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Microchips were invented in the US but Asian countries now dominates production
The perils of Trump's chips strategy: The US will struggle to take on Asia
SINGAPORE — The US has "dropped the ball" on chip manufacturing over the years, allowing China and other Asian hubs to steam ahead. So said Gina Raimondo, who at the time was the US Commerce Secretary, in an interview with me back in 2021.Four years on, chips remain a battleground in the US-China race for tech supremacy, and US President Donald Trump now wants to turbocharge a highly complex and delicate manufacturing process that has taken other regions decades to perfect.He says his tariff policy will liberate the US economy and bring jobs home, but it is also the case that some of the biggest companies have long struggled with a lack of skilled workers and poor-quality produce in their American factories.So what will Trump do differently? And, given that Taiwan and other...
April 16, 2025

The perils of Trump's chips strategy: The US will struggle to take on Asia

Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem stands in a detention center looking at the camera
His memories uncovered a secret jail — right next to an international airport
DHAKA — When investigators smashed through a hastily built wall, they uncovered a set of secret jail cells.It turned out to be a freshly bricked-up doorway – an attempt to hide what lurked behind.Inside, off a narrow hallway, were tiny rooms to the right and left. It was pitch-black.The team may never have found this clandestine jail – a stone's throw from Dhaka's International Airport – without the recollections of Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem and others.A critic of Bangladesh's ousted leader, he was held there for eight years.He was blindfolded for much of his time in the prison, so he leaned on the sounds he could recall - and he distinctly remembered the sound of planes landing.That was what helped lead investigators to the military base near the airport. Behind the main...
April 16, 2025

His memories uncovered a secret jail — right next to an international airport

A workshop in a Guangzhou village, which has changed from being export-oriented to focussing on domestic markets
Chinese small businesses brought to a standstill by Trump's tariffs
GUANGZHOU — "Trump is a crazy man," says Lionel Xu, who is surrounded by his company's mosquito repellent kits – many were once best sellers in Walmart stores in the United States.Now those products are sitting in boxes in a warehouse in China and will remain there unless President Donald Trump lifts his 145% tariffs on all Chinese goods bound for the US."This is so hard for us," he adds.Around half of all products made by his company Sorbo Technology are sold to the US.It is a small company by Chinese standards and has around 400 workers in Zhejiang province. But they are not alone in feeling the pain of this economic war."We are worried. What if Trump doesn't change his mind? That will be a dangerous thing for our factory," says Xu.Nearby, Amy is...
April 16, 2025

Chinese small businesses brought to a standstill by Trump's tariffs

Xi started his South East Asia trip in Vietnam
China's Xi urges Vietnam to oppose 'bullying' as Trump mulls more tariffs
HANOI — China's President Xi Jinping has called on Vietnam to oppose "unilateral bullying" to upkeep a global system of free trade — though he stopped short of naming the US.It comes as Xi is on a so-called "charm offensive" trip across South East Asia, which will also see him visit Malaysia and Cambodia.Though the trip was long-planned, it has taken on heightened significance in the wake of a mounting trade war between the US and China. Vietnam was facing US tariffs of up to 46% before the Trump administration issued a 90-day pause last week.US President Donald Trump called Xi's meeting with Vietnamese leaders a ploy to figure out how to "screw the United States of America".According to state media outlet Xinhua, Xi told Vietnam's Communist...
April 15, 2025

China's Xi urges Vietnam to oppose 'bullying' as Trump mulls more tariffs

The procession has been passing through the airport since it was built in 1932
The Indian airport that halts flights for a religious procession
NEW DELHI — For a few hours on a warm April day, jets paused and silence reclaimed the skies above the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the southern Indian state of Kerala.The airport's closure was not due to bad weather or a technical glitch, as one might assume, but to make way for a Hindu temple procession that marches right across its runway.Devotees pull ornate wooden chariots bearing temple idols along a 2km (1.2 miles) stretch of the runway, a tradition so revered that it shuts down operations for a few hours at the airport, which usually handles 90 landings and take-offs daily. Elephants, a common part of Hindu religious events in India, also walk on the runway.The event, which took place last Friday, is part of the annual Painkuni festival held by...
April 15, 2025

The Indian airport that halts flights for a religious procession

The country's last election took place in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic
Singapore to hold general election on 3 May
SINGAPORE — Singapore will head to the polls on 3 May, in what will be the first electoral test for its new prime minister Lawrence Wong.The election campaign, which lasts just nine days, is expected to be dominated by the rising cost of living, housing needs, jobs, and a growing demand for healthcare amid an ageing population.Voters are widely expected to return the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) to power. The PAP has won every election since Singapore was granted self rule by the British in 1959.The country's last election in 2020 saw the opposition Workers' Party secure 10 seats — the biggest victory for the opposition since Singapore gained independence in 1965.This time, 97 seats are up for grabs.Though the PAP won 83 out of 93 seats in 2020, it will no doubt be...
April 15, 2025

Singapore to hold general election on 3 May

The plane carrying Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. 14 April 2025
China’s Xi hits out at Trump, says there are no winners in tariff war
HANOI — China’s leader Xi Jinping said no one wins in a trade war as he kicked off a diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia on Monday, hitting out at President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs moves.Although Trump has paused most of his "reciprocal" tariffs, he has kept in place 145% duties on imports from China, the world’s second-largest economy.“There are no winners in a trade war, or a tariff war,” Xi wrote in an editorial jointly published in Vietnamese and Chinese official media.“Our two countries should resolutely safeguard the multilateral trading system, stable global industrial and supply chains, and open and cooperative international environment.”Xi’s visit is a way for China to show Southeast Asia it is a “responsible superpower" in the way that it...
April 14, 2025

China’s Xi hits out at Trump, says there are no winners in tariff war

A staff member works at the production line of a communication connector company in Beilun District of Ningbo City, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 9, 2025
Tariff uncertainty engulfs annual trade show in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — An annual global trade fair has kicked off in Hong Kong with no shortage of fanfare – featuring robots flexing, dazzling new products and excited crowds packing the convention halls.But uncertainty over how the US-China tariff war may pan out cast a shadow over what is typically an upbeat trade show for exhibitors, mostly manufacturers from China plying their wares.In a quickly escalating trade dispute, US President Donald Trump has hiked tariffs on Chinese imports to a staggering 145%. For its part, China has retaliated by imposing a broad-based 125% levy on American goods. The brinkmanship between the world’s largest two economies is starting to jeopardize the global economy, according to several exhibitors at the Global Sources Hong Kong show, which began on...
April 14, 2025

Tariff uncertainty engulfs annual trade show in Hong Kong

North Korea making what could be its largest, most advanced warship ever, new satellite photos show
North Korea is making what could be its largest, most advanced warship ever
SEOUL — New satellite images show what could be North Korea’s biggest warship ever – possibly more than double the size of anything in leader Kim Jong Un’s naval fleet.Images taken by independent satellite providers Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs on April 6 show the ship under construction in the water at the Nampo shipyard on North Korea’s west coast, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) southwest of the capital Pyongyang.Analysts say the pictures show ongoing construction of weapons and other internal systems of the ship, which is likely a guided-missile frigate (FFG) designed to carry missiles in vertical launch tubes for use against targets on land and sea.“The FFG is approximately 140 meters (459 feet) long, making it the largest warship manufactured in North Korea,” an...
April 14, 2025

North Korea is making what could be its largest, most advanced warship ever

Family members of the boy were charged with crimes involving unauthorised firearm possession
Relatives charged after boy killed in Australia shooting accident
SYDNEY — Relatives of a nine-year-old boy who was killed by an accidental gunshot in Australia have been charged over his death.Paramedics treated the child for serious neck injuries at a farm in Windellama — near Goulburn in New South Wales (NSW) — on Sunday, following reports of a shooting. The boy died at the scene.Local police have since arrested two people, including a 14-year-old, and charged them with unauthorized firearm offenses.An investigation into the incident is underway. It is not known what relation the family members had to the child."It's rare to hear one shot here," Ron Wenban, who lives near the farm with his partner, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)."To have a gunshot like that happen, that was a concern, neither of us wanted...
April 14, 2025

Relatives charged after boy killed in Australia shooting accident

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