Chinese cosmetics challenge global brands with affordable allure
China’s mass-market beauty products are gaining traction overseas, undercutting established brands on price – a trend that could help upstarts challenge the industry’s biggest...
Hong Kong lowers black rain signal to amber as classes, flights disrupted
Published: 7:28am, 14 Aug 2025Updated: 3:56pm, 14 Aug 2025 This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please...
‘It takes time’: China’s shipping edge likely safe from South Korean investments
As the US seeks to curb China’s shipbuilding dominance, South Korea is looking to capitalise by expanding its overseas footprint through shipyard investments in...
China’s Ganfeng to develop major lithium project in Argentina with Swiss partner
A Chinese mining giant and a Swiss-based lithium producer agreed on Tuesday to develop one of South America’s largest projects to extract lithium from...
From friends to foes: what’s behind Trump’s Brazil-India wrath
As eight Brazilian senators settled into their seats on a flight to Washington on a dry winter evening last month, a single question overshadowed...
Hong Kong slams ‘smear campaigns’ as Jimmy Lai expected to return to court
Published: 11:50pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 12:43am, 14 Aug 2025 The Hong Kong government has strongly condemned “smear campaigns” by foreign forces and anti-China media...
Hong Kong holds first meeting of new top-level anti-terrorism group
Published: 11:32pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 11:35pm, 13 Aug 2025 Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has chaired the first meeting of a high-level counterterrorism...
Beijing summons Japanese diplomat over ‘Taiwan and Chinese citizens’ safety’
Published: 10:18pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 10:46pm, 13 Aug 2025 Beijing has summoned a senior Japanese diplomat to express concerns over issues such as Taiwan,...
Malaysian ex-minister Rafizi Ramli’s son, 12, wounded in syringe attack
The 12-year-old son of Malaysia’s firebrand former minister Rafizi Ramli was attacked with a syringe in a shopping centre car park on Wednesday afternoon,...