China warns Japan that ‘new militarism’, ‘Takaichinomics’ risk instability
People’s Daily, a mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party, has warned Japan that higher military spending and what the newspaper called a looming “defence...
Senior Chinese financial regulator and ex-graft fighter Zhou Liang under corruption probe
A senior Chinese financial regulator and former graft fighter has been placed under a corruption probe, officials announced on Tuesday, marking one of the...
Visiting galleries may keep artworks in Hong Kong for months due to shipping chaos
Overseas galleries exhibiting at Art Central in Hong Kong are considering keeping their artworks in the city for months after the fair ends amid...
Xiaomi profit drops 27% on weaker smartphone sales as Chinese firm’s EV growth slows
Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone and electric vehicle (EV) maker, reported that fourth-quarter net profit dropped 27 per cent from a year earlier, as weaker...
New Type 055 destroyers for PLA East China Fleet tested in first live-fire drill
A pair of advanced destroyers kicked off an intensive and wide-ranging training exercise soon after they were assigned to the People’s Liberation Army division...
China coach goes above and beyond, trains clients at own cost of US$28,000 after gym shuts
After a gym in central China suddenly closed, leaving its clients unable to receive refunds, one of its fitness coaches completed his 877 classes...
Taiwan takes receipt of its first MQ-9Bs
The first pair of MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) was handed over to Taiwan’s air force...
Japan PM mocked as ‘Trump sycophant’ after giggling at Biden’s autopen portrait
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is facing accusations of diplomatic sycophancy after White House footage showed her giggling at a portrait of an autopen...
Inside a Beijing lab, humanoid robots are put to the test
At a humanoid robotics lab in Beijing, China, engineers of the company X-Humanoid are putting their robots through endurance tests. The robots walk, run...