Global chip makers are expanding their operations in Japan as the East Asian nation’s economy recovers from a 30-year low. According to the Nikkei Chinese website, Japan’s stock market has been on a winning streak, closing at 31,086.82 on May 22—the first time it exceeded 31,000 points since July 26, 1990 (31,369.75). It was the…

Global chip makers are expanding their operations in Japan as the East Asian nation’s economy recovers from a 30-year low. According to the Nikkei Chinese website, Japan’s stock market has been on a winning streak, closing at 31,086.82 on May 22—the first time it exceeded 31,000 points since July 26, 1990 (31,369.75). It was the…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed Australia’s support for the leaders’ statement coming from the G7 summit against China asserting its disputed claims in the Indo-Pacific region through force and coercion. “We have said for some time that China’s activity, and we expressed concern for ourselves as well, the chafing of one of our aircraft,…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed Australia’s support for the leaders’ statement coming from the G-7 summit against China asserting its disputed claims in the Indo-Pacific region through force and coercion. “We have said for some time that China’s activity, and we expressed concern for ourselves as well, the chafing of one of our aircraft,…

Commentary President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Canada on the eve of March 23, which will be the first U.S. presidential visit since President Barack Obama’s trip in 2016. Visits to Canada can be crowd-pleasers. On a trip in 2009, Obama made a surprise stop at an Ottawa bakery for a red maple-leaf cookie. Warm-hearted…

Beijing’s top envoy to Australia has attempted to drive a wedge into Australia’s growing ties with Japan by criticising his Japanese counterpart in Canberra and warning Australians against trusting their former World War Two enemy lest Japan launch another military attack on the country in the future. Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian made the comments during a…

Former United States President Barack Obama will visit Australia in March 2023 to share his leadership experience in Sydney and Melbourne. Obama, the 44th American president who served in the White House from 2009 to 2017, has been invited to a series of paid speeches held by business event organiser Growth Faculty to “discuss strength…

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has spoken out against framing the conflict in Ukraine and countering ongoing Chinese aggression through a “black and white” lens, saying nations do not need to choose between autocracies or democracies. Ardern’s latest views stand in stark contrast to that of U.S. President Joe Biden, who has vowed to…

Commentary While China and Russia coordinate nuclear-capable bomber flights against the United States and its Quad allies—Japan, Australia, and India—the Quad is tied in knots, talking about fishing patrols, making unilateral concessions on Taiwan, and turning a blind eye to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On May 24, the same day that Quad heads of state,…

New Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has continued Australia’s tough stance towards Beijing’s economic coercion on local exporters, telling the Chinese regime that they should remove tariffs on export products if they wished to see diplomatic ties restored. This comes after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Premier Li Keqiang sent a congratulatory letter to the new…