Japan’s visa fee jump to hit Chinese tourists hardest, adding friction to tense ties
Chinese tourists are expected to be among the hardest hit by Japan’s fivefold visa fee increase, a move analysts warned could further strain already...
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House Lawmakers Unveil Bipartisan Child Online Safety Bill
The leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee came to an agreement on kids’ safety online, introducing a bipartisan piece of legislation to...
Taiwan Begins Drill Simulating War | China in Focus
Taiwan is kicking off a five-day military drill. The goal is to better prepare the island’s military for a war scenario. China is targeting...
The I Ching, Leibniz and AI: how old China-West links shaped modern science
The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) appears sudden and revolutionary, yet its origins stretch deep into history, revealing a profound and forgotten intellectual exchange...
Democratic Senators Criticize Administration Over AI Chip Exports to Chinese Subsidiaries
Two senior Democratic senators have accused the Trump administration of failing to address concerns about export controls quickly enough, warning that advanced American AI...
Competing for tourists? Then Hong Kong must be ‘bigger and better’: Rosanna Law
Published: 8:30am, 23 Jun 2026Updated: 8:43am, 23 Jun 2026 As Hong Kong marks the 29th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule on July...
Indian man jailed for molesting flight attendant on Singapore Airlines plane
A passenger on a Singapore Airlines flight molested an air stewardess, with his friends laughing in response. When the woman went to report the...
Why South Korea’s AI chip boom is a ‘serious concern’ for its economy
South Korea’s AI-driven semiconductor boom has sent exports, corporate profits and stock prices to record highs, but a senior policymaker has warned that the...
How Keir Starmer will be replaced as UK PM and will anyone stand against Burnham?
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer conceded on Monday that he had lost the support of his rank-and-file Labour Party members in Parliament and that...