Will Sam’s Club in Shenzhen lose Hong Kong shoppers over food safety concerns?
Many Hong Kong shoppers remain undaunted by a mainland Chinese investigation into the food safety practices of popular supermarket Sam’s Club in neighbouring Shenzhen,...
Taiwan’s website for intelligence tips from mainland China spurs debate
Published: 9:00am, 16 Jun 2026Updated: 9:19am, 16 Jun 2026 Taiwan’s new website for mainland Chinese to securely report intelligence-related information has sparked debate over...
Chinese ‘CEO in a school uniform’ builds, exports drones, funds start-up by waiting tables
An enterprising 19-year-old student in China heads a start-up tech company and is also a philanthropist who donated 100,000 yuan (US$15,000) to sanitation workers...
Court throws out Hong Kong couple’s challenge to daughter’s guardianship in Sweden
The custody of a Hong Kong couple’s four-year-old daughter remains in the balance after a Swedish court threw out their attempted appeal against the...
Will Beijing’s tighter capital-control rules dampen Hong Kong’s housing rebound?
New homes that Hong Kong developers will launch in the coming days and weeks will serve as a crucial test of the impact of...
North Korea plays US-China rivalry card to justify ‘irreversible’ nuclear status
Published: 8:00am, 16 Jun 2026Updated: 8:02am, 16 Jun 2026 North Korea’s latest spirited defence of its nuclear arsenal signals a strategy that goes beyond...
Iranian American protesters gather as football team prepare for World Cup opener
Iranian Americans streamed into the Los Angeles stadium where Iran play their first match at the 2026 World Cup on Monday, with some calling...
8 dead after B-52 bomber crashes at US military base in California
Published: 6:52am, 16 Jun 2026Updated: 9:11am, 16 Jun 2026 Eight people died when a US B-52 bomber crashed and erupted into a catastrophic fire...
EU carbon tariff sows havoc in China as steel firms grapple with ‘absurd’ rules
As trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels continue to rise, China’s firms in the European Union have been forced to walk a delicate tightrope:...