Though the Russian market is an appealing one for Chinese exporters, Western sanctions are making payment processing a challenge as delays mount and few avenues for financial transactions remain.
Call for preserving status quo goes out after Beijing launches exercises surrounding self-governed island following William Lai’s inauguration speech.
Chinese president calls for deepened reforms to address economic woes and says country should pursue ‘goal- and problem-oriented’ approach.
Japan’s growing role as a security provider in Asia is necessary, with the US preoccupied with wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, analysts say.
Chris Xin Gu was waiting for an Uber after a celebration dinner when he was gunned down on a New York street by a hired killer.
The 63-year-old leader, widely seen as a candidate to succeed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, died four days earlier in a helicopter crash.
Algernon Yau meets senior British diplomat over spying row and death of Matthew Trickett.
Alibaba’s Tmall Luxury Pavilion is the first e-commerce platform to collaborate with major luxury groups such as LVMH, Richemont and Kering, uplifting sales for high-end brands using new digital strategies.
China’s securities regulators and stock exchange officials met with global fund managers in Europe in the first overseas roadshow, after delivering a major stimulus to rescue the nation’s property market.
A stock market rally in Hong Kong has helped raise valuations and improve sentiment among investors, feeding a recovery in fundraising activities in the city and on bourses in mainland China, JPMorgan says.
Make ‘knowledge-intensive sectors’ a focal point and remove import taxes that offer no strategic value and hit working Americans hard, economist says.
A government spokesman says no applications from ‘a former Korean artiste’ for a visa or talent scheme entry had been made.
Many cross-strait assumptions ‘should be thrown out of the window’ as things change at ‘surprising speed’, former KMT lawmaker tells virtual seminar, attended also by mainland and overseas academics.
Twenty people remained in intensive care and a 73-year-old British man died after the Boeing 777, which was flying from London to Singapore, suddenly descended sharply after hitting turbulence on Tuesday.
The move comes as the Chinese owned short video app faces a US divest-or-ban ultimatum over concerns it could be used to influence Americans.
The Republican presidential candidate said the journalist would be freed soon after the November election, though the Kremlin denied having contact with Trump.
Poll finds 506 respondents score work-life balance at 8.26 out of 10 for importance, the top-rated job attribute.
The People’s Bank of China keeps a running tab of big policy moves, and it shows that trillions of yuan worth of support measures have been rolled out since 2021.
Buying London is a new reality show that sees a real estate team selling multimillion-pound mansions as they quarrel and quibble on air – just as they do in LA on another Netflix show, Selling Sunset.
New Frontier, chaired by Hong Kong’s former financial secretary, said it has completed the acquisition of the Hong Kong Integrated Oncology Centre as part of its expansion in the healthcare industry of the bay area.
Events designed to boost Hong Kong’s economy and tourism run the gamut from high fashion, art and architecture to sports, technology and business.
Financial Secretary Paul Chan will first visit France then move on to US – his second trip there in six months – accompanied by delegates from Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province.
The city has contributed to the GBA’s academic research and development in fields of strategic importance such as biomedicine, artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
‘No government in its right mind’ would want China’s collapse, but what China and the US want from each other is unlikely to materialise ‘any time soon’, warns David Lampton, China watcher since the times of Deng Xiaoping.
The risk of cross-Strait conflict with mainland China appears to be chipping away at Taiwan’s long-held dominance in the semiconductor industry, underpinning a sense of urgency in diversifying hi-tech supply chains.
Ma, one of the country’s hottest fiction authors, combines thrilling plots with historical detail to create stories that are ‘both exciting and plausible’, winning acclaim as young people embrace cultural heritage and ‘China-chic’ trend.
Famous for his celebrity-packed chain of Chinese restaurants, 85-year-old Michael Chow talks about facing prejudice, and why he wants to be known as the world’s greatest living artist.