‘Two sessions’ to ‘focus on Hong Kong’s financial role, Northern Metropolis’
Hundreds of Hong Kong politicians and business leaders head to Beijing on Tuesday for the nation’s annual “two sessions”, with observers expecting discussions to...
Hong Kong’s strategy for HKIC to prop up city’s office market seen as challenging
Hong Kong’s government-backed investment fund is being redeployed to support the city’s sluggish commercial property sector, signaling authorities’ growing willingness to use public funds...
Young Nepalis hope post-uprising election candidates shun ‘same old patterns’
Sangharsh Bhusal returned to the spot outside Nepal’s parliament building where police shot him last year. The 28-year-old still bears scars on his head,...
US considers capping Nvidia H200 sales at 75,000 per Chinese customer
US officials are considering caps on the number of AI accelerators Nvidia can export to any one Chinese company, which would further constrain the...
Investors lock onto NPC as markets seek policy lift amid AI jitters
Ahead of China’s annual legislative meetings – typically a window into Beijing’s top-level policy agenda – this is the sixth entry in a series...
US advisory panel warns China is gaining in undersea warfare
A key congressional advisory panel issued a warning on Monday about China’s rapidly advancing maritime capabilities and urged the Pentagon to maintain its undersea...
US House panel releases video of Clintons’ Epstein depositions
A US congressional committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released videos on Monday of the depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton. The former...
Can China’s roaring trade engine power the yuan’s challenge to the US dollar?
In the run-up to this year’s ‘two sessions’ – the annual meetings of China’s top legislature and political advisory body – high-level policymakers have...
Nipah and mpox expose Asia’s urgent need for stronger disease surveillance
In a year already brimming with threats of war and unrest, 2026 has brought some health scares for Asia. In January, two cases of...