Appearing to lead ‘an axis’, including Moscow, Pyongyang and Tehran, does not appeal to Beijing, analysts say after Putin and Kim sign treaty.
China has around 200 million gig workers who make a living from various temporary jobs, but they lack the security of traditional employment.
BRP Sierra Madre, long-time outpost in disputed South China Sea waters, is focus of Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources report.
The Philippine coastguard has invoked a venerated icon of the Virgin Mary to defend Manila’s maritime interests against China.
The PBOC’s efforts to defend declining bond yields will have little long-term impact, as investors are still pessimistic about the country’s economic recovery, analysts say.
Beijing asserts that Japan has no right to claim Okinotorishima, where the buoy was discovered, as an island under UN definitions.
‘The male panda weighs 120kg and has been described as agile … while the female is around 100kg and is gentle and adorable,’ city leader says.
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Analysts argue Beijing’s negotiations with the Philippines are being exploited to normalise China’s control over contested territory.
A United Airlines flight departing from Los Angeles lost a tire during take-off, its second Boeing aircraft to have lost a tire in four months.
Australian intelligence on Tuesday issued a warning about APT40 using old and forgotten devices to infiltrate sensitive networks.
The left-wing New Popular Front won most seats in Sunday’s second-round parliamentary vote. But no group wields an outright majority and no obvious candidate for prime minister has emerged.
Post observes some businesses opting out after adopting system during Covid-19 pandemic to capitalise on government e-vouchers.
Legislation could further restrict outbound investments in the country and close a trade loophole for small parcels coming from the mainland.
‘We should be cooperating … sharing threat perceptions’ with Indo-Pacific allies, says National Security Council official ahead of Nato meetings in Washington.
Recent arrivals in California meet scepticism, uncertainty and other Chinese immigrants who can help them start new lives.
The third plenum is typically a forum for longer-term political and economic reforms, and the sense is that major initiatives are unlikely. But tweaks to the policy framework could still be consequential.
The entry of Taiwanese chip giant TSMC into the elite club of the world’s most valuable companies is further proof that the generative AI revolution is shaking up Wall Street.
US President Joe Biden’s top spokeswoman declined to say why a Parkinson’s specialist met multiple times with the White House doctor.
Policies will make it easier for overseas companies to redomicile in Hong Kong, and for expatriate permanent residents to obtain five-year travel permits to mainland China.
Readers discuss the new travel permits for Hong Kong permanent residents, trading during typhoons, and Dogecoin’s prospects.
The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link’s opening on June 30 has led to a doubling of viewings, driven by Hong Kong and Shenzhen residents, as local developers offer discounts and other incentives, agents say.
An extensive army of manufacturers, managed through a complex digital system, has fed Shein’s meteoric growth.
Health standard that excludes many from public service is now default in other industries, leaving otherwise qualified applicants despondent.
Youthful vigour is like a +5 character perk in the Chinese workforce, but veteran industry players who know their profession inside and out are the ones companies want to send abroad.
Once a symbol of Beijing’s dynamic hospitality scene, The Great Wall Hotel Beijing has fallen into a state of disrepair amid China’s changing landscape.
With a service sector struggling to retain jobs amid digitalisation and a relocation of labour-intensive industries, pressures are seen having worrisome economic implications.