Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China to meet with communist leadership this week. The trip is part of a wider effort to deepen the two nations’ partnership against the prevailing international order. Mr. Putin will meet Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping at the Belt and Road Initiative forum in Beijing on Oct. 17–18. He is reportedly traveling with Russian oil tycoons Alexei Miller and Igor Sechin, who head Gazprom and Rosneft, respectively. The trip is Mr. Putin’s first venture beyond the borders of the former Soviet Union since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him over his forced deportation of Ukrainian children. Mr. Putin has visited occupied Ukraine in that time, however....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/putin-to-meet-xi-in-beijing-this-week-5510873
SHANGHAI—American Solheim Cup player Angel Yin defeated top-ranked Lilia Vu on the first playoff hole to win the LPGA Shanghai tournament on Sunday for her first tour win. The two southern Californians, Yin and Vu, finished at 14–under 274 on the Qizhong Garden Golf Club course forcing a playoff, where Yin made a birdie at the par-4 18th after Vu had narrowly missed her 20-foot birdie putt. Lilia Vu, of Fountain Valley, Calif., and her caddie react on the 17th green during the final round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai at Shanghai Qizhong Garden Golf Club in Shanghai on Oct. 15, 2023. (Zhe Ji/Getty Images) It was 25-year-old Yin’s first victory in her 159th start, and she shared a warm embrace with compatriot Vu on her breakthrough win....
The Chinese-owned AESC Group is growing its foothold in the U.S. market by constructing two new electric vehicle (EV) battery plants in South Carolina and Kentucky, its chief technology officer said on Oct. 15. AESC is a Japan-based EV battery manufacturer formerly owned by the Japanese carmaker Nissan. In 2019, Nissan sold 80 percent of its stake to the Chinese renewable energy company Envision Group. In a recent interview with Nikkei Asia, Chief Technology Officer Hiroyuki Akashi said that AESC has “clear visibility” to expand its operations in the United States while working to meet the U.S. EV tax credit requirements. Mr. Akashi said the company already operates a battery plant in the United States that supplies Nissan Motor, but its expansion efforts in the world’s largest economy have not stopped there....
The Philippine military has called out China to stop “unsafe actions” in the South China Sea, after a Chinese navy ship shadowed and attempted to cut off a Philippine navy vessel conducting a resupply mission late last week. A Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessel came as close as 350 yards as it tried to cross in front of the Philippine ship near Thitu island, Manila’s biggest and most strategically important outpost in the South China Sea, according to armed forces chief Romeo Brawner. “These dangerous and offensive manoeuvres by China’s PLAN not only risk collision but also directly endanger the lives of maritime personnel from both sides,” Mr. Brawner said in a statement on Sunday....