More than 2,400 mines - many illegal and unregulated - are releasing deadly chemicals such as cyanide and mercury into rivers across much of mainland Southeast Asia

China's aggressive trade stance against Japan appears to kill any chance it has of joining the CPTPP trade bloc in the near future

Chinese chip shares had a volatile day on reports that the US was considering giving Nvidia the green-light to sell its H200 artificial intelligence chips to China

The Myanmar military has been pushing an allied militia to suppress scam centres by the Thai border, after the US set up a 'Strike Force,' which is offering huge rewards

China's crude imports from Indonesia saw a huge jump this year, which is at odds with Indonesian data on crude exports; traders say it's likely Iranian crude trans-shipped via Malaysia.

The 27-megawatt data centre, to be powered by about 10,000 of Nvidia's new Blackwell GB300 chips, will be Taiwan's largest advanced GPU cluster

Trump is trying to maintain a delicate trade truce with China, a top manufacturer of both semiconductors and devices powered by them

China says 'trade cooperation' with Japan has been "severely damaged" by the new PM Sanae Takaichi's comment that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response

The easing tensions will give some comfort to carmakers running short on Nexperia's chips, but it remains uncertain whether supply chain issues will be solved anytime soon

Authorities in multiple Asian states have seized assets totaling close to $700 million from the Prince Group since the US and UK governments imposed sanctions on the group in mid-October

According to some analysts, the West will still rely on China for 91% of its heavy rare earths needs by 2030, down only slightly from 99% in 2024

China has switched its lending from aid and infrastructure to "sensitive industries" in advanced economies - high‑tech sectors like chips, AI and clean energy - and the US is now the biggest recipient, a new report says