Tag: Greater China
Navy SEALs to shift from counterterrorism to global threats
WASHINGTON — Ten years after they found and killed Osama bin Laden, U.S. Navy SEALs are undergoing a major transition to improve leadership and...
EXPLAINER: China prepares space station core module launch
BEIJING — China plans to launch the core module for its first permanent space station this week in the latest big step forward for...
China’s Huawei says sales down 16.5% amid US sanctions
BEIJING — Embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei said Wednesday first-quarter revenue fell after it sold its lower-priced Honor smartphone brand, but profitability improved.
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Germany’s Merkel presses China for human rights dialogue
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed China's prime minister Wednesday for broader discussions on human rights issues, telling him that the relationship between...
China cuts steel import tariffs to push industry to improve
BEIJING — China suspended some import taxes on steel Wednesday as part of a multiyear campaign to use market pressures to force Chinese producers...
LPGA Tour returns to Singapore, Thailand for 2 events
SINGAPORE — The LPGA Tour heads to Asia for an abbreviated two-event schedule in Singapore and Thailand for the first time in 18 months...
Iran nuclear talks resume in Vienna amid new complications
BERLIN — World powers were set to resume high level talks in Vienna on Tuesday focused on bringing the United States back into the...
France, Germany plan billions in pandemic recovery spending
FRANKFURT, Germany — France and Germany together laid out plans for billions in spending from the European Union's pandemic recovery fund aimed at fighting...
US farmers finally see better outlook after 2 odd years
MADRID, Iowa — In 43 years of farming, Morey Hill had seen crop-destroying weather, rock-bottom prices, trade fights and surges in government aid, but...
Leaked recording of Iran’s top diplomat offers blunt talk
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A recording of Iran's foreign minister offering a blunt appraisal of diplomacy and the limits of power within the...
