Taylor Swift's Singapore leg spurs bad blood in SE Asia. Neighbors can't shake it off
Singapore made an exclusive deal to host Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concerts, locking out other Southeast Asian destinations.
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The latest thorn in Taiwan-China tensions: pineapples
Taiwan says its newly developed type of pineapple is just the latest agricultural property taken by China.
Chinese national arrested and charged with stealing AI trade secrets from Google
Prosecutors say at the same time that Linwei Ding was working for Google and stealing the building blocks of its AI technology, he was also secretly employed by two China-based tech companies.
A new generation of young entrepreneurs are taking over China's private sector
Much of China's private sector is helmed by powerful family firms that drove economic growth for decades. Now, a new generation of entrepreneurs are taking over these firms.
Political leaders in China are meeting with the goal of recharging their economy
China is holding its annual legislative and political meeting and restarting an ailing economy is at top of the agenda.
China's leaders announce a push to jumpstart economy, but say it won't be easy
The country's premier announces a round of fiscal stimulus to boost employment, but warns its legions of bureaucrats to gird themselves for a period of fiscal austerity.
How some companies hope to bring China's livestream shopping trend to the U.S.
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to reporter Caiwei Chen about the booming livestream shopping trend in China, and how Chinese companies and TikTok are training American influencers to sell on livestreams too.
Shehbaz Sharif returns as Pakistan's prime minister, as protests hit parliament
Lawmakers in Pakistan's National Assembly elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country's new prime minister for the second time, as allies of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan shouted in protest.
How North Korea gets around global sanctions to manufacture its weapons
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Andrew Yeo of the Brookings Institution about a recent report raising questions about North Korea's weapons manufacturing capabilities.
As China looks to stabilize its economy, senior finance officials get the boot
China is purging the senior ranks of its financial sector as the central government attempts to stabilize a shaky economy.