Why is China building AI centres on the roof of the world?
Yajiang-1, a cutting-edge computing centre perched in the cradle of Tibetan civilisation along the roaring Yarlung Tsangbo River, is up and running as part...
How Israel-Iran war sent ripples of fear through the global maritime trade
Sometime in early 1988, while the nine-year war between Iran and Iraq was still raging, veteran British publisher Abdullah Jonathan Wallace paid a visit...
Drunk Chinese man swallows spoon, thinks it was a dream, learns 5 months later
A Chinese man accidentally swallowed a coffee spoon while intoxicated in Thailand, believing it to be merely a dream for several months. Advertisement The...
Elevated rents ‘big problem’ for Hong Kong restaurants as closures mount
Hong Kong’s restaurant industry is bracing for the wave of business closures to continue into the second half of the year with little hope...
Hong Kong school offering international programme announces sudden closure
Published: 3:01pm, 28 Jun 2025Updated: 3:32pm, 28 Jun 2025 A private primary school that offers an international curriculum in Hong Kong has abruptly announced...
China’s stablecoin edge? WeChat and Alipay, says top economist
China already has de facto stablecoins in the form of WeChat Pay and Alipay, a top economist at the country’s leading investment bank has...
Japan Princess Kako goes viral after photo of her asleep on economy flight emerges
Princess Kako of Japan has attracted attention online after a photo of her sleeping on an economy flight to Brazil went viral. Advertisement The...
The rat in the room: understanding Indonesia’s hantavirus cases
A string of hantavirus-linked cases reported in Indonesia has sparked fears that the potentially lethal virus could be spreading undetected, with health experts citing...
Dozens left stranded by Hong Kong’s Cathay after flight from New York cancelled
Dozens of angry passengers were left without accommodation after Cathay Pacific Airways cancelled a flight from New York to Hong Kong at the last...