Middle East tensions highlight Hong Kong’s stability, opportunities: labour minister
Conflicts in the Middle East highlight Hong Kong’s attractiveness as a talent hub promising safety and stability, the city’s labour chief has said. Secretary...
US-Israel war on Iran: everything you need to know from China’s reaction to what’s next
We have put together stories from our coverage of US and Israel’s war on Iran. If you would like to see more of our...
Eager China parents use apps to find partners for adult children, turn pairing into transactions
Anxious Chinese parents are increasingly turning to “find a daughter-in-law” or “find a son-in-law” platforms online, turning partner seeking into direct negotiations between parents....
Asia’s travel sector rattled by Iran attacks, fears of ‘domino effect’ slowdown
Airspace closures across the Middle East have left tens of thousands of travellers stranded and forced airlines to divert routes, threatening to derail the...
Why Taliban’s only hope for peace with Pakistan is renouncing terrorism
The fragile ceasefire between the Taliban and Pakistan has broken, and there is now open war in South Asia. This week has seen a...
US officials sceptical of Iran regime change after Khamenei killing, sources say
Following the killing of Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, many senior US officials remain sceptical that the US and Israeli military...
China faces oil squeeze after US-Israel strikes on Iran
Oil prices rose by the most in four years amid the US-Israeli war on Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz,...
China supply chain expo set to welcome more US firms in June, launch AI section
More major US companies are set to join Beijing’s premier supply chain expo this summer, including its first artificial intelligence (AI) section, as business...
Iran conflict puts India’s cherished Middle East neutrality to the test
For years, India has prided itself on a foreign policy doctrine of “dehyphenation”: maintaining productive, parallel relations with conflicting countries such as Israel, Iran...