HONG KONG/TOKYO An index of Asian shares outside Japan fell close to this year’s lows on Monday thanks to a deepening selloff in commodities and fresh concerns over slowing growth in China, while the dollar held its ground against a basket of currencies. In li... More »
TAIPEI Protests in Taiwan over textbook revisions which students say aim to brainwash them into accepting a “one China” view of history underscore the island’s growing sense of independence from its vast neighbor and geopolitical foe. Hundreds of youths storme... More »
TAIPEI Companies such as electric motor scooter firm Gogoro could hold the key to Taiwan’s economic growth. In just three years, the start-up, which counts Japan’s Panasonic Corp as a strategic partner and Cher Wang, the founder of local smartphone maker HTC C... More »
TOKYO Most Asian stocks drooped on Tuesday as Chinese equity markets went into a fresh tailspin, fraying investor nerves already strained by uncertainty hanging over the future of Greece and the European currency union. Chinese shares fell more than 5 percent ... More »
HONG KONG Asian shares held near five-month lows on Tuesday after Chinese stocks took another leg down while safe-haven assets received a boost as investors nervously awaited further developments in the deepening euro zone crisis. China’s stocks .SSEC tumbled ... More »
TOKYO U.S. stock futures edged up and the euro sagged in early Asian trading on Tuesday as Greece lurched toward defaulting on a debt payment due later in the session, raising the likelihood of the cash-strapped nation’s exit from the euro zone. Greece will no... More »
TAIPEI Taiwan government rules regarding its domestic semiconductor companies investing and merging overseas, particularly in mainland China, are too strict and should be reconsidered, a leading Taiwan chip company said Friday. Taiwan risks falling behind in t... More »
LONDON/NEW YORK U.S. and euro zone business growth slowed in May while China’s factory sector contracted again, reinforcing the need for major central banks to continue supporting economic growth. The U.S. Federal Reserve is seen unlikely to tighten monetary p... More »
HONG KONG When the U.S. navy sent a littoral combat ship on its first patrol of the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea during the past week, it was watching the skies as well. The USS Fort Worth, one of the most modern ships in the U.S. navy, disp... More »
TOKYO In private conversations early last year, executives at Japanese display maker Sharp Corp dubbed their new client “winning horse”, reckoning fast-growing Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi would be a sure and lucrative bet. Within months, however, Sharp fou... More »
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian stock markets retreated on Tuesday and the Australian dollar stumbled after the central bank cut interest rates for the second time in four months as the region’s growth falters in the face of slowing demand from China. Financial sp... More »
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – ASEAN host Malaysia is set to give in to pressure from some neighbors and address the sensitive issue of land reclamations in the South China Sea with a draft summit statement saying such action may undermine peace, security and stabil... More »
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s Nokia denied reports in Chinese media that it planned to return to manufacturing phones. “Nokia notes recent news reports claiming the company communicated an intention to manufacture consumer handsets out of a R&D facility in Ch... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s main state broadcaster, CCTV, will investigate one of its anchors after a video of him insulting the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong, went viral on social media sites. Mao, who died in 1976, remains a divisive figure. His image ... More »
