China, Congo draw up a road map for Xi Jinping’s US$50 billion Africa investment pledge
China and the Republic of Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, have formulated “a timetable and road map” for how President Xi Jinping’s US$50 billion...
3 arrested, HK$20 million of Ice seized in Hong Kong drug lab raid
Published: 6:52pm, 9 Jan 2025Updated: 6:54pm, 9 Jan 2025 Three Hongkongers have been arrested in a police crackdown of a drugmaking facility in a...
Indonesian court’s ‘unfortunate’ ruling on citizens’ religion sparks discrimination fears
Indonesia’s top court has drawn fire from rights campaigners for rejecting a bid that sought recognition for atheists and non-believers on identity cards, amid...
AI set to reshape the world, Alibaba founder Jack Ma tells Chinese rural teachers
Alibaba Group Holding founder Jack Ma on Tuesday reiterated his expectation that artificial intelligence (AI) is set to reshape the world over the next...
Anwar wants Malaysia to become energy, chipmaking hub, targets US$100 billion investment
Malaysia wants to leverage its location to become an energy and chip manufacturing hub this year, riding a recent jump in investments and a...
Hong Kong’s US-dollar peg gets emphatic defence from HKMA CEO
The CEO of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the city’s de facto central bank, rejected any possibility of altering the Hong Kong dollar’s...
Is a glut of phoney Russian goods too much for China’s consumers to bear?
As if they were copied and pasted, Russian goods markets have sprang up in cities across China in the past few months. They come...
China concerned by reports of Uygur militants given senior roles in Syrian army
China has expressed concern over reports that the Syrian army has given senior ranks to foreign fighters, including members of the Uygur separatist Turkestan...
China professor in firing line for claiming women can live to 100 if they have 10 kids
A Chinese scholar has triggered a public backlash for claiming that a women who have 10 children can live until they are 100 years...