China’s subsidy change adds to EV makers’ stress as more buyers consider petrol cars
Growth momentum in the mainland car market may shift from battery-powered to petrol-based models this year on account of a revised subsidy policy, exacerbating...
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An internally split Europe can never fully engage China and Asia
When contemporary Europe engages with the world, it increasingly presents as two distinct Europes operating within the same institutional framework. This duality – a...
Hong Kong police shoot man wielding meat cleaver in Tuen Mun
Hong Kong police shot and injured a man after he brandished a meat cleaver in Tuen Mun neighbourhood. The incident occurred at around 7pm...
FMT apologises for racial question linking Malaysia’s ‘Chinese Problem’ and Palestine
Free Malaysia Today (FMT) has issued an apology after one of its reporters posed a question during a public lecture that was believed to...
EPA Moves to Limit State Authority in Reviewing Water Impacts of Major Developments
The Environmental Protection Agency on Jan. 13 proposed narrowing states’ and Native American tribes’ use of the Clean Water Act to block or impede...
Stalled work to resume as Hong Kong distributes 3,000 fire-tested scaffold nets
Hong Kong’s construction industry body has begun distributing 3,000 rigorously tested scaffolding nets from a 12,000-unit shipment to 11 contractors overseeing 19 renovation sites,...
China targets wealthy influencers with audits, fines as fiscal pressures rise
China has ramped up audits involving online influencers and high-wage earners, as part of broader efforts to expand tax revenue and refine the taxation...
Nie Weiping, Chinese Go master known for dramatic victory over Japanese rival, dies at 73
Nie Weiping, a legendary Go master in China, died in Beijing at the age of 73 on Wednesday. Nie is best remembered for his...
How Chinese corruption busters are tracking down bribes paid in cryptocurrency
Beijing has revealed how its graft busters are investigating bribes paid in hard-to-trace cryptocurrencies by tracking the ways in which corrupt officials have been...