July 9, 2025 – Page 4 – From Inside Asia

China pledges to build megaprojects despite pivot to domestic consumption

Published: 9:00pm, 9 Jul 2025Updated: 9:57pm, 9 Jul 2025 China will continue to “scientifically” plan and build megaprojects while maintaining its “investment intensity” over...

by Alice Li,Ji Siqi July 9, 2025 0 comment

World

As Trump flip-flops on tariffs, what’s the point of negotiating at all?

The conclusion of US President Donald Trump’s 90-day window for reciprocal tariff negotiations has arrived with more of a whimper than a bang. Letters...

by Stephen Olson July 9, 2025 0 comment

US Politics

Netanyahu Says Meeting With Trump Focused on Efforts to Free Gaza Hostages

The meeting between the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday focused on efforts to release hostages...

by FIA Staff July 9, 2025 0 comment

Vietnam

Following the Party’s Lead: The Streamlining of the Việt Nam Buddhist Sangha

Huệ Nhã wrote this article in Vietnamese, published in Luat Khoa Magazine on April 9, 2025. Following sweeping directives from Việt Nam’s Politburo and...

by Huệ Nhã July 9, 2025 0 comment

World

Hong Kong waiter charged with inciting subversion under national security law

A waiter has become the latest person charged under the national security law, with prosecutors accusing him of inciting others to overthrow Beijing and...

by Brian Wong July 9, 2025 0 comment

World

Hong Kong minister hints at scrapping of MPF tax break proposal for elderly

Published: 7:41pm, 9 Jul 2025Updated: 8:02pm, 9 Jul 2025 Hong Kong’s labour minister has dropped the biggest hint yet that authorities intend to scrap...

by Fiona Sun July 9, 2025 0 comment

World

Chinese start-up Manus AI relocates to Singapore amid US chip curbs

The team behind Chinese general-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) agent Manus has relocated its headquarters to Singapore, stoking speculation that the move was aimed at...

by Hannah Wang July 9, 2025 0 comment

World

South Korean actress reveals pregnancy via IVF without ex-husband’s consent

Published: 7:15pm, 9 Jul 2025Updated: 7:20pm, 9 Jul 2025 A decision by South Korean actress Lee Si-young to become pregnant with her second child...

by SCMP’s Asia desk July 9, 2025 0 comment

News

Rights Advocacy Groups Call For Investigation Into CCP’s Repression of Lawyers

International advocacy groups are calling for an independent investigation into the Chinese Communist Party’s clampdown on independent legal advocacy that the regime unleashed a...

by Dorothy Li July 9, 2025 0 comment