Hong Kong exchange sees further growth ahead for record ETF market
Bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) expects its exchange-traded fund (ETF) market to continue growing after hitting record turnover and new listings...
Solomon Islands Plans Its Own Military Force Against Background of Growing Allegiance to Beijing
Only three Pacific Island nations—Tonga, Papua New Guinea, and Fiji—currently maintain standing militaries, but that number is set to increase after the Solomon Islands...
Doubts greet Philippines-China coastguard deal to calm disputed waters
Published: 8:00am, 20 Oct 2025Updated: 8:25am, 20 Oct 2025 Manila and Beijing are working on a coastguard cooperation pact as part of efforts to...
2 dead after cargo plane slides off Hong Kong runway, partly lands in sea
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2 dead after cargo plane slides off Hong Kong runway, partly lands in sea
Published: 6:08am, 20 Oct 2025Updated: 7:34am, 20 Oct 2025 This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please...
Liu Qian on Chinese innovation, the US rivalry and women holding up half the sky
Liu Qian is the founder of Wusawa Advisory and formerly the managing director of The Economist Group in Greater China. She is also a...
Million Tea Farmers Cry! China’s Tea Industry Collapses, A Large Number of Tea Gardens Abandoned
This year, China’s tea industry is experiencing an unprecedented wave of closures. Tea prices have collapsed, forcing many tea shops and factories to shut...
Will today’s great powers heed the example of Richard Nixon and Zhou Enlai?
When Germany emerged as Europe’s industrial powerhouse in the 19th century, the established powers spent years attempting to contain it, culminating in a war...
Turkish Cypriots elect pro-talks leader, renewing hope for Cyprus unity
Hopes for a resumption of long-stalled talks to heal Cyprus’ decades-old ethnic rift were buoyed on Sunday when Turkish Cypriots elected a leader who...