Ship captain remanded in custody in Hong Kong over damaging Baltic Sea pipeline
Published: 9:35pm, 8 May 2025Updated: 9:36pm, 8 May 2025 The captain of a Hong Kong-flagged container ship has been remanded in custody on suspicion...
Ex-Hong Kong bus technician jailed for year for seditious social media posts
A former bus technician has been jailed for a year under Hong Kong’s domestic national security law for publishing derogatory comments on social media,...
How will China remember US scholar Joseph Nye, the father of ‘soft power’?
During his lifetime, international relations scholar Joseph Nye’s idea of “soft power” was widely praised in China. But following his death earlier this week,...
Xi Calls on Young Chinese to ‘Serve’ Rural Areas as Unemployment Crisis Persists Amid Tariff War
As the Chinese economy continues to deteriorate, young people may rise up in rebellion, an analyst predicted. As China’s ailing economy increasingly faces headwinds,...
New Zealanders May Never Fill Out a Census Form Again
The cost of running a paper-based census—sending forms to every household—is rising, prompting a rethink of how data is collected. Rising costs have prompted...
‘Show sincerity’: China urges US to drop tariffs ahead of first trade talks
China has warned that it will not sacrifice its principles to reach an agreement with the United States, as Beijing urged Washington to drop...
How does Hong Kong plan to make private hospital fees more transparent?
Published: 8:09pm, 8 May 2025Updated: 11:23pm, 8 May 2025 Hong Kong’s health authorities proposed a raft of measures to improve price transparency among private...
Trump calls US Fed chair a ‘fool’ after pause in rate cuts
US President Donald Trump branded Fed Chair Jerome Powell a “fool” on Thursday after the central bank announced another pause in rate cuts and...
House Overwhelmingly Passes Bill to Counter CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting
‘We need a penalty that’s commensurate with the crime, and the crime is outrageous,’ lead sponsor Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said. The House of...