‘Everyone can attend university’: China unveils sweeping higher education reform
Published: 10:00am, 28 Sep 2026Updated: 10:07am, 28 Sep 2026 China has unveiled an overhaul of its university system, urging institutions to develop distinct roles...
Elderly resident sparks fury in China after cutting worker’s safety rope to hang laundry
An elderly resident in southern China sparked online outrage after cutting a high-altitude worker’s safety rope to use it as a washing line. The...
In South Korea, plan to serve deportees airline meals splits officials
A proposal to upgrade meals for foreigners awaiting deportation at Incheon International Airport has divided immigration officials, with frontline officers raising safety concerns and...
Chickens in Malaysia are producing fewer eggs. Is haze a leading cause?
This year’s haze crisis has added to the heat woes squeezing livestock farmers in Malaysia and Indonesia, as they struggle to keep their animals...
How Hong Kong is trying a new solution to its land value problem
When Hong Kong’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, announced his housing plan in 1997, the ambition was extraordinary. The government would produce at least...
China’s C919 Shock: International Flight Halted After JUST One Month, Revealing A Bigger Crisis
On September 16, Air China suspended its C919 service from Beijing Capital International Airport to Ulaanbaatar. The route had launched just one month earlier...
Japanese carp farm loses 100,000 Nishikigoi in Typhoon Dujuan flood
Around 100,000 Nishikigoi ornamental carp ready for sale were swept away after heavy rain caused by a typhoon breached some levees at a lake...
China-US dialogue will ease concerns, but competition will remain, Paul Chan says
Competition between China and the US will persist, but increased dialogue between the two economic superpowers will provide greater global certainty and ease geopolitical...
Italy attracts wealthy Chinese property buyers with food, fashion – and flat tax
Italy is becoming a magnet for wealthy property investors thanks to its high quality of life and flat tax regime, and interest is also...