Automaker GMC shows off its Hummer EVs at a plant in Detroit.
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China controls much of the global EV supply chain, but electric vehicles that use its parts and minerals won’t qualify for new US EV tax credits. Can America build its own supply chain?
Leaders such as Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban and former US president Donald Trump have taken measures that undermine democracy, an expert argues.
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China is challenging the idea of democracy, but western leaders are eroding democratic rights too.
Chinese president Xi Jinping addressing the China-Africa Summit via a video link from Beijing on 17 June 2020.
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The latest cancellation reflects the pressure China feels it’s under in the international debt debate.
A coal processing plant in China’s Shanxi Province
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China is in the midst of a devastating heatwave and drought. This has thrown the nation into an electricity crisis. And China has doubled down on coal investments to meet demand.
Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway.
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The China-Indonesia HSR project has currently faced various problems, including delays, cost overrun, and environmental destructions.
Now a symbol of Japanese culture, the Kimono has Chinese roots.
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The Kimono is a distinct cultural symbol of Japan and for that reason, it has a complicated reputation around much of Asia.
Homebuyers in China have been refusing to make mortgage payments.
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China’s mortgage strikes are affecting its economy but won’t cause global contagion.
Making territorial claims in space is illegal under international law.
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The era of lunar resource use is quickly approaching. But with legal and practical issues still looming, nations are starting to think about sustainable ways to mine and protect the Moon.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during Taiwan National Day celebrations in Taipei last October.
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Is “strategic ambiguity” still the least-worst option for dealing with competing claims about Taiwan?
While Putin reduces Russian gas supplies, Europe has become more dependent on shipments of LNG.
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Hopes that prices will ease are probably wishful thinking.
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Michelle Grattan speaks with Nick Bisley, Professor at La Trobe University about escalating tensions with China over Taiwan, and the Chinese Ambassador's recent address to the National Press Club.
A silicon disc, or ‘wafer,’ yields dozens of semiconductor chips.
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Semiconductor chips are electronic devices that store and process information. Today they can contain billions of microscopic switches on a chip smaller than a fingernail.
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Today Taiwan is a flourishing democracy. It wasn’t always this way.
China’s show of strength over Taiwan being transmitted live in Beijing.
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Welcome to an era of two parallel worlds in global business.
People walk past a billboard welcoming U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 3, 2022.
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Visits by foreign law-makers to Taiwan are nothing new. So why did China react in such a heavy-handed manner to Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit?
Chinese and Ivorian workers at the site of a container terminal at the port of Abidjan.
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China’s need for private security services in Africa has grown significantly as Beijing increases its investment in the continent.
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Washington must continue to support Taiwan while seeking a better security dialogue with Beijing.
Today’s EVs rely heavily on China and other countries for materials.
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No electric vehicle maker currently meets all the bill’s supply chain requirements, not even Tesla. One big reason: China.
Chinese global initiatives reflect the nation’s indisputable economic power.
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This global initiative advanced by the Chinese government lacks much-needed transparency and specific strategies.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her delegation leave Taipei on August 3, 2022.
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While Chinese American voters are not a homogeneous group, many people who have ancestral ties to the region are unlikely to question their support for Nancy Pelosi just because of her Taiwan trip.