June 2026 – Page 148 – From Inside Asia

HK$2,000 bind-over for helper who slapped employer’s 8-year-old child during meal

Published: 6:27pm, 15 Jun 2026Updated: 6:36pm, 15 Jun 2026 A domestic helper who admitted to slapping her employer’s eight-year-old daughter while serving dinner was...

by Fiona Chow June 15, 2026

World

Hong Kong eyes secure storage of ride-hailing data for national security

Published: 6:11pm, 15 Jun 2026Updated: 6:28pm, 15 Jun 2026 Hong Kong transport authorities will “actively explore” the secure storage of ride-hailing data ahead of...

by Ambrose Li June 15, 2026

World

Chinese compound chip stocks surge after Supreme Court blocks Infineon in GaN patent case

A Chinese ban on German chip giant Infineon Technologies selling gallium nitride (GaN) products in mainland China triggered a spike in domestic semiconductor stocks...

by Ann Cao June 15, 2026

World

China ‘Wheel Queen’: from tractor driver to owner of US$1.6 billion manufacturing empire

Published: 6:00pm, 15 Jun 2026Updated: 6:05pm, 15 Jun 2026 Chen Ailian, who has been dubbed as China’s Wheel Queen with a net worth of...

by Alice Yan June 15, 2026

World

Ex-Hong Kong police deputy commissioner Albert Yuen set for hygiene chief role

Published: 5:54pm, 15 Jun 2026Updated: 6:10pm, 15 Jun 2026 The Hong Kong government has appointed a former deputy commissioner of the city’s police force...

by Theodora Yu June 15, 2026

World

US-Iran peace deal gets cautious welcome amid unresolved tensions

The United States and Iran are set to sign an interim peace deal on Friday that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and potentially...

by Neil Denslow,Raymond Ma June 15, 2026

World

China’s first C919s get critical ‘C-checks’ as European regulators watch

Three years after its maiden commercial flight as China’s flagship civilian airliner, the C919 is entering a pivotal maintenance phase, with jets across the...

by Frank Chen June 15, 2026

World

Philippines unpicks Asean’s South China Sea ‘sovereignty deadlock’

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr did not dwell on warships or water cannons when he rose to speak at the country’s Independence Day celebrations...

by Jeoffrey Maitem June 15, 2026

News

Beijing Uses Human Rights Forum to Distort Norms, Mask Repression, US Says

The U.S. State Department has criticized Beijing’s recent human rights forum, saying Chinese authorities used the event to distort internationally recognized human rights concepts...

by Arthur Zhang, Eva Fu June 15, 2026