Singapore’s Iswaran gifts scandal: Ong Beng Seng avoids jail, fined US$23,400
Published: 2:48pm, 15 Aug 2025Updated: 2:51pm, 15 Aug 2025 Ong Beng Seng, a Singapore-based billionaire hotelier and architect of the city state’s Formula One...
Hong Kong arrivals up 12% led by visitors from US, Europe, Australia
Published: 2:08pm, 15 Aug 2025Updated: 2:48pm, 15 Aug 2025 The number of visitors to Hong Kong rose by 12 per cent year on year...
How China clothed the world with a gigatonne of fabric in 2 generations
In just over four decades, China has produced more than a gigatonne of textile fibres – equivalent to 1 billion tonnes or roughly twice...
Chinese couple escapes serious car crash, marries immediately
A Chinese couple narrowly escaped a serious car crash with only minor injuries and chose to get married shortly after, receiving heartfelt congratulations from...
China’s home prices slide as support measures fail to budge sentiment
A gauge of new home prices in China slid 0.3 per cent in July, adding to the steepest drop in eight months in June...
China dam dumps Western chips, second Hong Kong school suspended: 7 highlights
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our...
Hong Kong court postpones Jimmy Lai’s trial over heart condition
Published: 12:12pm, 15 Aug 2025Updated: 12:46pm, 15 Aug 2025 Former Hong Kong media owner Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s national security trial has been adjourned until...
‘Under pressure’: can South Korea-Japan summit ease tensions with Trump?
South Korea and Japan could use their coming bilateral summit to project stability to Washington, which was simultaneously imposing high tariffs on its allies...
Body of missing canoeist, 38, found in Hong Kong waters
Published: 11:28am, 15 Aug 2025Updated: 12:58pm, 15 Aug 2025 The body of a 38-year-old expatriate who went missing on Tuesday while canoeing in the...