Taiwan Holds Emergency Military Drills, Braces for Invasion | China in Focus
Scrambling fighter jets, firing rockets, and drilling for a possible invasion—Taiwan is bracing for the worst. What Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has...
Questions remain over Taiwan’s basic trainer recapitalisation
Taiwan is seeking to recapitalise its basic trainer aircraft fleet, but it has not yet decided whether replacements will be procured from overseas or...
Why more Japanese than ever support strengthening the Self-Defence Forces
A record share of the Japanese public now supports strengthening the country’s Self-Defence Forces, a new government survey shows, highlighting how sharply attitudes on...
Late corporate governance activist David Webb showed why transparency benefits Hong Kong
On January 13, the British-born corporate governance activist David Webb, who had made Hong Kong his home for the past 35 years, died. Like...
Hang Seng Bank’s delisting from the index it created signals a shift
For generations of Hong Kong investors, Hang Seng Bank was never just a stock. It was a companion through decades of economic ascent, market...
Bruce Springsteen sings out against ICE and Trump in ‘Streets of Minneapolis’
Bruce Springsteen is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticising US President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city....
Democrats Unveil Proposal for DHS Changes as Funding Deadline Approaches
WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats on Jan. 28 unveiled broad outlines of their proposed changes to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and immigration enforcement, coming amid...
Kid Rock Urges 10 Percent Cap on Ticket Resale Price Hikes at Senate Hearing
Kid Rock doesn’t want to see ticket prices surge all summer long. The outspoken rock musician encouraged U.S. lawmakers to create legislation that would...
Chinese AI goes next level in geometry at a top US maths Olympiad
A Chinese AI system has outperformed its US competitors in solving geometry problems at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) level, taking less than half...