Chinese display manufacturing giant BOE makes foray into robotics, AI software
Published: 6:05pm, 29 Sep 2025Updated: 6:07pm, 29 Sep 2025 Apple supplier BOE Technology Group, the world’s largest display maker, has established a new subsidiary...
Chinese physicists produce most powerful stable magnetic field on Earth
An all-superconducting magnet built by Chinese scientists has generated a world-record steady magnetic field of 35.1 tesla, about 700,000 times stronger than Earth’s magnetic...
China comedian inspires many with disabilities, celebrated for ‘optimistic mindset’
A young man from southern China, who has endured brain haemorrhages three times that led to his partial paralysis, has transformed his disability into...
HAL bags order for 97 additional Tejas fighters
On 25 September, Delhi finalised a contract with state-owned airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for 97 Tejas Mk1A light fighters. The order comprises 68...
Hong Kong increases domestic helpers’ monthly minimum wage by 2.2% to HK$5,100
Published: 5:37pm, 29 Sep 2025Updated: 6:44pm, 29 Sep 2025 Domestic helpers in Hong Kong will have their monthly minimum salary increased by 2.2 per...
Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin seeks royal pardon for 1-year jail sentence
Thailand’s influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has submitted a petition for a royal pardon for his one-year jail sentence, his lawyer said on...
Hong Kong in talks with Guangzhou to ease maritime travel for private yachts
Published: 5:30pm, 29 Sep 2025Updated: 6:59pm, 29 Sep 2025 Hong Kong is seeking to establish a cross-border individual travel scheme for yachts, with discussions...
‘Everyone’s in a revenge mood’: Nepal’s leaders race to deliver on Gen Z demands
The streets of Kathmandu have quieted, but the echoes of angry young voices still reverberate through Nepal. Advertisement Three weeks after Gen Z-led protests...
China’s Hunan puts non-tax revenue in crosshairs, cracking down on sketchy fines
Hunan has become the latest Chinese province to tighten controls on non-tax revenue growth through a revision of local regulation, as Beijing intensifies efforts...