President Trump and top officials are considering a deal that would create a new U.S. entity and lease TikTok’s algorithm to get around China export regulations.
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China practices attacks and blockades in fresh military exercises around Taiwan
China launched major military drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, simulating attacks and maritime blockades, in what Beijing called a warning after Taiwan’s president labeled China a hostile foreign force.
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A Chinese scholar shares some thoughts about what Trump is doing to the U.S.
President Trump’s alienation of allies and dismantling of U.S. Agency for International Development are welcome news for China, a scholar in Beijing tells NPR.
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India is hoping its manufacturing industry will profit from Trump’s tariffs on China
India is hoping to attract more manufacturing as the Trump administration’s tariff policies make it more expensive to do business in China.
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Trump has U.S. Indo-Pacific allies guessing on trade and security
As with Europe, the Trump administration is sending conflicting signals to America’s long-standing allies in Asia, with whom the U.S. has deep-rooted security agreements that date back to the 1950s.
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Taiwan’s president pushes to increase defense budget amid rising threat from China
Taiwan’s military is seeking funds to retain more service people with higher pay and to lengthen compulsory national service from four months to one year as it faces a rising threat from China.
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Malaysia approves a new search for MH370 wreckage in the Indian Ocean
The Boeing 777 plane vanished from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people. The plane headed south to the far-southern Indian Ocean, where it is believed to have crashed.
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Taiwanese chip giant’s investments in U.S. stir ‘silicon shield’ security worries
TSMC’s plan to invest $100 billion into U.S. production facilities raises concerns that its leverage in securing protection from China may be weakened.
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Opinion: Thailand’s deportation of Uyghurs to China has echoes of 10 years ago
Thailand’s recent deportations of Uyghurs to China have eerie parallels with a large deportation in 2015, in which the country bowed to Beijing, writes historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom.
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Five takeaways: China’s foreign minister slams Trump’s ‘two-faced’ policies
China’s top foreign policy official addressed the escalating trade war with the U.S. and promoted China as an “anchor” on the global stage as America retreats from international involvement.
