Are the latest Communist Party promotions a sign of a new political trend in China?
Beijing promoted 10 officials to full membership of the Communist Party’s Central Committee at a major political gathering this week, where the normally routine...
New Everest film hopes to nudge US-China relations into a higher altitude
Published: 8:02am, 31 Oct 2026Updated: 8:10am, 31 Oct 2026 The film Everest: The Other Side, a collaborative US-China project that opened on Friday in...
‘I’m terrified’: AI comes for Southeast Asia’s graduate jobs
Nafeesa Azman has applied for hundreds of jobs over the past two months, yet the 24-year-old Malaysian marketing graduate is yet to find a...
Poland deploys riot police, as court chief’s ousting sparks crisis
Published: 7:43am, 31 Oct 2026Updated: 8:00am, 31 Oct 2026 Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki called off a visit to Africa in mid-flight, as riot police...
UK minister discusses tech collaboration in Greater Bay Area during Hong Kong visit
UK Indo-Pacific minister Rosie Winterton has visited Hong Kong’s flagship tech hub to discuss plans to expand technological collaboration in the Greater Bay Area,...
China helps dismantle major meth trafficking network in Southeast Asia
Published: 6:20am, 31 Oct 2026Updated: 7:06am, 31 Oct 2026 China has broken up a major transnational drug trafficking network in cooperation with Indonesia and...
Wall Street drops to its worst day since June after tech sell-off deepens
A sell-off for tech stocks got even worse on Friday on worries that Wall Street’s frenzy around artificial intelligence technology sent prices too high....
Is Donald Trump’s ‘Chinamaxxing’ pushing Beijing’s soft power?
In May, Donald Trump touring Beijing’s Temple of Heaven – bathed in golden light as traditional Chinese music played in the background – was...
US Democrats prepare to counter any Trump claim of foreign meddling in midterms
Top Democrats on the US congressional intelligence committees say they are preparing to check and respond to any claim by US President Donald Trump...