recently ostensibly to discuss Afghanistan and China. Both the US and India find themselves on the

China has spent billions of dollars preparing for next year’s Winter Olympics.... It has built

economic slowdown triggered by an official campaign to cut debt in China's vast real estate industry

Compared with the previous quarter, as other major economies are measured, growth slowed to 1.3% from 1.4%.“ More pain will come" in the current quarter, Iris Pang of ING said in a report.... Oil prices, which spiked after Russia’s attack on Ukraine, have fallen back somewhat on expectations Chinese consumption will weaken. The flow of industrial goods has been disrupted by the suspension of access to Shanghai, a business center with 25 million people, and other industrial cities.... That is"

That was down from the previous quarter’s 4.9% and an eye-popping 18.3% in the first three months of 2021. Forecasters warn weakness will persist this year due to renewed coronavirus outbreaks and the debt crackdown.... He said the government is likely to launch “ policy support ” to keep annual growth above 5%. Growth in consumer spending, the economy's biggest driver, plunged to just 0.2% in December from the previous month's 3.9%.... That has hurt spending on service industries....

Aukus, the pact between Australia, the UK and the USA, will enable Australia to build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time, with access to US technology.... Aukus will also cover artificial intelligence, cyber and quantum technologies, making this one of the biggest military partnerships in history.In a joint statement, US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the partnership aimed to" promote security and prosperity" in

against China, which has retaliated by restricting imports of some of their products.... However

KUALA LUMPUR: Inari Amertron Bhd could be poised to capitalise on growth opportunities in China as

contracts might vanish into thin air overnight, but China, the thinking went, was a potential gold mine

“ If China joins ahead of Taiwan, it will endanger Taiwan’s application.” The CPTPP was the Trans