Amber Wang

1 week ago | japantimes.co.jp | Amber Wang |Adrien Simorre

Bustling Taipei-style shopping streets, majestic temples to the island's deities and thriving factories dot the eastern Chinese city of Kunshan, for years a hub for Taiwanese businesses. But now those firms are feeling the strain from cross-strait tensions that have stoked safety fears among them.

1 week ago | universityworldnews.com | Amber Wang

CHINA China’s youth unemployment may be easing slightly, according to official reports, but with a record number of university students due to graduate this month, the job market is expected to come under renewed pressure amid ongoing economic headwinds and tariff uncertainties affecting export-led growth.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Amber Wang

For decades, China’s talk of letting the private sector bid for defence orders had mostly been just that: talk. State-owned conglomerates had dominated the sector for decades, but in the middle of 2016, Beijing started to step up its military-civilian fusion strategy, publishing an official list of the sectors where private firms were being encouraged to contribute, such as swarming drone technologies.

3 weeks ago | universityworldnews.com | Amber Wang

CHINA-UNITED STATES The United States government’s latest restrictions on international student visas are upending the plans of thousands of prospective Chinese students, while students currently in the US are being warned that leaving the US, even briefly, could jeopardise their chances of returning to the country.

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Amber Wang |Hayley Wong

The risks of a cross-strait military accident are on the rise as Beijing steps up pressure on Taiwan, a former Taiwanese defence official has warned, citing the lack of direct communication channels between the two sides. Andrew Yang Nien-dzu, who served as Taiwan’s deputy defence minister for four years and briefly held the role of minister, spoke to the South China Morning Post on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier security conference.