‘By restricting housing based on Chinese domicile, Florida is unlawfully restricting housing for Chinese people,’ a lawyer for the plaintiffs contends.

Investigators have uncovered evidence linking last month’s deadly attack on the Karakoram Highway to the same Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan cell that killed nine Chinese nationals in a 2021 bombing on the same road.

Washington fears that Chinese cars may be able to come over the southern border with zero tariffs under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Setting up shop in Mexico helps avoid US tariffs, but Chinese companies still must confront major concerns about labour costs, profitability and cultural differences.

Several analysts say Prabowo is unlikely to do anything to upend the economic cooperation that outgoing president Joko Widodo has established with China over the years.

Mexico has been the beneficiary of more Chinese investment in recent years, and its preferential status with its northern neighbour has provided a way past US tariffs. But there are other benefits – and risks – analysts say.

Federal panel rules ‘this prohibition blatantly violates the 14th Amendment’s protection against discrimination’ in blow to Governor Ron DeSantis.

Once a thriving trade hub, Lopburi city is at risk of becoming a ghost town with thousands of simians taking control of the area.

Risland Australia has struck a deal to sell its last landholding in the country to Chinese-backed private developer Avantaus for US$157 million.

A report has accused a Chinese-funded industrial estate of causing ‘significant’ environmental destruction and violating the rights of indigenous people.

Under ex-PM Najib Razak’s tenure, Malaysia saw billions of dollars of Chinese investments mainly via the Belt and Road Initiative, some of which were later axed.

Chinese developer Country Garden’s US$100 billion flagship Malaysia project has fallen on hard times. But there’s hope yet of attracting more investors – if they can clear out the stray dogs, day drinkers and decay.

The nations cemented plans for the zone as they seek to revive interest in Chinese developer Country Garden’s mega-project – and hailed progress on the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System.

The ex-PM’s lawyers say the ‘Man on the Run’ documentary is prejudicial towards ongoing corruption trials linking Najib to billions of ringgit allegedly siphoned out of the state fund.

Police instructed a nickel-processing facility linked to a Chinese metals giant to halt operations until an investigation into the death of 10 Indonesian workers and eight Chinese workers from a furnace blast is complete.

A deluge of investments into Indonesia’s refining capacity over the past few years has led to an ‘oversupply’, experts say.

Several Indonesian media outlets have reportedly been intimidated over their negative coverage of several China-linked projects.

Economists say the projects could be thrown a lifeline through a China-Sri Lanka free trade agreement and joint ventures.

Rwanda’s development projects have attracted many Chinese construction companies amid stiff competition for a slice of the market.

A Chinese-backed economic zone on an Indonesian island south of Singapore is facing stiff resistance from residents who face eviction and an uncertain future.

The 142km railway has been beset with delays and cost overruns – and some observers doubt its commercial benefits – but President Joko Widodo has championed the US$7.3 billion project.

Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative has not proved to be the ‘transformation game changer’ many in the region were hoping for, analysts say – as concerns grow about some projects’ viability and added value.