Asia & Pacific

Beijing’s campaign to wear down the Taiwanese public’s resolve is more dangerous than its warships and warplanes, a national security scholar said.

The authorities didn’t set a numeric target for new urban jobs created in the Chinese regime’s latest five-year plan.

The delegation toured waters around Kinmen, Taiwanese outer islands that sit just a few miles off the Chinese coast.

A surge in fuel and metals costs pushed producer prices up 7.1 percent in June, heightening expectations of another interest rate hike this year.

China, Japan, Taiwan all claim sovereignty over the islands, but securing the first island chain to contain China’s expansion is the priority, analysts said.

Polestar says all future U.S. models from model year 2027 onward are affected by the existing connected-vehicle rule.

The former leader’s legal team said they would be referring the ruling to the country’s Constitutional Court.

Industry insiders say Vanward Electric’s restructuring reflects mounting financial strain across China’s private manufacturing sector as housing demand weakens.

Australia and India’s leaders also pledged to strengthen defence ties following Beijing’s ballistic missile test earlier this week.

Beijing’s missile test accelerates calls for a Pacific-wide defence pact.

Kuan Bi-ling said Beijing is pressing Taiwan below the war threshold; another official warned that temporary patrols can become normalized.

The CCP’s action is intended to intimidate but will bring U.S.-led Western allies and countries in the region closer to counter its threat, experts said.

A series of high-level appointments has renewed questions about Xi Jinping’s leadership strategy and plans for the next political cycle.

Taiwan said the assault, carried out by a Chinese man, was an example of China’s transnational repression.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Melbourne from July 8 as part of the Australia-India Annual Leaders’ Summit.

Residents questioned reservoir releases during high tide, while a separate breach sent floodwaters and hundreds of farmed snakes into downstream villages.

A new rule on clans, hometown associations infringes upon basic human rights and is another tool for the CCP’s transnational repression, experts say.

One Pacific leader said the move could spur island nation leaders to fast-track a regional defence pact.

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale said he had registered his ’strong protest' over the incident.

The missile flew past Palau, the U.S. territories Guam and Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and landed near Nauru.