Why isn’t Hong Kong ready to embrace digital payments?
Hong Kong lags behind many other global cities when it comes to the adoption of digital payments. Most businesses in Hong Kong still prefer...
Will Singapore’s PAP rule forever?
Few political parties in the world know dominance the way Singapore’s People’s Action Party (PAP) does, as it looks set to become the longest-running...
University of Hong Kong business school looks at taking bitcoin for payments
The business school of Hong Kong’s oldest university is exploring the use of digital currencies for tuition payments and donations. Advertisement The move by...
Missouri prepares to redraw electoral maps, as Trump pushes to retain US House
Published: 7:32am, 30 Aug 2025Updated: 7:37am, 30 Aug 2025 American Republican Governor Mike Kehoe said on Friday that he is calling Missouri lawmakers into...
How Asian consumers are driving a revolution in healthier food choices
Asia’s rising middle classes are not just fuelling economic growth – they’re reshaping consumption itself. Nowhere is this transformation more visible than in the...
Trump’s tariffs illegal, US appeal court rules, in blow to trade war strategy
Published: 6:15am, 30 Aug 2025Updated: 6:59am, 30 Aug 2025 A federal appeal court in Washington has ruled that US President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs...
How China streamlines national labs into tech war machines: the Hong Kong case
Hong Kong’s once sprawling and diffuse network of state-backed research labs has undergone a surgical transformation – streamlined, repurposed and laser-focused on Beijing’s strategic...
As Trump welcomes Chinese students, schools cut ties under Republican pressure
While US President Donald Trump this week said he would allow 600,000 Chinese students into the United States, members of Congress in his Republican...
Gaza war: Turkey bars Israeli ships from its ports, restricts airspace
Published: 3:57am, 30 Aug 2025Updated: 5:47am, 30 Aug 2025 Turkey has decided to bar Israeli vessels from using its ports, forbid Turkish ships from...