China’s PLA targets top brass in campaign touting political loyalty to Xi Jinping
China’s top military command has rolled out a major education campaign to instil political loyalty to President Xi Jinping – an initiative aimed primarily...
Hong Kong police probe death of labourer who reported feeling ill at work
Hong Kong police are investigating the death of a 40-year-old construction worker who was rushed to hospital on Friday after complaining of feeling unwell...
Trump Says He’ll Unveil Reciprocal Tariffs on Other Countries Next Week
The president is rolling out tariffs to equalize trade relations with foreign nations. President Donald Trump laid out plans Feb. 7 for a reciprocal...
Musk Says He Will Bring Back Fired DOGE Staffer
It came after Vice President JD Vance voiced his support. Elon Musk on Friday said that his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will bring...
How AI start-up DeepSeek upended industry assumptions and changed China’s narrative
In 2022, under the pseudonym “an ordinary little pig”, the founder of artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek quietly donated 138 million yuan (US$19 million)...
In Japan, fears of ‘hellish pandemic’ mount over virus lab in Nagasaki
An advanced laboratory at Japan’s Nagasaki University specialising in the study of the deadliest viruses known to man has triggered widespread safety concerns about...
Housing Prices Near Beijing Fell 90%, While Xiamen’s Rich Struggle to Afford Fuel for Luxury Cars
At the start of the year, a user from China shared on X a list of the five cities in China with the biggest...
North Korean soldiers: the future protectors of China’s belt and road?
Published: 9:30am, 8 Feb 2025Updated: 9:38am, 8 Feb 2025 Intelligence reports from Ukraine and South Korea reveal that initial accounts dismissing North Korean special...
To know who we are, China must remain open to foreigners
Published: 9:30am, 8 Feb 2025Updated: 9:33am, 8 Feb 2025 In my freshman year at an American college almost two decades ago, I received a...