Beijing has urged the Netherlands to ensure fair treatment for Chinese companies and maintain stable chip supply chains during a visit by the Dutch trade minister, as the two sides navigate tech tensions with Washington while seeking a “clean break” from friction over Nexperia.
“We hope the Dutch government will create a fair, impartial and predictable business environment for Chinese companies investing in the Netherlands,” Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said during a meeting with his Dutch counterpart, Sjoerd Sjoerdsma, according to a ministry statement on Wednesday.
During the meeting
UBS and Jefferies project the firm’s revenue to accelerate to 9% in June quarter, well above the 3% recorded in the previous quarter
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Albert Bakhtizin is director of the Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a member of the academy and a professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University.
In the animated Soviet film The Golden Antelope , inspired by Indian folklore, a magical antelope tries to save a boy from a greedy raja by promising him as much gold as he wants. When she asks whether there can be too much, the raja laughs: “You can
The woman and the victim were flatmates, and the victim had been ‘too scared to run away’ before the incident
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A 49-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly sewing together the lips of a woman she was living with, according to local police.
Masae Sakurai, a part-time worker living in Ibaraki Prefecture
Philippines’ claims lack historical and legal basis, state-affiliated think tank says in another critique of maritime dispute
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Wednesday’s
Joint exercise reveals deepening military cooperation between Beijing and Moscow while sending signal to Washington and its regional allies
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Chinese and Russian military personnel will be put through their submarine rescue paces in naval exercises this week, with Beijing hoping to gain operational experience from its strategic partner as competition heats up beneath the seas.
Hong Kong women’s rights advocates and sexual assault survivors have urged authorities to close a loophole that allows defendants to claim an honest but mistaken belief in consent before a sexual act, warning that it could undermine proposed reforms.
The Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women and survivor group We Are X said on Wednesday that the government’s updated stricter definitions of consent should also be extended to this long-standing defence.
“If we agree that the defendant has to take steps to ascertain consent, there should be guidelines in
Chinese investors pulled a record US$2.91 billion out of domestic gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in June, taking profits as a stock-market surge and a strong yuan dimmed the appeal of the safe-haven metal, according to the World Gold Council (WGC).
Mainland Chinese funds were the biggest drag on Asia’s gold ETFs in June, “as local investor risk appetite continued to improve”, prompting them to turn to higher risk, higher return assets, according to the
The once-promising Progress Singapore Party (PSP), led by ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) defector Tan Cheng Bock, was dealt an “existential blow” on Monday, analysts say, following the resignations of two central executive committee members.
Stephanie Tan, 38, was a newcomer who ran in the election, while Samuel Lim,
The men, aged 22 to 54, had been arrested in Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany
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Norwegian police said on Wednesday that 28 men across seven countries had been arrested in an operation targeting buyers of material depicting sexual abuse of children.
Norway’s National Criminal Investigation Service