John Lee boosts Hong Kong baby bonuses and internships, delivers historic 5-year plan
This live article is freely available to our registered users. Please log in or create an account. Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has...
Dong Jun takes softer line on US at Xiangshan Forum as Xi prepares for Trump summit
Published: 10:45am, 16 Sep 2026Updated: 11:19am, 16 Sep 2026 Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun’s address to a defence gathering in Beijing on Wednesday carried...
Darwin-based USMC Ospreys hone expeditionary skills in Philippines
US Marine Corps (USMC) MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, deployed to Australia under the Marine Rotation Force – Darwin (MRF-D) initiative, honed their skills in...
South Korean court orders Pyongyang to pay US$32.5m for destroying border office
A Seoul court ordered Pyongyang on Wednesday to pay roughly US$32.5 million for blowing up in 2020 an office in North Korea that was...
Fragility and cooperation: the takeaways from Dong Jun’s Xiangshan Forum speech
Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun gave a keynote speech to the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing on Wednesday, with just over a week until a...
GSK licenses Chinese firm’s cancer drug in US$750 million deal
British pharmaceutical giant GSK has agreed to acquire a cancer drug from Chinese firm Chimagen Biosciences in a deal worth up to US$750 million,...
Malingering or memory loss? Duterte to appear in ICC courtroom for assessment
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is expected to appear in public for the first time on Wednesday since being transferred to the International Criminal...
Neither tariffs nor export controls will stop China’s industrial engine
The first “China shock” was fairly easy to understand. Beginning in the 1990s, cheap Chinese goods poured into global markets, displacing large parts of...
Viral ‘then and now’ photos of Chinese woman reunited with family spark trafficking debate
A woman from northern China has been reunited with her biological family after 26 years, with striking before-and-after images from her disappearance renewing public...