Beijing official visits Greater Bay Area cities to explore integrating Hong Kong
Beijing’s top official overseeing Hong Kong and Macau affairs has concluded a five-day fact-finding trip to three mainland Chinese cities in the Greater Bay...
Top US AI conference apologises after sanctions policy sparks backlash in China
The organisers of a leading artificial intelligence conference have apologised after a new policy that appeared to bar US-sanctioned entities from participating sparked a...
What do China’s new ‘correct view’ rules for local Communist Party officials mean?
China’s leadership has passed new rules on the work carried out by local committees of the ruling Communist Party and called for upholding a...
Time to confront folly of Iran war and irrational US spending
After eight decades of relative peace following the end of World War II, we now find ourselves in the midst of the Russian invasion...
Rubio, G7 diplomats duel over wars in Iran and Ukraine
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Group of Seven counterparts traded barbs over the wars in Iran and Ukraine, casting doubt on...
Hong Kong’s MTR Corp to keep fares unchanged for second year in row
Hong Kong’s rail giant has announced it will keep fares unchanged for the coming year after an annual review, marking the second year without...
China’s economy big enough to absorb Iran war shocks, says Justin Lin
China has sufficient capacity to absorb external shocks from the Iran war and meet its annual economic growth target, a prominent economist said, while...
Cartels Are Going ‘Broke’ as US Fentanyl Supply Drops by Almost 60 Percent: Homan
GRAPEVINE, Texas—The Trump administration’s border crackdown is slowing the flow of deadly drugs into the country to the point that cartel profits have plummeted....
The end of ‘win-lose’? China-backed mediation body makes pitch at Boao Forum
The head of the recently launched International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed) has hailed its process as a flexible and pragmatic way to resolve commercial...