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Fifa’s failure to agree World Cup TV deals in China and India a headache for Infantino
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The Guardian
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With the tournament a month away, there are still no agreements done with the two Asian giants to ensure fans there can watch all 104 games
When Fifa expanded the World Cup from 32 to 48 teams, it was in the hope that countries such as India and China, with their 2.7 billion residents, would qualify rather than countries such as Cape Verde and Curaçao, whose combined population of about 700,000 barely equals a district of a megacity such as Mumbai or Shanghai. What the governing body did...
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Trump heads to China to spread the gospel of American tech while emulating Xi Jinping on AI
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The Guardian
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Tim Cook and Elon Musk, among other tech CEOS, will accompany the US president on a trip to China
is heading to this week. If his guest list is any clue, he wants to discuss technology with , though perhaps after the war in Iran.
On Monday, news broke that outgoing Apple CEO, Tim Cook, as well as SpaceX and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, would join the US president. Other guests from the tech sphere include Meta’s recently appointed president, Dina Powell McCormick; Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of...
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The murkiness in the Strait of Hormuz reveals a darker side of global shipping: Some vessels don’t want to be found.
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Seven-day weeks and ‘debt bondage’: China’s first electric car plant in Europe mired in allegations of worker abuse
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The Guardian
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The BYD factory being built in Szeged, Hungary, is facing scrutiny after reports of EU labour laws being violated among the Chinese migrant workforce
Multilingual signs in most airports in the EU opt for English, but in Hungary, there is also Chinese, making it easy for migrant workers flying in to staff China’s first electric car plant in Europe – due to open in 2027.
The third language was introduced in 2019 as the recently ousted leader Viktor Orbán embarked on a “comprehensive...
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Xi Poised to Press Trump on Arms Sales to Taiwan
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New York Times
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Beijing has called Taiwan the “core of China’s core interests.” Xi Jinping is likely to focus on getting President Trump to slow approval of more weapons for the self-governing island.
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The big questions hanging over the Trump-Xi meeting in China
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The Guardian
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Taiwan, tariffs and the strait of Hormuz are on the meeting’s agenda for Beijing – but will the US president be forced to ask for help in ending his war with Iran?
On 20 February, a White House official confirmed that US president Donald Trump would be travelling to Beijing the following month to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Top of the agenda: the US-China trade war.
One week later, Trump approved joint strikes with Israel against Iran, starting a new war in the Middle East....
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Nations Brace for Long-Term Economic Woes as Trump Calls Iran Truce Plan ‘Garbage’
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New York Times
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President Trump said the fragile cease-fire was on “life support,” and India’s leader urged residents to cut back on purchases and travel.
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Asian Americans celebrate contributions
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China Daily
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From the Chinese laborers who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad in the 19th century to the Asian American engineers and entrepreneurs shaping today's artificial intelligence revolution, many ...
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Trump's China visit set to test fragile truce
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BBC News
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The first US presidential visit to China in almost 10 years will test a fragile tariff truce.
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Trump and Xi Are Set to Meet Again. Here’s What to Know.
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New York Times
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The war in Iran, trade, artificial intelligence and Taiwan are expected to be on the agenda. But expectations are modest.
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