China names new head for state-backed chip fund

China appointed an ex-government official to lead a state-backed investment fund focused on the chipmaking sector as it moves to support its domestic industry in...

Asian markets downcast despite UBS takeover of Credit Suisse

Despite news that UBS would acquire troubled Swiss bank Credit Suisse in order to stem global financial turmoil, Asia-Pacific markets were largely downcast on Monday....

How to negotiate the China-Taiwan impasse

With much of the world’s attention focused on Russia and Ukraine, it could be easy to look away from rising tensions between China and Taiwan....