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Could BRICS redefine Asia’s power balance?

bno - Taipei Office May 18, 2025

For Asian countries outside the current BRICS framework, the stakes are high. Membership could mean enhanced access to financial resources, a larger voice in global institutions, and strengthened ties with emerging powers.

CK Hutchison stresses legal compliance in Panama port sale amid US-China tensions

Alek Buttermann May 14, 2025

Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison has reiterated that its planned sale of major global port assets, including key terminals at the Panama Canal, will move forward only under strict legal and regulatory compliance.

China's SWM to launch auto plant in Turkey

Akin Nazli in Belgrade May 14, 2025

BYD's sales of zero-tariff Chinese EVs on Turkish market are, meanwhile, booming.

What next for Bangladesh in an undeclared India–China tug-of-war?

bno - Taipei Office May 14, 2025

While India may hold historical and cultural sway, China’s presence in Bangladesh is growing in more visible ways. Beijing has poured billions into infrastructure, energy, and digital connectivity projects under its Belt and Road Initiative.

China woos Latin America with $9bn credit line amid Trump trade tensions

bne IntelliNews May 13, 2025

China has offered Latin American and Caribbean countries a CNY66bn ($9.2bn) credit line as part of a comprehensive economic and political cooperation package presented during the CELAC-China summit in Beijing.

Xi Jinping's first meeting with Min Aung Hlaing as China backs Myanmar junta's territorial claims

bno - Bangkok Office May 13, 2025

Xi Jinping made clear, however, that support would be contingent upon the junta’s ability to guarantee the security of Chinese citizens and business interests inside Myanmar.

COMMENT: Why Asia should not follow the failed European model

bno - Taipei Office May 11, 2025

Over the past 15 years, Europe’s trade frameworks have faltered, integration has stalled, and a number of its core political and economic ideas have failed under real-world pressure.

ASIA BLOG: Beijing’s South China Sea strategy is about Taiwan — and the world needs to sit up and take notice

bno - Taipei Office May 11, 2025

Even as Taiwan is described as potentially the most dangerous flashpoint in Asia, it is actually the fulcrum upon which the future of the Indo-Pacific — and by extension the global balance of power — may pivot.

Serbia’s Vucic meets China’s Xi Jinping in Moscow to deepen ties with China

bne IntelliNews May 10, 2025

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9, to reinforce Belgrade’s strategic alignment with Beijing amid increasing global polarisation and Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.

COMMENT: Lessons from Ukraine suggest India will not go to war with Pakistan

Ben Aris in Berlin May 10, 2025

The vast economic and demographic imbalance between India and Pakistan strongly favours New Delhi in any theoretical war between the two rivals. Yet, lessons from the ongoing war in Ukraine suggest that India cannot win a total war.

Russia backs Beijing's 'One China' claims over Taiwan

bno - Taipei Office May 9, 2025

Taiwan is a self-governed island democracy that has never been ruled by the Chinese Communist Party regardless of claims to the contrary by Beijing. Despite this, China views the island as a breakaway province.

China’s central bank unveils 10-point plan to help calm markets, steer growth

bno - Taipei Office May 9, 2025

Among the most headline-grabbing moves is a 0.5 percentage point cut in the reserve requirement ratio, expected to unleash some CNY1 trillion ($138bn) into the financial system. But that’s just the beginning.

From occupied hosts to strategic partners: the evolving role of Japan and South Korea in US Asia Strategy

bno - Taipei Office May 8, 2025

Incidents ranging from theft and assault to more egregious acts like rape and murder have periodically reignited public anger such as in the case of the 1995 abduction and gang rape of a 12-year-old Okinawan girl by three US servicemen.

ASEAN aligns with Japan, China and South Korea in warning against protectionist risks

bno - Taipei Office May 8, 2025

Meeting on the sidelines of the recent Asian Development Bank’s annual gathering in Milan, Italy, the officials reiterated their support for a rules-based, free and fair multilateral trading system.

Europe and China eye trade partnership – but sources of friction remain

bno - Taipei Office May 7, 2025

Whether the Trump administration’s renewed trade confrontation with Beijing pushes Europe into a tighter partnership with China remains to be seen, especially as Japan will be pushing to prevent Beijing and Brussels from getting too close.

Albanese defies ‘incumbency curse’ with a landslide re-election in Australia

bno - Taipei Office May 4, 2025

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defied expectations and the so-called “incumbency curse” to secure a resounding second-term victory, with his centre-left Labor Party predicted to secure a landslide victory.

Indonesia’s coal politics: maintaining a strategic market price despite Chinese resistance

bno - Surabaya Office April 30, 2025

Indonesia's recent efforts to impose a government-mandated coal benchmark price or Harga Batubara Acuan on exports face resistance from its largest buyer, China

Japanese official warns of wider Asian security impact of Trump tariffs

bno - Taipei Bureau April 29, 2025

Former defence minister Itsunori Onodera, speaking in Washington at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, expressed particular concern about the potential impact on Southeast Asia.

The state of global fertility – Statista

Katharina Buchholz for Statista April 28, 2025

South Korea, together with Hong Kong, Macau and Puerto Rico, is one of only a few places in the world with a fertility rate below 1, data by the World Bank shows, Statista reports.

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