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With Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un among 26 world leaders watching, China’s president Xi Jinping made a muscular address to 50,000 people in Tiananmen Square marking 80 years since the end of the second world war. China is “never intimidated by bullies” and would “stand by the…

Island’s government demands halt to Chinese oil and gas operations in its exclusive economic zone

In today’s newsletter: In hosting anti-western leaders at its largest ever military parade, Beijing sent a defiant message that will be heard loud and clear across the world

China was reportedly building oil and gas rigs inside Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone, in what analysts claimed was part of a campaign to slowly chip away at the island’s defences and expand Beijing’s control of disputed waters.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (NYSE:TSM) shares edged higher Wednesday, rebounding from losses triggered by Washington’s decision to revoke the chipmaker’s authorization to freely ship critical equipment to its Nanjing, China, facility.

Taiwan's government sees a massive military parade in Beijing commemorating the end of World War II as another example of military intimidation of the island that China claims as its own

A highly choreographed display and formidable guest list were designed to send a message to the US and its allies about China’s strength

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World War II casts a very long shadow in East Asia. Eighty years after ending with Japan’s surrender to Allied forces on Sept. 2, 1945, the conflict continues to stir debate over the past, in the context of today’s geopolitical tensions.

The U.S. has revoked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (NYSE:TSM) authorization to freely ship critical equipment to its Nanjing, China, facility.

Exclusive: Experts say the move could be part of Beijing’s ‘greyzone’ grab for disputed territory