US Senate pushes for Taiwan to attend Rimpac drill in latest defence bill
The US Senate has approved its defence policy bill for the 2026 financial year, which for the first time “strongly encourages” inviting Taiwan’s navy...
China pledges US$110 million for women’s empowerment at Beijing global summit
Published: 7:08pm, 13 Oct 2025Updated: 7:13pm, 13 Oct 2025 Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged US$110 million for female empowerment worldwide as the Global Leaders’...
China’s Tofu-Dreg Dams Collapse, Streets Sink Everywhere, Disaster Relief Turns Into a Catastrophe
From late September to early October, Typhoons Bualoi and Matmo struck Guangxi, China, causing severe flooding across multiple areas. The disasters led to extensive...
China stocks rally to stay on course amid new Trump tariffs threat: Soochow
This year’s intense rally in Chinese stocks will not change course in spite of concerns about a revived trade war between the world’s two...
How Hong Kong mother turned her breast cancer battle into a beacon of light
Three-time breast cancer survivor Hui Wai-yee has become a pillar of Hong Kong’s breast cancer support community. Advertisement Through her volunteer work with the...
‘Flying a spaceship’: Philippines’ plan for blockchain-based budget draws doubts
Published: 6:22pm, 13 Oct 2025Updated: 7:09pm, 13 Oct 2025 The Philippines is weighing a plan to become one of the first countries in the...
China’s military paper urges ‘deep integration’ to beat joint operation weakness
China’s military mouthpiece has called for greater efforts to address what it says are deficiencies in the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) integrated joint operational...
China youth adorn historical figures’ graves with painkillers, chocolate tributes
Young people in China have recently embraced a trend of visiting the graves of historical figures, leaving quirky tributes inspired by their lives, such...
Trio wins economics Nobel for innovation and creative destruction
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the 2025 Nobel economics prize for “having explained innovation-driven economic growth”, the Royal Swedish Academy of...