South Korea is planning to help the USA rebuild its shipbuilding industry. China has now sanctioned the South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean as a result.
By Redaktion Table
Google is investing in a mega AI center in India. The company is not alone in this: OpenAI and Amazon also want to set up data centers in India. The country is thus becoming one of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI boom.
By Redaktion Table
Indonesia is negotiating a debt restructuring with China for the loss-making Jakarta–Bandung high-speed rail line. Relations between the two countries are at a critical point.
By Fabian Peltsch
According to Malaysia’s foreign minister, US President Donald Trump will attend the signing of a formal peace agreement between Cambodia and Thailand on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit. The trip has not yet been officially confirmed.
By Fabian Peltsch
Publishers around the world are expanding their program toward Asia. Readers are demanding translations from China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia. Natalja Schmidt from Knaur Verlag talked to Table.Biefings at the start of this week’s Frankfurt Book Fair about the passion for Asian literature and the new genre of cat fiction.
By Angela Köckritz
The Dutch government is taking over the Chinese-controlled chip manufacturer Nexperia. This is intended to prevent the transfer of chip expertise. The Chinese parent company Wingtech criticizes this as "political interference".
By Ning Wang and Yi Ling Pan
According to the Foreign Ministry, China’s tightened export controls on rare earths have nothing to do with Pakistan’s cooperation with the USA. Pakistan and the USA had previously concluded a multimillion dollar deal for critical minerals.
By Yi Ling Pan
Chinese manufacturers are developing new automotive products twice as fast as their Western competitors. Why is this and what solutions are there?
By Christian Domke Seidel
In Qingdao, customs authorities have confiscated 60,000 maps that run counter to China’s ambitions on Taiwan and in the South and East China Seas.
By Angela Köckritz
