China-wary governments in Asia are planning further investments in military hardware security tensions intensify. Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has set a target of raising defense spending to 3 percent of GDP this year, up from 2.5 percent last year, while Japan plans to raise defense spending to 2 percent of GDP by fiscal year 2027.

By Emily Chow and Sam Li SINGAPORE/BEIJING, March 12 (Reuters) - Asia's scramble for LNG to replace output cut off by war in the Middle East is drawing more cargoes away from Europe, with at least one U.

Industrial production climbed 6.3% in the January-February period from a year ago, its fastest growth since September and up from 5.2% in December

China and its neighbors scrambled to soften the blow of a disorderly trade war. Conflict in the Middle East now threatens to disrupt the oil imports that power their economies.

SYDNEY (AP) — Defending champion China edged North Korea 2-1 in a physical, high-energy game Monday to take top spot in Group B in the Women’s Asian Cup. The result sent North Korea into a quarterfinal Friday against Australia in Perth,

For President Donald Trump, global power may boil down to the United States and China — what he calls the “G2,” or Group of Two.

The political and economic formula that once ensured Southeast Asia’s stability and prosperity between the United States and China is breaking down. For more than two decades, the nations of Southeast Asia have perfected the art of “hedging.”

Karishma Vaswani is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Asia politics with a special focus on China. Previously, she was the BBC's lead Asia presenter and worked for the BBC across Asia and South Asia for two decades. China is remaking Asia’s security ...

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China is reshaping Central Asia’s nuclear energy sector, challenging Russia’s long-standing dominance in the region. In September 2025, Uzbekistan explored a contingency agreement with China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), amid concerns that the ...

Experts say the new provision would be a setback for the identity of ethnic minorities because it would mandate using Mandarin Chinese in compulsory education, among other things.