As Hong Kong’s Kam Shing Restaurant shuts down on Saturday, owner seeks new challenge
After three decades as a culinary landmark on eastern Hong Kong Island, Kam Shing Restaurant will serve its final meal this Saturday, with the...
What’s in the president’s stomach? Marcos health problems call to mind past leaders’ woes
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has revealed his struggle with an abdominal ailment all while grappling with a string of political woes that would...
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...