China will allow banks to pay interest on digital yuan wallets from 2026, expanding CBDC functions, boosting adoption, and reinforcing central bank control.

Taipei — Taiwan sent forces on Wednesday in response to China's "live-fire" drills off the self-ruled island, Taipei's defense ministry said, condemning the exercises as dangerous. China deployed 32 aircraft near Taiwan as part of a joint combat drill ...

The exercises ended months of relative calm across the Taiwan Strait, and came after the Trump administration announced plans for arms sales to the island.

China is about to start paying interest on its official digital currency in a fresh push to get more people to use it after about a decade of development and testing.

Why Is Myanmar’s Military Bothering to Hold an Election? In 2017, China began fielding an array of high-powered microwave (HPM) weapons that emit electromagnetic pulses (EMP) capable of disabling electronic systems. According to a RAND report, about 90 ...

Experts have told Newsweek that China will continue to escalate against Taiwan in the new year as the "unpredictable" Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president later this month. Newsweek has reached out to the U.S. State Department and Trump's transition ...

China says history and the law back up its claims to Taiwan Taiwan accuses China of distorting history World War Two anniversary a sore spot between Beijing, Taipei China has stepped up military activities around Taiwan BEIJING/TAIPEI, June 25 (Reuters ...

Why Is Myanmar’s Military Bothering to Hold an Election? Despite China’s 30-year propaganda campaign that peace would be ensured if cross-strait disputes were settled internally, Beijing’s actual behaviors suggest otherwise. A survey from last ...