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A soccer mystery: Why mighty China fails at the world’s biggest sport
China has qualified for only one men’s World Cup. That was 2002 when it went scoreless and lost all three matches. Soccer’s ...
The Economist2h
Asia’s forgotten hellscape
Instead, the hellscape is unfolding under the watch of China, which has gradually become the dominant outside power. Its ...
China firmly opposes comparisons between Taiwan question and Ukraine crisis, warns against NATO interference in Asia-Pacific: FM
Responding to media inquiries about recent remarks by certain European leader at the Shangri-La Dialogue which compared the ...
The Diplomat4h
Geopolitical Intelligence and Business Strategy Amid China-US Competition
Of course, national governments have several decades (and centuries in the U.K.’s case for example) of experience collecting ...
K-pop has been banned in China for almost a decade. Until now, maybe.
China, which has never officially acknowledged the ban, has more confidence in its own entertainment now and is looking to ...
Asia markets trade in red on heightened US-China trade tensions; U.S. futures dip after Trump doubles steel tariffs
Asia stock markets trade in red on Monday, followed President Trump's announcement on Friday of plans to raise steel import ...
BOK’s Rhee Says US-China Trade Talks Important for Whole of Asia
Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong said the outcome of trade negotiations between the US and China will have an impact ...
China Dominates 'Dark' Network Behind Global Fishing Crisis
Support networks—at sea and ashore—keep illegal squid fishing operations running deep in South American waters, new report finds.
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Japan's Kao ramps up Asia makeup push as China, South Korea brands rise
TOKYO -- Japan's Kao is making a renewed marketing push for cosmetics brand Kate across Asia, quintupling promotional expenses there and underlining its Japanese identity on social media to try to ...