Category: World

Increased scrutiny of businesses in China that evade their social insurance obligations looks set to further boost the employment of retirees, prompting widespread concerns...

Pretend work companies that help unemployed people fake having a job for a small price are springing up across China. Advertisement The trend is...

Published: 3:40pm, 17 Aug 2025Updated: 3:56pm, 17 Aug 2025 The Hong Kong government has received more than 6,900 suggestions and opinions during public consultations...

When Rina (not her real name) first sought refuge at a Tokyo-based non-profit organisation last year, she was struck by the kindness of one...

Published: 2:08pm, 17 Aug 2025Updated: 7:52pm, 17 Aug 2025 The risk of importing the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus into Hong Kong is expected to rise,...

An exhibition of works by Ilya Repin – the realist painter at the centre of a culture war between Moscow and Kyiv – has...

Published: 2:00pm, 17 Aug 2025Updated: 2:19pm, 17 Aug 2025 Doctors in China had to remove a 2 kg “hair ball” from the stomach of...

Published: 12:41pm, 17 Aug 2025Updated: 1:02pm, 17 Aug 2025 Hong Kong authorities have lambasted the “harbouring of criminals by countries” as Australia and the...

Chinese scientists have developed a technology that can make organs such as the brain or the heart transparent, allowing an exceptionally clear view of...