Hong Kong bookstore owner fined HK$32,000 for using shop as unregistered school
A Hong Kong independent bookstore owner has been fined HK$32,000 (US$4,085) for holding a Spanish class in his shop after a court ruled the...
Gaza marks 6 months of ceasefire. Does it offer lessons for the Iran war?
Friday marks six months since Gaza’s ceasefire deal took effect, a milestone largely lost in the confusion over the new and even more fragile...
Hong Kong awards stablecoin licences to HSBC, StanChart-led group in long-awaited roll-out
HSBC and a consortium led by Standard Chartered have been awarded Hong Kong’s first stablecoin issuer licences, marking the city’s latest step towards embracing...
Xi holds landmark Taiwan meeting, Iran war ceasefire, GDP update
Chinese President Xi Jinping said he was “fully confident” of closer ties with Taiwan as he met a leader of the island’s opposition Kuomintang...
My love-hate relationship with Apple as an Android user
Last week, on April 1 to be exact, Apple reached the grand old age of 50 (almost exactly a year younger than Microsoft), one...
Takeaways from Cheng Li-wun’s press conference about meeting with Xi Jinping
Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan’s biggest opposition party, the Kuomintang, highlighted the need for peace as she spoke to the media in Beijing on...
Is China about to launch a rocket from South China Sea international waters?
China plans to launch its first rocket from open waters in the South China Sea, in a display of a more flexible, long-range maritime...
Malaysian business lobby says working from home will hurt city profits, faces backlash
A Malaysian association has come under fire after warning that wider work-from-home arrangements would hurt urban businesses, with critics accusing it of prioritising city-centre...
China healthcare stocks outgain Hong Kong market as Middle East roils global investments
China’s healthcare sector has been drawing offshore capital to Hong Kong-listed stocks as investors look for safe havens amid global volatility in commodities. The...