China ups e-commerce delivery fees to stave off harmful price spirals
China’s express delivery industry is responding to a broad government push to limit downward price spirals by raising courier fees in e-commerce hubs, a...
Elon Musk’s xAI joins open-source AI race against China
US tech billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI has open-sourced Grok 2.5, an earlier version of its model series, intensifying the global race...
‘A lot of debt’: who will pay for Malaysia’s US$24 million Gaza aid pledge?
Malaysia’s plan to send 100 million ringgit (US$24 million) in aid to Gaza has become a lightning rod for economic anxieties as Malaysians weigh...
China bets on AI to pump trillions into economy amid national computing push
China is banking on artificial intelligence (AI) to become a new growth engine, and there are projections that it could add several trillion yuan...
Sell India, buy China? Don’t get stock and property markets confused
Indian stocks have had a good run. Since the end of March 2020, the Nifty 50, one of India’s main equity gauges, has risen...
Will China’s ‘Great Green Wall’ expand to Mongolia?
Published: 4:18pm, 25 Aug 2025Updated: 4:28pm, 25 Aug 2025 China and Mongolia are joining forces to build an ecological security barrier to combat desertification...
HSBC rolls out fixed mortgage plan at 2.73% ahead of Fed rate cut
Hong Kong’s largest bank has rolled out a fixed-rate mortgage plan, charging lower interest for home loan borrowers ahead of the first relaxation in...
China urges ‘dialogue’ to resolve Iran nuclear issue as new sanctions loom
Published: 3:28pm, 25 Aug 2025Updated: 4:11pm, 25 Aug 2025 Beijing has renewed its call for a political and diplomatic resolution to the Iran nuclear...
Hong Kong should ‘strengthen research, drive industrial upgrading’: Zhou Ji
Published: 3:28pm, 25 Aug 2025Updated: 4:13pm, 25 Aug 2025 Hong Kong should strengthen its scientific research and drive industrial upgrading with the support of...