Beijing is expected to view Seoul’s mass production of its latest jet as a ‘threat’ to its own arms trade, experts say.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken targets those deemed ‘responsible for the intensifying crackdown on rights and freedoms’.
Using Afghanistan as a homebase, Isis cells have hit targets in Russia, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey this year. Baloch separatists have also stepped up their attacks on Chinese interests in South Asia.
Hong Kong University says guided tours will be implemented in May to cut down on tourist crowds, with more measures to follow.
With one of the most vibrant start-up ecosystems and fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia, Vietnam is poised to climb the global value chain – but challenges lie in wait.
China’s finance sector was once freewheeling, but new regulations and mandates from officials suggest banks’ new role looks beyond simple profit-seeking.
Station president says actions by authorities, including referring to RFA as foreign force, raise ‘serious questions about our ability to operate in safety’ with enactment of Article 23
Firm’s flagship corporate social responsibility initiative works with 500 global universities and has benefited more than 18,000 students from 140 nations and regions.
Reaching a sufficient scale and the low cost of carbon-removal credits remain as major challenges for making microalgae a viable decarbonisation technology.
Even after President Xi Jinping has asked for China’s central bank to trade government bonds, the outcome is likely to remain limited as the bank does not want to trigger negative outcomes for inflation and exchange rates.
Wreckage shuts down ninth largest harbour in the US and a vital link to China, which a leading consumer of coal shipped through the port.
Overcapacity will be absorbed as long as global demand for green transition stays strong, says former People’s Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan
China’s final imperial ruler had his British tutor, Reginald Johnston, but less known are the lives of Puyi’s wife Wanrong and her American tutor, Isabel Ingram. Paul French explores their friendship.
The president said if there is no US support, ‘we will go back, retreat, step by step, in small steps’.
The background of Sheikh Ali Rashed Ali Saeed Al Maktoum has come under the spotlight, and one of his close aides has a mixed track record as an entrepreneur.
Brain cancer can’t be headed off by changing lifestyles, unlike, say, lung cancer. There are various types of tumour, some more aggressive than others. Recent drug therapy advances show promise.
Housing Department asked residents what they would like to see in pilot renovation project to increase well-being.
Ukraine-born Andrei Iwanowitsch is among the last survivors of the Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp. He opens up about what he experienced there, and why he’s thrilled to now be travelling the world.
Salim Berrada invited women he met online to modelling photo shoots and assaulted them during the encounters, most after spiking their drink.
Exchange programme with mainland China gives Hong Kong civil servants insights into country’s policy direction, development trends, history and culture.
Gary Ng, senior economist at Natixis Corporate and Investment Bank, says the popularity of the new card may stimulate more cross-border spending.
Smart technology such as autonomous parking systems and the wide availability of superfast battery charging infrastructure will drive a boom in EV sales over the next five years, according to two of the segment’s leading manufacturers.
Nansha, a district in China’s southern provincial capital of Guangzhou, has been christened as a test bed for the ‘low-altitude economy’, an emerging industry covering unmanned vehicles, particularly drones.
According to 2023 UN data, Chinese inventors led in international patent applications for the second year running, posting some 14,000 more than the second-place US.
Regular exercise can keep older people healthy longer, but they need role models, help to get started.
International Cultural Summit brings global experts together despite geopolitical tensions between Beijing and the West.
Restaurants have been forced to scale back as the global economy continues to slow, with inflation, higher costs of living and other factors taking their toll.