What could challenge Washington’s latest strategic goal on Taiwan?
Competing priorities and US economic interests are likely to challenge Washington in its goal of “deterring a conflict over Taiwan” through an overwhelming military...
Beijing warns foreign media in Hong Kong over crossing ‘red lines’ during meeting
Published: 8:50pm, 6 Dec 2025Updated: 9:57pm, 6 Dec 2025 Beijing’s national security office in Hong Kong has met representatives from foreign media outlets in...
Gaza truce incomplete without ‘full withdrawal’ by Israel: Qatar PM
Published: 8:40pm, 6 Dec 2025Updated: 9:52pm, 6 Dec 2025 The nearly two-month-old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will not be complete until Israeli troops...
Hong Kong fire aftermath: how victims are dealing with the psychological toll
Published: 8:33pm, 6 Dec 2025Updated: 9:18pm, 6 Dec 2025 More than a week after an inferno ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong’s Tai...
Sponge-Made Steak, Rubber Buns, Mud Pepper—China Is Destroying Itself Without a War
A man is seen holding a mold shaped like a sea cucumber in one hand while scooping up a brown, gel-like substance resembling melted...
Cambridge ex-vice-chancellor Nigel Slater joins China’s biotech revolution
Nigel Slater, former pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge and a distinguished figure in chemical engineering and biopharmaceuticals, has officially embarked on a new...
5 killed in latest clash at Afghanistan-Pakistan border crossing
Published: 7:51pm, 6 Dec 2025Updated: 7:52pm, 6 Dec 2025 An overnight exchange of gunfire and shelling at a major Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing killed four...
China sends seasoned ‘America hand’ to serve as top envoy to Philippines
Published: 7:01pm, 6 Dec 2025Updated: 7:18pm, 6 Dec 2025 Jing Quan, formerly the second-in-command at the Chinese embassy in Washington, arrived in Manila on...
Flash in the pan: how China’s plant-based meat craze fizzled
Only a few years ago, the notion that Beyond Meat – the former poster child of the plant-based meat industry – would shut down...