Demand for physical gold in China increased this week as trade war jitters spurred safe-haven buying, although customers in India refrained from purchases, anticipating a price drop.

All major powers—the U.S., China, Japan, the European Union, and India—saw an increase in trust from Southeast Asia this year. Of these, Japan remains the most trusted, and its trust level increased from 58.9% to 66.8%. The E.U. overtook the U.S. for second most trusted, while the U.S., China and India followed in that order.

For Tim Hsu, who sells modern lamps and ceiling lights mostly to American customers, US President Donald Trump’s historic tariff announcement has upended his carefully made plans.

Companies that embraced supply-chain diversification by moving some operations to economies geographically close to China now face an array of bad options.

China staged military drills off Taiwan’s north, south and east coasts on Tuesday as a “stern warning” against separatism and called Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te a

The escalating trade war with the U.S. has propelled Beijing to further expand its ties with Central Asia, analysts say, as state-backed firms look to substitute U.S. imports and reroute exports. The U.

The Central Asian region is home to approximately 79 million people spread across five nations. It was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. Its strategic location between Russia and China, on the doorstep of the Middle East, has long made it a “ grand chessboard ” for great power politics.

The survey findings, released by the ISEAS think tank, show a return for the US as ASEAN’s preferred partner after it fell behind rival China in 2024.

EXCLUSIVE: Asia’s top five micro-drama apps reached a cumulative total of 150 million monthly active users (MAU) in February, while China-based companies achieved significant growth in the genre over the last year,

The U.S. tariffs on transshipment countries like Vietnam and Cambodia are so steep that they could force a major reassessment of global supply chains.