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Chip Wars Boost Europe’s Top Tech Company—for Now

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|Date: January 15, 2024

Chip Wars Boost Europe’s Top Tech Company—for Now

The more the U.S. government worries about China’s ambitions in the chip industry, the more equipment for ...

The more the U.S. government worries about China’s ambitions in the chip industry, the more equipment for making chips that China seems to buy.When ASML, the Dutch company that makes the world’s most ...

January 15, 2024
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Stocks in Japan, India Notch Historic Highs; U.S. Markets to Reopen Tuesday

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|Date: January 15, 2024

Stocks in Japan, India Notch Historic Highs; U.S. Markets to Reopen Tuesday

Stock benchmarks in two of Asia’s largest economies climbed to historic highs, while U.S. equity and bond ...

Stock benchmarks in two of Asia’s largest economies climbed to historic highs, while U.S. equity and bond markets were shut for Martin Luther King Day.Bank earnings and economic data later this week c ...

January 15, 2024
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Taiwan Election Piles Pressure on Delicate U.S.-China Ties

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|Date: January 15, 2024

Taiwan Election Piles Pressure on Delicate U.S.-China Ties

Updated Jan. 15, 2024 12:03 am ETTaiwan’s election of the presidential candidate China most distrusts put ...

Updated Jan. 15, 2024 12:03 am ETTaiwan’s election of the presidential candidate China most distrusts puts at risk a fragile detente between Washington and Beijing, threatening another flare-up betwee ...

January 15, 2024
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Taiwan Voters Snub Beijing for a Third Time, Leaving China With Few Good Options

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|Date: January 14, 2024

Taiwan Voters Snub Beijing for a Third Time, Leaving China With Few Good Options

Updated Jan. 14, 2024 12:01 am ETTAIPEI—For eight years, China has raged against Taiwan’s ruling party, a ...

Updated Jan. 14, 2024 12:01 am ETTAIPEI—For eight years, China has raged against Taiwan’s ruling party, accusing it of pursuing a separatist agenda that must be confronted with economic muscle and sho ...

January 14, 2024
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Opinion | Taiwan’s Victory for Democracy

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|Date: January 14, 2024

Opinion | Taiwan’s Victory for Democracy

The press is full of fear and trembling after Taiwan’s people on Saturday elected as president the candid ...

The press is full of fear and trembling after Taiwan’s people on Saturday elected as president the candidate most disliked by Beijing. How about first celebrating the island nation’s demonstration of ...

January 14, 2024
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Taiwan Holds Election as World Watches

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|Date: January 13, 2024

Taiwan Holds Election as World Watches

Jan. 12, 2024 10:06 pm ETTAIPEI—Taiwanese voters headed to the polls on Saturday to choose a new presiden ...

Jan. 12, 2024 10:06 pm ETTAIPEI—Taiwanese voters headed to the polls on Saturday to choose a new president in an unpredictable three-way race being closely watched in Washington, Beijing and other cap ...

January 13, 2024
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Solid Australian Housing Finance Demand Points to Soft Landing for Economy

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|Date: January 12, 2024

Solid Australian Housing Finance Demand Points to Soft Landing for Economy

Jan. 11, 2024 10:03 pm ETSYDNEY—Demand for Australian housing remains solid with the value and number of ...

Jan. 11, 2024 10:03 pm ETSYDNEY—Demand for Australian housing remains solid with the value and number of new loans climbing in November despite a record surge in mortgage interest rates over the last ...

January 12, 2024
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Chinese Soccer Remains Terrible. It Says This Is Why.

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|Date: January 10, 2024

Chinese Soccer Remains Terrible. It Says This Is Why.

China has a keen interest in soccer, a population of 1.4 billion people and a powerful leader determined ...

China has a keen interest in soccer, a population of 1.4 billion people and a powerful leader determined to see his country succeed in the sport. So why has the Chinese men’s team been so poor? Xi Jin ...

January 10, 2024
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South Korea’s Opposition Head Was Stabbed to Stop Him Becoming President, Police Say

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|Date: January 10, 2024

South Korea’s Opposition Head Was Stabbed to Stop Him Becoming President, Police Say

SEOUL—The elderly man who stabbed South Korea’s opposition leader last week did so wanting to prevent the ...

SEOUL—The elderly man who stabbed South Korea’s opposition leader last week did so wanting to prevent the progressive politician from winning the country’s next presidential election in three years, p ...

January 10, 2024
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Dog Meat Will Be Off the Menu in South Korea

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|Date: January 09, 2024

Dog Meat Will Be Off the Menu in South Korea

Updated Jan. 9, 2024 5:42 am ETSEOUL—Dog meat will no longer be allowed in South Korea, capping a decades ...

Updated Jan. 9, 2024 5:42 am ETSEOUL—Dog meat will no longer be allowed in South Korea, capping a decadeslong campaign against a controversial practice that many locals have come to view with unease. ...

January 09, 2024
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China Says It Has Detained a British Spy

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|Date: January 08, 2024

China Says It Has Detained a British Spy

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 1:17 pm ETSINGAPORE—China has taken into custody an alleged British spy, the country ...

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 1:17 pm ETSINGAPORE—China has taken into custody an alleged British spy, the country’s national security agency said Monday, as Beijing steps up warnings over national security an ...

January 08, 2024
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One Plane Breaks Apart, Another Burns: Air Travel’s Rough 2024 Start

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|Date: January 08, 2024

One Plane Breaks Apart, Another Burns: Air Travel’s Rough 2024 Start

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 7:29 am ETA burning inferno on the runway, followed four days later by a midair emer ...

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 7:29 am ETA burning inferno on the runway, followed four days later by a midair emergency involving a gaping hole in the side of the plane, isn’t the way the airline industry want ...

January 08, 2024
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China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Executive Detained

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|Date: January 08, 2024

China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Executive Detained

A senior executive of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group has been detained on suspicion of crimes, ...

A senior executive of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group has been detained on suspicion of crimes, the latest blow to the company after a deal for a potential cash injection lapsed last week.Ev ...

January 08, 2024
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Nvidia’s New China Pickle: Customers Don’t Want Its Downgraded Chips

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|Date: January 07, 2024

Nvidia’s New China Pickle: Customers Don’t Want Its Downgraded Chips

Updated Jan. 7, 2024 12:01 am ETSINGAPORE—After U.S. regulations barred Nvidia from selling its high-perf ...

Updated Jan. 7, 2024 12:01 am ETSINGAPORE—After U.S. regulations barred Nvidia from selling its high-performance artificial-intelligence chips to China in October, the company’s engineers quickly desi ...

January 07, 2024
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