Why Trump 2.0 could push China-US relations into ‘high-risk’ territory
Washington’s duplicity in its China policy and the looming chaos in American politics could push Sino-American ties into high-risk territory during Donald Trump’s second...
Indian-Americans slam ‘racist’ comments by Trump supporters over visa scheme
Published: 9:30pm, 1 Jan 2025Updated: 9:41pm, 1 Jan 2025 Indian Americans have slammed racist comments by some supporters of US-president elect Donald Trump against...
Meet DeepSeek: the Chinese start-up that is changing how AI models are trained
Chinese start-up DeepSeek has emerged as “the biggest dark horse” in the open-source large language model (LLM) arena in 2025, just days after the...
Alibaba sells hypermarket operator Sun Art for US$1.7 billion to refocus on e-commerce
Alibaba Group Holding agreed to sell its entire stake in Sun Art Retail Group, China’s largest hypermarket operator, for HK$13.1 billion (US$1.7 billion), as...
How Hong Kong-US ties will shift under the Trump administration in 2025
Financial services in Hong Kong could face increased scrutiny by the US in 2025 under Donald Trump’s leadership, while human rights will be “far...
US sanctions on Pakistan will only push it closer to China
On December 18, the United States imposed sanctions on Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme under executive order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass...
Disaster Ahead! China Plans Tibet’s Massive Hydro Station, Threefold Bigger Than Three Gorges Dam
On December 25, 2024, the Chinese government officially approved a large-scale hydropower project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River. Upon completion,...
China’s fusion of fireworks and drones reignites world’s oldest firework industry
The swarm of drones soared upward carrying a bright and beautiful surprise in the small Chinese city of Liuyang. In unison, several fired off...
Driver who killed 15 in New Orleans was US Army veteran with Isis flag: FBI
Published: 7:55pm, 1 Jan 2025Updated: 7:18am, 2 Jan 2025 A US Army veteran driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic...