Why North Korea is ‘keeping the door open for dialogue’ with Trump
At first glance, Kim Yo-jong’s latest message to Washington looked like a rebuff to US President Donald Trump’s insistence that he would meet her...
Bali jails Swiss tourist for insulting sacred Day of Silence
Published: 8:31pm, 20 Aug 2026Updated: 8:34pm, 20 Aug 2026 A court on the Indonesian resort island of Bali sentenced a Swiss tourist on Thursday...
Chinese AI chips fall short on coding, forcing firms to stretch scarce Nvidia supply
Chinese AI companies are optimising software to cope with surging demand for inference, as part of that workload still relies on computing power from...
China’s falling gaokao numbers offer a revealing snapshot
Every summer, China’s gaokao, the national higher education entrance examination, provides an unusually revealing snapshot of household expectations. The critical metrics are not average...
Hong Kong’s rare plot incentive will help resurrect decaying districts, analysts say
Published: 8:23pm, 20 Aug 2026Updated: 8:33pm, 20 Aug 2026 A rare Hong Kong government incentive for developers will help revive old neighbourhoods such as...
Malaysia’s Anwar to visit China next month with an eye on building trade ties
Published: 8:00pm, 20 Aug 2026Updated: 8:18pm, 20 Aug 2026 Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is planning a visit to China next month – his...
Henderson Land posts 66% profit surge after run of strong sales
Henderson Land Development, one of Hong Kong’s largest developers, reported a 66 per cent rise in its interim profit for the first half of...
Why do hard-sell beauty tactics persist in Hong Kong – and when can consumers fight back?
From arrests linked to the Hong Kong operations of beauty chain Opatra London to a surge in online complaints against other skincare brands, high-pressure...
How China can turn its ‘blue cradle’ into a bridge with Southeast Asia
China has spent 80 years building formidable marine science capabilities. The harder test now is whether it can build rules for ocean data that...