Asia Pacific

Trump’s Tariffs Push U.S. Businesses Into ‘Survival Mode’

Trump’s Tariffs Push U.S. Businesses Into ‘Survival Mode’

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 20, 2025 - 17:24

A 90-day pause on additional tariffs on China offers no relief to American compa...

Monsoon Rains Bring Mumbai to a Standstill

Monsoon Rains Bring Mumbai to a Standstill

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 20, 2025 - 14:01

On track for more than 48 inches of rain in August, India’s financial capital is...

Why Does Xi Keep Purging Loyalists? Look to Stalin and Mao for the Answer.

Why Does Xi Keep Purging Loyalists? Look to Stalin and ...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 20, 2025 - 12:00

China’s “bedside eavesdroppers,” the online posse parsing rumors for power shift...

Pop Mart Teases a Mini Labubu, Sending Stock Soaring

Pop Mart Teases a Mini Labubu, Sending Stock Soaring

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 20, 2025 - 06:37

The grinning plush elves drove record revenue for the Chinese retailer in the fi...

What to Know About Deforested Wood and the R.V. Industry

What to Know About Deforested Wood and the R.V. Industry

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 19, 2025 - 18:23

There is no viable alternative to a tropical hardwood that grows in Southeast As...

Wednesday Briefing: An Uncertain Path to Peace in Ukraine

Wednesday Briefing: An Uncertain Path to Peace in Ukraine

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 19, 2025 - 18:23

Also, Paris prepares for extreme heat.

Trump’s Tariffs Will Crush India’s Exporters, Threatening Livelihoods

Trump’s Tariffs Will Crush India’s Exporters, Threateni...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 18, 2025 - 06:34

New U.S. taxes on American imports, even at 25 percent, will hurt many Indian bu...

At China’s Humanoid Robot Games, Athletes Fell Down a Lot

At China’s Humanoid Robot Games, Athletes Fell Down a Lot

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 18, 2025 - 06:34

The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing — featuring running, kickboxing and soccer —...

Masaoki Sen, a Kamikaze Volunteer and Japan Tea Ceremony Grandmaster, Dies

Masaoki Sen, a Kamikaze Volunteer and Japan Tea Ceremon...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 16, 2025 - 13:22

Spared from flying a suicide mission in World War II, he became a grandmaster of...

Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.

Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 15, 2025 - 03:05

The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the Unite...

As Trump Pushes International Students Away, Asian Schools Scoop Them Up

As Trump Pushes International Students Away, Asian Scho...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 14, 2025 - 16:34

The president’s hostility toward foreign students has made American higher educa...

Under the Radar New Zealand Wines to Seek Out Now

Under the Radar New Zealand Wines to Seek Out Now

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 14, 2025 - 05:10

Despite its short history of wine, these producers, from Central Otago and North...

Thursday Briefing: Air Conditioning Politics

Thursday Briefing: Air Conditioning Politics

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 13, 2025 - 18:04

Also, Trump spoke with European leaders ahead of his talks with Putin.

Man Who Tried to Export 850 Turtles Hidden in Socks Pleads Guilty

Man Who Tried to Export 850 Turtles Hidden in Socks Ple...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 13, 2025 - 15:37

The man was caught after an undercover agent of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servi...

Beijing Evacuated Thousands Before Deadly Floods, but Not a Nursing Home

Beijing Evacuated Thousands Before Deadly Floods, but N...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 13, 2025 - 05:19

The recent flooding that killed 31 in a single nursing home exposed flaws in eme...

Philippines Condemns China After South China Sea Collision Captured on Video

Philippines Condemns China After South China Sea Collis...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 12, 2025 - 11:38

Footage shows a Chinese coast guard vessel chasing a Philippine boat and then ra...

New Delhi Is Ordered to Round Up Hundreds of Thousands of Stray Dogs

New Delhi Is Ordered to Round Up Hundreds of Thousands ...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 12, 2025 - 11:38

In cities across the country, the feral animals are both loved and feared. The j...

China’s Automakers Are Taking a Shortcut to European Markets

China’s Automakers Are Taking a Shortcut to European Ma...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 11, 2025 - 13:11

Ships carrying Chinese cars are using the Red Sea and Suez Canal even as other v...

India’s Modi Left Soul-Searching After Failed Courtships of Xi and Trump

India’s Modi Left Soul-Searching After Failed Courtship...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 11, 2025 - 11:08

The collapse of the prime minister’s high-stakes efforts to transform ties with ...

In India, Immigration Raids Detain Thousands and Create a Climate of Fear

In India, Immigration Raids Detain Thousands and Create...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 10, 2025 - 03:00

Officials have picked up people across the country, most of them Muslim, citing ...

Japan Says Trump to Correct ‘Extremely Regrettable’ Error in Tariff Order

Japan Says Trump to Correct ‘Extremely Regrettable’ Err...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 8, 2025 - 15:32

Tensions have been mounting between the United States and Japan as both sides ap...

Meeting the Last of Japan’s Living War Veterans

Meeting the Last of Japan’s Living War Veterans

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 8, 2025 - 10:39

A reporter traveled to the corners of the country to meet six World War II veter...

Taiwan Strained by 20% Tariffs, No Trade Deal and Political Uncertainty

Taiwan Strained by 20% Tariffs, No Trade Deal and Polit...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 8, 2025 - 06:19

Taiwan’s export manufacturers are facing steeper U.S. tariffs than their neighbo...

China Is a Nation of Savers. Many Are Drowning in Debt.

China Is a Nation of Savers. Many Are Drowning in Debt.

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 7, 2025 - 23:52

As Beijing pushes consumer lending to stimulate the economy, millions of Chinese...

Friday Briefing: Netanyahu Plans to Fully Control Gaza

Friday Briefing: Netanyahu Plans to Fully Control Gaza

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 7, 2025 - 17:52

Plus, the global response to Trump’s tariffs.

Japan’s Auto Giants Are Expecting Pain Despite Trump Trade Deal

Japan’s Auto Giants Are Expecting Pain Despite Trump Tr...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 7, 2025 - 14:39

Toyota, Honda and Nissan forecast big hits to their profits despite a trade deal...

What to Know About India’s Oil Trade With Russia

What to Know About India’s Oil Trade With Russia

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 7, 2025 - 12:56

President Trump accused India of aiding Moscow’s war on Ukraine by purchasing Ru...

Trump’s Threat to Hit Chips With 100% Tariffs Raises Big Questions

Trump’s Threat to Hit Chips With 100% Tariffs Raises Bi...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 7, 2025 - 09:39

The semiconductor supply chain is complex and global. And most chips come into t...

U Myint Swe, Acting President of Myanmar Installed by Military, Dies at 74

U Myint Swe, Acting President of Myanmar Installed by M...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 7, 2025 - 09:39

A figurehead leader, he had little real power but did endorse measures that allo...

Why a Teen Bullying Case in China Set Off Protests and a Crackdown

Why a Teen Bullying Case in China Set Off Protests and ...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 7, 2025 - 07:27

Residents in a city in southwestern China protested what they saw as official in...

Trump’s Tariff Gamble Puts America’s Ties With India at Risk

Trump’s Tariff Gamble Puts America’s Ties With India at...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 6, 2025 - 19:00

As the president pursues his goals on Russia and trade, America’s relationship w...

India Digs In After Trump Doubles Tariffs

India Digs In After Trump Doubles Tariffs

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 6, 2025 - 16:06

Facing a 50 percent tariff as a penalty for buying Russian oil, India says it is...

India, Once America’s Counterweight to China, Is Now Facing Trump’s Wrath

India, Once America’s Counterweight to China, Is Now Fa...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 6, 2025 - 14:35

With threats of tariffs up to 50 percent, President Trump seems to be scrapping ...

What Happened to India Becoming the Next China?

What Happened to India Becoming the Next China?

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 6, 2025 - 13:18

With threats of tariffs up to 50 percent, President Trump seems to be scrapping ...

Hiroshima’s Pacifist Cause Is Losing Believers

Hiroshima’s Pacifist Cause Is Losing Believers

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 6, 2025 - 09:50

Eighty years after the atomic bombing, some Japanese think that peace for peace’...

What’s It Like to Deal With Brutal U.S. Tariffs? Ask Malaysia.

What’s It Like to Deal With Brutal U.S. Tariffs? Ask Ma...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 5, 2025 - 15:04

Once a cog in the Malaysian economy, the solar industry profited from Chinese in...

Taiwan Investigates TSMC Employees Over Possible Trade Secret Theft

Taiwan Investigates TSMC Employees Over Possible Trade ...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 5, 2025 - 08:39

Taiwan government says it has detained three employees on suspicion they obtaine...

Lyft and Baidu in Deal to Use Chinese Driverless Cars in Europe

Lyft and Baidu in Deal to Use Chinese Driverless Cars i...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 4, 2025 - 10:17

Lyft and Baidu plan to start service early next year, joining Uber and Momenta i...

U.S. Tariffs Land on Taiwan Amid Tension With Washington

U.S. Tariffs Land on Taiwan Amid Tension With Washington

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 1, 2025 - 06:50

The Trump administration is weighing yet more tariffs on chips, Taiwan’s main ex...

With New 40% Tariff, Trump Takes Aim at U.S. Dependence on China’s Factories

With New 40% Tariff, Trump Takes Aim at U.S. Dependence...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Aug 1, 2025 - 06:50

President Trump’s executive order carved out a special tariff on goods shipped i...

Modi’s ‘True Friend’ Trump Deals India a Big Blow With Tariff Threats

Modi’s ‘True Friend’ Trump Deals India a Big Blow With ...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Jul 31, 2025 - 10:11

India’s prime minister has made a big effort to build closer ties using his rapp...

Murky Pledges of Investment Cast Shadow on Trump’s Trade Deals

Murky Pledges of Investment Cast Shadow on Trump’s Trad...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Jul 31, 2025 - 07:40

Recent global trade deals with the United States were secured with huge, often v...

China Summons Nvidia Over ‘Backdoor Security’ Risks of A.I. Chips

China Summons Nvidia Over ‘Backdoor Security’ Risks of ...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Jul 31, 2025 - 05:07

The move came two weeks after the Trump administration reversed course to allow ...

Thailand and Cambodia Reach Trump Trade Deals, U.S. Official Says

Thailand and Cambodia Reach Trump Trade Deals, U.S. Off...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Jul 31, 2025 - 02:02

Senior officials from both countries say they were still waiting to hear final d...

China’s Small Workshops Are Hurting. Trump’s Tariffs Are Only One Reason.

China’s Small Workshops Are Hurting. Trump’s Tariffs Ar...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Jul 31, 2025 - 01:00

The U.S.-Chinese cease-fire left exporters with crippling tariffs, worsening a s...

South Korea Reaches Trade Deal With Trump

South Korea Reaches Trade Deal With Trump

NYT > Asia Pacific, Jul 30, 2025 - 19:22

The agreement comes after other American allies, like Japan, clinched their own ...

When Earth’s Surface Shifts, a New Satellite Will See It

When Earth’s Surface Shifts, a New Satellite Will See It

NYT > Asia Pacific, Jul 30, 2025 - 15:30

NISAR, built jointly by NASA and India’s space agency and launched on Wednesday,...

Laura Dahlmeier, Gold Medal-Winning German Biathlete, Dies in Rockfall

Laura Dahlmeier, Gold Medal-Winning German Biathlete, D...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Jul 30, 2025 - 13:45

Ms. Dahlmeier, 31, an experienced mountaineer, was climbing in Pakistan when she...

NISAR, a NASA-India Collaboration, Will Study Earth With Radar. Here’s How to Watch the Launch.

NISAR, a NASA-India Collaboration, Will Study Earth Wit...

NYT > Asia Pacific, Jul 30, 2025 - 09:10

NISAR, a new Earth-observing satellite, is a collaboration between NASA and Indi...

Here’s the latest on the tsunami.

Here’s the latest on the tsunami.

NYT > Asia Pacific, Jul 30, 2025 - 07:16

The 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s coast led to warnings and advisories a...