Japanese pop culture has long enjoyed an enthusiastic and loyal fan base in China but recent diplomatic tensions are now casting a shadow over that connection. Concert cancellations sudden event shutdowns and rising public scrutiny are creating an atmosphere of uncertainty for artists
Taiwan has imposed a one year ban on the Chinese owned social media app Xiaohongshu also known as RedNote after officials said the platform repeatedly failed to cooperate in fraud investigations and posed risks to public safety. The decision marks one of Taipei’s
Japan has issued a sharp diplomatic protest after Chinese military aircraft locked radar on its fighter jets during routine operations near Okinawa. The action immediately set off concern in Tokyo, where officials rejected Beijing’s accusation that Japan had interfered with Chinese activities and
Hong Kong’s ambition to build a fully tokenised financial ecosystem is gaining momentum, and market players believe the shift could reshape how companies manage global capital. Tokenisation, the process of converting real world assets or money into digital tokens on a secure blockchain
Japan’s economy is facing mounting pressure as a wave of bankruptcies among small and micro-sized businesses exposes deeper structural weaknesses. The fallout from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s expansionary fiscal policy dubbed by analysts as the “Takaichi Fallout” is fueling a growing debate over
China and France continue to expand their wide-ranging partnership, deepening cooperation across multiple domains, from trade and investment to science, energy, culture, and tourism. As both countries mark over six decades since establishing diplomatic relations in 1964, the relationship now stands as a
As French President Emmanuel Macron prepares for his state visit to China from Wednesday to Friday, attention is once again focused on the deepening economic ties between the two nations. The visit marks a new chapter in a bilateral relationship that has been
As China and Africa mark a decade since the elevation of their strategic partnership at the 2015 Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the bilateral relationship has entered a new phase characterized by deepened collaboration, shared modernization goals, and increasingly
Japan’s new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, has introduced an ambitious fiscal agenda intended to revive economic momentum. However, instead of instilling confidence, the administration’s aggressive spending plans have triggered turmoil across Japanese financial markets. The so-called “Takaichi Fallout” now encapsulates the growing sense
Reading Time: 5 minutes South Korea’s ambitious diplomatic outreach at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit has drawn praise at home, but analysts are cautioning that Seoul may face mounting strategic and economic pressures as it attempts to balance its alliances with both
