5G and iPhone 12 demand fuel growing smartphone shipments Growth in India, Japan, the Middle East and Africa have helped to offset slumps in the US, China and Europe Global smartphone shipments are expected to grow by 7.4% by the end of the year, accor…

posted August 31, 2021 at 06:50 pm by AFP Tokyo—Japan’s defense ministry on Tuesday unveiled a $50 billion budget request as the country keeps military spending at record levels in the face of growing threats from China and North Korea.
The military bu…

We explain China’s taxpayer credit rating system, including how it works and why it is important for foreign enterprises based in the country and doing business in China.
Taxpayer credit rating is becoming increasingly important for foreign enterprises…

New Delhi, Aug 31: China, which has praised the Afghan Taliban for being "more clear-headed and rational than it was in power last time", suddenly finds itself on shaky ground. A more circumspect Beijing is now urging "all parties&#82…

China: US pullout from Afghanistan proves failure of American practices China says the US withdrawal from Afghanistan proves that America's arbitrary military interventions in and imposition of its values on other countries are failed practices. …

The American Chamber of Commerce in southwestern China has abruptly suspended operations, the organisation representing US businesses in the region said. In a message to its members, the group said it would stop operations from Monday and “no longer ca…

Vladimir Putin discusses possibility of third world war
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The swift demise of Afghanistan has dominated every headline. Twenty years of aid, support and work towards political stability wiped out in a mere nine days. This will only spell the start of the atrocities — the return of female oppression and a crac…

HUAWEI released the HarmonyOS 2 operating system on June 2. In less than two months, as of early August, it had more than 50 million users and now a latest report shows that HarmonyOS 2 has more than 70 million users.…

[Electronics] “Just right” that contracts rapidly Many defense experts say that the U.S. military [Lose](//www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/china-us-military-technology/2021/03/31/acc2d9f4-866c-11eb-8a67-f314e5fcf88d_story.html) Its technical a…

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co employs more lobbyists in the European Union (EU) than any other global tech company, as it tries to cope with increasing barriers to doing business on the continent. The Shenzhen-based company ha…

China Money Network's DealShot provides detailed information on venture capital and private equity deals in China on a daily basis. Here you can find out where Chinese investors have been investing their money each workday.
DealShot: 21 Deals Pas…

A must watch documentary, even if you know the basic history: Frontline‘s “ China’s Covid Secrets “. – Late December: Hospitals in Wuhan, China, identify cases of pneumonia of unknown origin. – December 30: The Wuhan Municipal Health Commis…

When the history books on Covid-19 in India are written, the mystery of Kerala – why this tiny state has recorded a disproportionately high caseload – will probably merit its own chapter. For weeks now, while nationwide the virus has been receding dram…

Dr. Li-Meng Yan joins Alex Jones live via Skype to call out the evil strategies of biowarfare and misinformation campaigns launched by the Chinese Communist Party as she continues to expose China from her position as a former research insider…. &…

SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea plans to begin giving out Covid-19 booster shots from October, joining several countries that have approved such doses amid resurgent infections and concern that vaccine protection wanes over time.
The plan will kick…

Digital retail in South East Asia grew 85% year-on-year and the region is on track to see almost 80% of consumers go digital by the end of 2021. The growth in SEA outpaces the likes of China (5%), Brazil (14%) and India (10%), according to Facebook and…

SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea plans to begin giving out Covid-19 booster shots from October, joining several countries that have approved such doses amid resurgent infections and concern that vaccine protection wanes over time. The plan will kick in on…

TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan's Covid-19 vaccination push suffered a blow from widening reports of contamination in supplies of Moderna Inc's vaccine.
Here are key aspects of the concerns:
When was it first reported? The first contamination…

Singapore ’s count of daily coronavirus cases remained above 100 for the seventh consecutive day amid a surge in clusters at bus depots, testing its resolve to use one of the world’s best vaccination rates to continue reopening the economy. The city st…

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