As ações chinesas fecharam em baixa nesta quinta-feira (29), já que uma onda de ​vendas cada vez mais intensa no setor ​de tecnologia ofuscou a decisão do Federal Reserve de manter as taxas de juros inalteradas.

No fechamento, o índice de Xangai teve queda de 0,8%, enquanto o índice CSI300, que reúne as maiores companhias listadas em Xangai e Shenzhen, recuou 1%.

As ações do setor de tecnologia estiveram entre os principais fatores de pressão, com o índice ChiNext Composite , que ⁠reúne startups, caindo 4,4% e ​registrando o fechamento mais baixo desde agosto de 2025, enquanto o índice ​STAR50 de Xangai , focado em tecnologia, despencou 4,3%, marcando o fechamento mais fraco ⁠desde setembro de 2025.

O CSI 5G Communications , ⁠que acompanha empresas de comunicações 5G, despencou 7,4%.

Em Hong Kong, ​o ‌índice de referência Hang Seng registrou uma ligeira queda de 0,6%, enquanto as ações ⁠do setor de tecnologia da cidade caíram 2,8%.

A fabricante de robôs Yushu Technology, também conhecida como Unitree, , caiu 4,8% depois que seu lucro líquido no terceiro trimestre diminuiu, apesar do ‌aumento ⁠de 70% na ‌receita em relação ao ano anterior, em seu primeiro relatório de resultados desde a listagem na bolsa.

Em toda a região, as ações asiáticas perderam os ganhos anteriores, já ⁠que os resultados corporativos relacionados à IA geraram ⁠reações extremamente contraditórias, aumentando a expectativa em relação aos resultados da Amazon  e da Intel , que serão ‌divulgados ainda hoje.

O Fed manteve as taxas de juros inalteradas, como esperado, nesta quarta-feira, optando por adiar quaisquer mudanças nos custos dos empréstimos até depois das eleições de meio de mandato nos EUA na próxima semana, enquanto aguarda mais dados ‌sobre a inflação, que, segundo o banco central, “continua elevada”.

Em Tóquio, o índice Nikkei avançou 1,10%, a 64.659 pontos.Já em Hong Kong, o índice HANG SENG caiu ⁠0,59%, a 22.958 pontos.

Enquanto isso, em Xangai, o índice SSEC perdeu 0,82%, a 3.651 pontos. O índice CSI300, que reúne as maiores companhias listadas em Xangai e Shenzen, retrocedeu ​1,03%, a 4.041 pontos.

Em Seul, o índice Kospi teve desvalorização de 1,24%, a ​5.937 pontos.. Em Taiwan, o índice Taiex registrou baixa de 1,42%, a 46.368 pontos.

Em Singapura, o índice Strait Times valorizou-se 0,05%, a 5.400 pontos. Em Sydney o índice S&P/ASX 200 avançou 0,50%, a 8.891 ‌pontos.

China has more than 50 navy and other official vessels operating in a wide swath of sea stretching from southern Japan down to Taiwan and off the Philippines, a senior Taiwan official said, calling the threat level "obvious."

Machine tools and other equipment from seven countries, led by China, work at Russian plants that make ballistic missiles and their components, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said on 26 October. The 30 items are a small slice of HUR’s War&Sanctions portal, which lists 1,698 machine tools at 223 Russian plants.

Seventeen of the 30 were made outside China, in Germany, Taiwan, the US, Türkiye, Switzerland, and Italy. One of HUR’s proposals reaches past Russia and China, to the firms that supply parts for Chinese machine tools. The list comes two weeks after the EU blacklisted 1,569 Russian arms suppliers and executives. More than half of those listings hit the ballistic missile supply chain, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said. Sanctioning a company, though, does not stop the machines in its workshops.

A Chinese machine at the Iskander plant

HUR’s statement leads with a GX-650 five-axis machining center made by China’s Hyper Machine Tool. Such computer-controlled machines cut complex metal parts from several angles. HUR said it works at the Votkinsk Plant, which the agency described as the maker of 9M723 missiles for the Iskander-M system and the missile section of the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal, an air-launched ballistic missile.

HUR has flagged Votkinsk before. In November 2025, it published hackathon findings showing that Russian companies supplied Chinese and Taiwanese machine tools to the plant after the full-scale invasion began.

Chinese Shtral turning and milling centers work at PEMZ Molot, which builds electronics units for Iskander-M missiles, according to HUR’s statement. At UPKB Detal, which makes altimeters for hypersonic Zircon cruise missiles, HUR found measuring equipment from Germany’s Rohde & Schwarz.

The portal entries paint a broader picture. Only four of the 30 entries list a ballistic missile among the plant’s weapons. Most of the rest list cruise missiles, glide-bomb kits, guided artillery shells, or Geran-2 attack drones. HUR did not publish its evidence, though the portal says partner agencies can request it.

Foreign parts inside Chinese machines

Russian plants use the equipment to make missiles and parts such as altimeters, control surfaces, and gyroscopes, HUR said. The agency noted a growing number of Chinese machine tools, including five-axis models. According to HUR, those Chinese machines contain European, Japanese, and Taiwanese components, from numerical control systems to precision spindles and bearings. In HUR’s assessment, Russia still cannot replace equipment from leading foreign makers with its own.

Imagine how Russia would fare against 32 Ukraines.

On a lecture tour of China, John Macnab finds that even one slide mentioning Taipei is enough to get organisers sweating and warning of consequences for his hosts. If this is his last column, you'll know what has happened.

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Os controlos de exportação impostos por Pequim ameaçam a produção dos semicondutores mais avançados do mundo. Uma eventual escassez de componentes pode afetar setores estratégicos, da inteligência artificial à defesa. A solução: motores sem terras raras. A taiwanesa TSMC está a estudar alternativas aos componentes de terras raras no equipamento das suas fábricas, disseram à Reuters três pessoas a par do assunto. O objetivo é reduzir o risco de que os controlos de exportação de Pequim perturbem as operações nas unidades que fabricam os chips mais avançados do mundo. Esta decisão, noticiada agora pela primeira vez, mostra como o domínio

Entre rajadas de vento de até 191 quilómetros por hora, vítima mortal foi arrastada pelas ondas numa praia no distrito de Pingtung. Quedas de motociclos ou acidentes de viação lesaram 163 pessoas.

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Along with higher oil prices associated with the Iran war, Trump’s tariffs are highly unpopular with the electorate.   

Storm Adam brings torrential rain to Valencia, Alicante and Balearic Islands, as Storm Austen strikes England and Wales

Storm Adam brought torrential rain to eastern Spain earlier this week. In Pego, Alicante, 632mm fell in 36 hours, with 430mm of this falling in just six hours, while the Valencian town of Oliva received 600mm in 24 hours.

The severe flooding led 145 municipalities across Valencia and Alicante to impose a temporary lockdown on about 850,000 people on Monday. At least five people have died, 500 have been rescued and 2,100 evacuated.

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America is figuring out the trick to reindustrialization, if it can learn the right lessons.

The Philippines is exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan on protecting undersea cables and addressing "gray-zone" activity, despite Manila's one-China policy, which recognizes Beijing and not Taipei, a Philippine diplomat said on Wednesday.

Cinco pessoas foram acusadas de terem aceitado 450 mil dólares taiwaneses (mais de 12 mil euros) para "partir os braços e as pernas" do humorista Huang Yihao, de forma a impedi-lo de atuar em palco.

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The island adopted quotas for women running for public office decades before other countries. The upshot? Today, few of them need quotas to get elected.

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China's military said on Tuesday it had sent forces to watch a US warship that "illegally" entered waters around a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, while further north in the waterway, Taiwan reported a standoff with a Chinese vessel.

Patrulhas da Guarda Costeira chinesa a leste de Taiwan constituem a evolução "mais preocupante" dos últimos anos e podem ter um efeito "altamente desestabilizador"

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The US and Japan kicked off their biennial Keen Sword military exercise on Monday, one of the largest joint drills between the two countries. This year, the exercise will focus on Japan’s southwestern islands, including its westernmost island, Yonaguni, just 68 miles east of Taiwan. Both the US and Japan have deployed new anti-ship missile […]

Beijing has proposed banning exports of the technology used to make next-generation solar cells, a move that could complicate United States technology guru Elon Musk’s plan to expand into space solar power. The ban, which covers production technology for perovskite and tandem solar cell modules, is part of a proposal by China’s Ministry of Commerce […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s advisor Nikolai Patrushev’s recent visit to China points to something more consequential than another round of Russia-China strategic rhetoric: Moscow is trying to turn maritime cooperation with Beijing into infrastructure, technology and logistics that can survive geopolitical pressure. The proposals discussed during the October 8-13 visit — linking China’s Maritime Silk […]

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TSMC expects overseas manufacturing to reduce its consolidated gross margin by nearly two percentage points in 2026, with the impact widening to three to four points later in its expansion program. The company plans to spend $60 billion to $64 billion on capital expenditure this year. Its latest outlook calls for fourth-quarter revenue of up […]

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A questão de Taiwan não pode ser reduzida a uma disputa territorial distante. Nenhum povo deve ver o seu futuro decidido pela ameaça ou pelo uso da força.