Ramadan price gougers, Philippines’ US exemption, India-Taliban ties: 7 Asia highlights
We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on...
How China is solving F-22’s stealth coating cracks with 3,000-year-old silk weaving tech
While US stealth fighters like the F-22 Raptor grapple with delaminating radar-absorbent coatings – a vulnerability likened to “moulting cicada wings” – China claims...
Trump policy labels China as ‘unique economic challenge’ to US trade ambitions
The Donald Trump administration delivered the blueprint for its global economic strategy to Congress on Monday – a day before its threatened 25 per...
TikTok Live set to make US$77 billion in annual sales, lawsuit shows
TikTok generated US$1.7 billion globally in sales from TikTok Live in just one quarter in 2023, with more than US$400 million of that coming...
‘Really unique’ former Hong Kong village school should be spared demolition, pair say
A former village school that is a testament to pre-metropolitan Hong Kong is about to be demolished, but architecture scholars and heritage conservation enthusiasts...
Trump Admin Pauses Aid to Ukraine
The United States has paused aid to Ukraine, a White House official told The Epoch Times on Monday. “The president has been clear that...
Department of Education Staffers Offered Buyouts of $25,000
Those who decline the offer could be terminated later under ongoing plans to reduce the size of the agency or eventually eliminate it. The...
Your Name producer Koichiro Ito jailed for underage sex, porn in Japan
Published: 10:50am, 4 Mar 2025Updated: 10:56am, 4 Mar 2025 A producer of the hit Japanese anime film Your Name has been handed a four-year...
Singapore scrutinises exports to Malaysia of China-banned Nvidia chips
Singapore is investigating whether Dell and Super Micro servers shipped to Malaysia housed Nvidia chips barred from China – highlighting the role of middlemen...