China entrepreneur, abandoned as child, owns fashion brand that generates US$36 million sales
A businesswoman from central China who was raised in a family that prized sons over daughters has built her own e-commerce fashion empire. Huang...
Are new Hong Kong subdivided flat standards triggering a wave of evictions?
Hongkonger Chan Sai-chiu considers the 60 sq ft subdivided flat he rents to be home, going out of his way to make the cramped...
To Lam’s blueprint for a rising Vietnam: build fast, grow rich
If all goes to plan, in under three years the world’s largest stadium will tower over Hanoi’s southern suburbs as a shimmering monument to...
What to know about Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
When targeted by nationwide protests early this year, Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei unleashed the bloodiest crackdown of his nearly four decades in...
Hong Kong’s small office landlords turn to co-working, student hostels to survive
Hong Kong’s struggling office landlords are ramping up efforts to convert their assets into co-working spaces and student accommodation in a bid to adapt...
Burgers, then war: Trump’s bluffs before Iran strikes
On a visit to Texas on Friday, US President Donald Trump gave a raucous speech on the economy and then stopped off at a...
‘Iron rice bowl’ vs the algorithm: why China’s economy may better withstand the AI shock
On a day typically considered one of the happiest on the calendar for Chinese workers – the eve of Chinese New Year, when families...
Why China steers clear of the West’s transactional diplomacy
In international relations, interactions between states are often understood through a transactional lens. A transactional approach treats diplomacy as a series of discrete deals,...
US says it used drones based on Iran’s own Shaheds in attack: ‘American-made retribution’
The US military said on Saturday that it has been using single-use drones to attack Iran for the first time in combat, signalling adoption...