May 2, 2025 – Page 12 – From Inside Asia

Chinese Leader Xi’s Southeast Asia Tour Delivers Underwhelming Results: Analysts

News Analysis Beijing’s recent engagements with Southeast Asian countries—including a trip by Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia—resulted in exchanges and...

by Leo Timm May 2, 2025

News

Southeast Asian Countries Move to Accommodate US While Balancing China Ties

Beijing hopes for an anti-U.S. bloc, but the region’s governments must weigh their overall interests, analysts say. News Analysis Beijing’s recent engagements with Southeast...

by Leo Timm May 2, 2025

World

China’s Labour Day travel boom bodes well for spending, but box office fizzles

Inbound travel has emerged as a bright spot in China’s Labour Day holiday spending, while domestic tourism is seeing modest growth amid nationwide efforts...

by Sylvia Ma,Ralph Jennings May 2, 2025

World

Activists say Israeli drones hit aid boat heading for Gaza

Published: 4:28pm, 2 May 2025Updated: 4:38pm, 2 May 2025 A group of activists organising an aid boat for Gaza said it was attacked on...

by Agence France-Presse May 2, 2025

World

How did China’s 5-year plans deliver an economic miracle and what’s next?

China’s economic leapfrog into global second place, along with its eradication of extreme poverty, has been achieved through an array of plans covering the...

by Jane Cai,Meredith Chen May 2, 2025

World

Hong Kong fugitive Anna Kwok’s father charged with handling her financial assets

Published: 3:31pm, 2 May 2025Updated: 3:57pm, 2 May 2025 Hong Kong national security police have charged the father of wanted activist Anna Kwok Fung-yee...

by Jeffie Lam,Fiona Chow May 2, 2025

World

South Koreans frustrated with constant leadership churn: ‘I stopped caring’

In the American drama Designated Survivor, the US secretary of housing and urban development unexpectedly assumes the presidency after 12 officials ahead of him...

by The Korea Times May 2, 2025