BEIJING: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with tech tycoon Elon Musk and urged US firms to "seize the opportunity" to deepen economic ties with China, Beijing's state media said on Monday (Jan 20).

Refusing to sell TikTok to the Americans could help Beijing assert its stance in what it sees as US bullying. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Confronting Communist China constitutes the preeminent foreign policy challenge of the second Trump presidency. The United States is already involved in a confrontation with Beijing on several fronts,

BEIJING: China said on Tuesday (Jan 21) it hoped to cooperate with the United States to resolve trade issues, as President Donald Trump began his second term after threatenin

The figures follow trends worldwide, but especially in East Asia, where Japan, South Korea and other nations have seen their birth rates plummet.

Pakistan is not ready to move an inch away from China despite the growing tension between China and the United States. Needing both the powers as friends, Pakistan has been making all efforts to convince them of sincerity.

Donald Trump argues that the US needs Greenland for national security, while a retaking of the Panama Canal is necessary to curb the overcharging of American ships and combat Chinese influence.

The new route will commence on March 30, 2025, and will operate three times weekly on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Air Astana will operate the service with an Airbus A321LR, with flights departing Almaty at 20:50 and arriving in Guangzhou at 05:45 the following day. The return service leaves Guangzhou at 06:50 and arrives in Almaty at 10:20.

Ties will also go through its share of challenges, due to the larger global climate, developments in the US, and the specifics of bilateral ties

THE Philippines will remain a key partner of the United States under President-elect Donald J. Trump, who is likely to tap Indo-Pacific allies as Washington thwarts China’s challenge to its international standing,

With the fate of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hanging in the balance, the country has also been left facing an uncertain future as it battles through the resulting political turmoil.

But the AI revolution has only just begun. Today’s most powerful AI models, often referred to as “frontier AI,” can handle and generate images, audio, video, and computer code, in addition to natural language.