Taiwan’s defence minister told parliament that Chinese naval forces, led by the Liaoning carrier group, are rehearsing area denial operations in the Western Pacific.
China’s cumulative trade surplus for the first ten months of 2026 has passed one trillion dollars, powered by booming global demand for chips and AI equipment.
Philippine economic growth eased to 2.1% in the third quarter, its weakest pace since the pandemic, as storms hit farm output and households tightened spending.
Mongolia’s ruling party has agreed to trim 2 trillion tugriks from both spending and revenue in the 2027 budget, keeping the planned deficit at 2 percent of GDP.