Peter Landers

While U.S. companies dominate their home market, other countries are looking to China for driverless technology.

A significant weakening of the dollar versus China’s currency didn’t happen in 2025, but some forecasters say it’s a wild card to watch in the new year.

The strife in Venezuela did little to cloud a happy New Year in Asian markets, with stocks up across the board on optimism about artificial intelligence gains in 2026. Benchmark indexes in Japan and South Korea both rose by about 3%, powered by technology shares such as SoftBank Group and Samsung El

Beijing is weighing penalties for key figures at Manus, a Singapore startup with Chinese origins.

Asian stock markets are up across the board after President Trump’s announcement of a cease-fire with Iran. Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average closed its Wednesday morning session up 5%, while South Korea’s Kospi index is up nearly 6% and the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong is up 2.5%. Brent crude oil future

In a Truth Social post just after midnight Wednesday, Washington time, President Trump said the U.S. “will be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz” and will be “hangin’ around” in the region “to make sure that everything goes well.” The president’s post didn’t discuss the possibi

China said it has conducted active diplomacy since the outbreak of the Iran war but didn’t clarify whether it had a key role in the cease-fire brokered by Pakistan. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a regular briefing that Foreign Minister Wang Yi has held 26 phone conversations with co

The Philippines is the latest developing nation to see inflation jump because of the Mideast conflict. Consumer prices rose 7.2% in April compared with a year earlier, the fastest pace since March 2023 and a big step up from March’s 4.1% increase. Higher rice prices were a top contributor to inflati

The Maextro, which runs on Huawei technology, parks by itself and costs about $173,000 with extras such as a 40-inch screen.

Shamed by a blogger, Chinese universities are waging a blitzkrieg against academic fraud.