Southeast Asia must take the long view to survive US-China AI race
Within the first few minutes of United States Vice-President J.D. Vance’s address at the Paris AI Action Summit last month, he declared he was...
Late Hong Kong singer Khalil Fong’s music tops streaming sites across East Asia
Published: 4:16pm, 4 Mar 2025Updated: 4:48pm, 4 Mar 2025 Songs by Hong Kong singer-songwriter Khalil Fong have topped the charts of music-streaming platforms in...
Zero Day: Future Vision or Just Entertainment Fiction
Hysteria spreads as China first blockades, and later invades, one of Taiwan’s frontline islands. Some citizens race to evacuate, disinformation abounds, riots occur, and...
‘Shame day’: China’s internet users blast US embassy posts of Trump’s Zelensky rebuke
Chinese internet users flooded the social media account of the US embassy in Beijing on Tuesday to mock US President Donald Trump and the...
Indonesia’s Bali eyes water taxis to tackle traffic woes
Indonesia’s Bali is making waves with an ambitious plan to introduce water taxis at its airport by the end of this year, aiming to...
China’s ‘two sessions’ a chance to boost Beijing’s image, but more transparency needed
Published: 3:23pm, 4 Mar 2025Updated: 3:25pm, 4 Mar 2025 Every March, the annual sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political...
Ex-Ukraine foreign minister predicts China is ‘main beneficiary’ of Trump foreign policy
China will be “the main beneficiary” of US President Donald Trump’s foreign policies, including his decision to align with Russia over Ukraine, Kyiv’s former...
China tech contest features robotics, US$200,000 prize pool amid AI investment frenzy
An innovation competition co-organised by China’s fintech giant Ant Group and renowned universities including the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is featuring robotics...
China hits US with retaliatory tariffs as trade war threat grows
March 04, 2025 As of the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, March 4, (US time) Donald Trump is moving ahead with a further 10%...