Hong Kong government says golf course flats study has ‘no legal effect’ in appeal
A government lawyer has said that an environmental study on the impact of building 12,000 public flats on part of Hong Kong’s oldest golf...
Iran war could ‘significantly disrupt’ China’s methanol imports: analysts
China could potentially face shortages of methanol – a vital input for several industries – if the Iran war drags on and causes lengthy...
EU strips AI, chips and quantum from industrial plan aimed at countering China
The European Union’s ambitious industrial policy to challenge China has been gutted, removing AI, semiconductors and quantum computing from a list of strategic technologies...
Trump Says US Has ‘Virtually Unlimited’ Weapons Stockpiles
President Donald Trump said on March 3 that the United States has a “virtually unlimited supply” of weapons, as American operations against Iran continue....
China’s AI red-packet battle burns through US$1 billion – but will users stick around?
In an unprecedented Chinese New Year marketing blitz, Alibaba Group Holding, Baidu, ByteDance and Tencent Holdings spent an estimated 8 billion yuan (US$1.1 billion)...
Will the Iran crisis feature in foreign policy talks at China’s ‘two sessions’?
Iran is unlikely to dominate the agenda at this year’s national legislative sessions but it is likely to feature in policy discussions, according to...
China and France agree to help de-escalate US-Israeli conflict with Iran
China has called on European powers to help uphold the UN’s authority following the US and Israeli military strikes on Iran. In talks with...
Chinese AI drug researcher XtalPi expects to turn first annual profit on 193% revenue jump
Chinese artificial intelligence-powered drug researcher XtalPi Holdings said it expects to turn its first annual profit on the back of strong revenue growth, according...
US war on Iran isn’t likely to go as planned
Many American wars begin with the assumption that brute force will lead to a swift and decisive victory. While the US military is highly...