose "unilateral bullying” shows its attempt to walk a tightrope between China and the U.S. amid looming tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/16/asia-pacific/politics/xi-vietnam-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #xijinping #vietnam #us #trade
China and the Philippines accused each other of dangerous maneuvers in the South China Sea during the latest confrontation over the waterway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/16/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-dangerous-south-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #philippines #southchinasea
U.S. controls on sensitive defense exports, relaxed for AUKUS partner Australia last year, still apply to submarines, creating hurdles to defense industry collaboration on U.S. Virginia-class sub production. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/asia-pacific/aukus-nuclear-sub-us-trade-controls/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #aukus #us #defense #submarines #china #donaldtrump
Revealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP records https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/15/revealed-chinese-researchers-access-half-a-million-uk-gp-records #Medicalresearch #Dataprotection #AsiaPacific #Technology #Worldnews #Genetics #Privacy #Science #Society #Health #China
Nvidia to build $500bn of US AI infrastructure as chip tariff looms https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/15/nvidia-to-build-500bn-of-us-ai-infrastructure-as-chip-tariff-looms #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Trumpadministration #Manufacturingsector #Technologysector #Trumptariffs #DonaldTrump #AsiaPacific #Technology #Worldnews #Computing #Business #Tariffs #Nvidia #USnews #Taiwan
The devastating earthquake that hit Myanmar last month has displaced tens of thousands and left the conflict-hit country in urgent need of large-scale debris removal, the United Nations said Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/asia-pacific/debris-quake-myanmar-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #un #earthquakes #myanmar #southeastasia
If anyone was wondering what Chinese troops and armored vehicles disembarking onto Taiwan’s shores would look like, China’s new barges equipped with interconnected landing bridges might provide a clue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/asia-pacific/china-bridge-barges-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #pla #taiwan
China's Xi Jinping called on Vietnam to jointly oppose "unilateral bullying” to maintain the stability of global free trade and supply chains, in a veiled jab at U.S. trade policy, as he began a trip to Southeast Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/asia-pacific/politics/vietnam-china-unilateral-bullying/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #vietnam #southeastasia #us #republicans #donaldtrump #xijinping #trade #tariffs
Schools in the Philippines are resorting to measures including a scheduling change and installing more fans following unprecedented climate change-fueled heat waves that forced classes to be cancelled in 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/asia-pacific/society/philippines-schools-climate-change/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #philippines #schools #climatechange
South Korea's ousted leader, Yoon Suk Yeol, argues that his brief martial law declaration late last year was "not a coup d’etat" as he answers criminal charges that he led an insurrection. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-insurrection-trial-yoon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #yoonsukyeol #leejaemyung
https://www.europesays.com/1994234/ Japan’s Expo 2025 revives memories of Tokyo Olympics’ cost blowout | Economy News #AsiaPacific #Economy #japan #News
Young Bangladeshi men desperate for work are allegedly being tricked into fighting for Russia against Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/bangladesh-families-sons-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #bangladesh #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s net approval rating has reached its highest point in 11 months ahead of an election on May 3, as the fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war looms over the vote. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/asia-pacific/politics/australia-pm-approval-trump-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #australia #anthonyalbanese #us #donaldtrump #trade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping starts a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia this week, beginning his state visits with Vietnam amid heightened trade tensions prompted by hefty U.S. tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/asia-pacific/politics/xi-vietnam-trade-southeast-asia-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #vietnam #malaysia #cambodia #southeastasia #xijinping #trade #china #us #republicans #donaldtrump #asean #tariffs #tradewar
Thousands marked the start of Myanmar's water festival, which typically celebrates the new year, in the ruins of last month's earthquake, with the country's most raucous holiday muted by the tragedy of the tremor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/asia-pacific/myanmar-quake-new-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #southeastasia #earthquakes
Hong Kong's last remaining major opposition party has taken a key step toward disbanding itself in the face of pressure from China amid a national security crackdown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-opposition-disbanding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #hongkong #democracy
Electronic Warfare in Asia-Pacific: Geopolitical Strategies and Implications https://www.byteseu.com/918649/ #AsiaPacific #Defense #Geopolitics #Technology
Price hike on Shein? How Trump tariffs could shift the US’s love of fast fashion https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/13/trump-tariffs-fast-fashion-prices #Trumpadministration #USforeignpolicy #Trumptariffs #DonaldTrump #AsiaPacific #USpolitics #Worldnews #Business #Tariffs #USnews #China