‘Cross-party voting’: how Chinese-American voters are bucking the trends
A survey of potential Chinese-American voters suggests a significant gender gap in party affiliation as well as a high level of willingness to vote...
Japan’s Sapporo Snow Festival rebrands as snowfall dwindles
Japan’s hugely popular Sapporo Snow Festival is shifting its focus towards protecting the environment and sustainability, with a climate expert warning that global warming...
Enflame shares soar 188% on Shanghai debut as Nvidia challenger taps investor fever for AI
Enflame Technology, one of the major challengers to Nvidia in China, saw its share price surge 188 per cent in its Shanghai trading debut...
Foreign carmakers offer steep discounts on petrol-powered cars in cutthroat Chinese market
Foreign carmakers have been slashing the prices of petrol-powered cars they make in China by more than 20 per cent to survive in a...
Chinese man, 106, embraces ‘reverse schedule’, celebrated alongside wife as ‘model couple’
A 106-year-old man in eastern China has inspired many online with his unconventional lifestyle and enduring marriage. Wang Dinggao, from Rui’an in Zhejiang province,...
Can a US$6 trillion South Korea-Japan economic bloc succeed?
A fraying global economic order could push South Korea and Japan towards deeper trade integration, with business leaders and analysts saying the two neighbours...
What’s a Northern Metropolis-like project doing in Malaysia? Lessons for Hong Kong?
Deep in the southern border zone of Johor, Malaysia, separated from Singapore by a narrow strait, a steady flow of commuters moves seamlessly between...
Moonshot, DeepSeek secretly routed user requests to Claude, Anthropic claims
American artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic has accused its Chinese AI rivals DeepSeek and Moonshot on Thursday of covertly routing customer requests to its...
Several dead in Dutch coach crash in Switzerland
Several people were killed and injured when a coach carrying Dutch tourists in eastern Switzerland crashed, police said on Thursday. The accident happened at...