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GLOBAL HEADLINES

WORLD IN VIEW

NEWS ANALYSIS

GLOBAL HEADLINES

00:13

Truce in doubt as US & Iran fight for Strait of Hormuz control

02:25

SCOTUS ruling shakes voting rights

WORLD IN VIEW

02:03

Why table tennis is the perfect sport for the ageing

AI shapes US elections

Iran: US response to Tehran's 14-point peace proposal hard to accept

NEWS ANALYSIS

US moves to reopen Strait of Hormuz by force, as Iran attacks UAE

IMF warns 'much worse outcome' for global economy amid Iran conflict

GLOBAL IN-DEPTH

Li Ruikang

Trump tariffs, troop pullback deepen transatlantic rift

03-May-2026

Liu Jianxi

Japan's nuclear ambition raises alarm over postwar order and security

30-Apr-2026

Liu Chunsheng

The global upgrade of Chinese manufacturing

01-May-2026

Kong Qingjiang

What Auckland's rejection of building 'comfort women' statue reflects

01-May-2026

HOT TAKES

PRO TALK

HOT TAKES

The Tokyo Trial at 80: Justice denied, memory distorted

On the 80th anniversary of the Tokyo Trial

Tokyo Trials at 80, what's next for China-Japan relations?

Scattered ashes, lingering ghosts

PRO TALK

Adriel Kasonta

From tariffs to tolerance: Why Americans are reassessing China

Imran Khalid

Why the American public is moving toward a more pragmatic China view

'Individual acts' a fig leaf to cover Japan's responsibility evasion

Tank turret blast shatters Japan's right-wing dream

GLOBAL TRADE WATCH

Germany warns EU will retaliate if US raises auto tariffs to 25%

Germany warned on Monday that the European Union is prepared to take countermeasures if the United States moves ahead with plans to sharply increase tariffs on European automobile imports.

05-May-2026

02:21

Nigeria eyes China's zero tariffs as real trade gains

03-May-2026

European economists call for firm response to new US auto tariffs

03-May-2026

01:48

Morocco’s argan oil industry eyes China’s zero-tariff market

01-May-2026

Chinese trade body highlights deepening China-US business ties

30-Apr-2026

ASIA-PACIFIC

Firsthand stories shaping the region

Japan's child population falls to record low for 45th straight year

05-May-2026

Japan's shadow falls on the so-called Indo-Pacific

When Takaichi landed in Vietnam, she pitched a sleek future: a "free and open Indo-Pacific," sturdier supply chains, shared growth. It was all momentum and conspicuously little memory. In Asia, where history is not buried but lived, what goes unsaid can outweigh what is promised.

05-May-2026