The appearance of President Xi Jinping’s chief of staff at the Beidaihe resort on Sunday indicates that senior Chinese leaders have started their annual...
August 04, 2025 Japanese banking group Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has hired Joy Kwek from Morgan Stanley as managing director, head of capital...
Published: 2:55pm, 4 Aug 2025Updated: 4:00pm, 4 Aug 2025 Scammers have conned a woman out of HK$180,000 (US$23,000) over tickets for Korean singer G-Dragon’s...
Published: 2:00pm, 4 Aug 2025Updated: 2:54pm, 4 Aug 2025 For Joshua Ballard, the US’ trade war against China has been a game-changer. Advertisement The...
Three people in China had to be hospitalised after they ate sheep placenta for “nutritious” purposes, sparking an online discussion about the custom. Advertisement...
New Zealand is abandoning its National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA)—a complex system which awards “credits” for even simple tasks—and returning to marking students...